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‘Gremlins’ Creature Maker Digs Up and Shares His Original Rough Sketches for the Film’s Mogwai!

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One of the key creatives involved in the Gremlins franchise was Chris Walas, the special effects makeup artist who designed and created the titular creatures. Walas subsequently won an Academy Award for his work on David Cronenberg’s 1986 take on The Fly, which paved the way for Walas making his directorial debut on the film’s 1989 sequel, The Fly II.

But we’re here to talk about Gremlins today, as Walas took to Twitter over the weekend to share a fun little treat with fans: the original rough sketches for Gizmo and his Mogwai pals!

“Found my very first rough sketches for the Mogwai. I think you can see the tarsier influence here,” Walas captioned the image tweet, which gives us an early look at our furry friends.

Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates that indeed served as the basis for Gizmo’s iconic design, which evolved a bit from the time this sketch was drawn to his eventual appearance on screen.

Check out Walas’ rough sketches below, along with “an abandoned Gremlin design sketch”!

Be sure to follow Walas on Twitter and also check out his official website.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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