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“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai”: BD Wong and Ming-Na Wen Join the Cast of Animated Series

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The Gremlins franchise is back in the news this week with Mountain Dew’s new commercial featuring Gizmo, Zach Galligan, and even Billy Peltzer’s daughter, but don’t forget that an animated series is on the way this year. It’s titled “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai,” and it’s coming to HBO Max. Today brings some fresh casting news courtesy of Variety.

The project is a prequel to the two films, with the half-hour series set in 1920s Shanghai and telling the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing met the young Mogwai called Gizmo.

Variety breaks down the cast today:

  • Ming Na-Wen as Fong Wing
  • BD Wong as Hon Wing
  • James Hong as Grandpa Wing
  • Izaac Wang as Sam Wing
  • A.J. LoCascio as Gizmo
  • Gabrielle Green as Elle
  • Matthew Rhys as Riley Greene

Head over to Variety for character breakdowns and more.

“Along with teenage street thief Elle, Sam and Gizmo take a perilous journey through the Chinese countryside, encountering, and sometimes battling, colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore. On their quest to return Gizmo to his family and uncover a legendary treasure, they are pursued by a power-hungry industrialist and his growing army of evil Gremlins.”

The series hails from Warner Bros. Animation and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV.

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Thandiwe Newton Joins the Cast of “Wednesday” Season 2

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Pictured: Thandiwe Newton in 'God's Country' (2022)

Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.

Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.

Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.

“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…

“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.

We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.

“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.

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