After the return of Gizmo and Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) in a Mountain Dew Zero Sugar ad comes the reveal of the voice cast for the upcoming animated series, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, the upcoming prequel series for HBO Max. The ten-episode series will be set in
“1920s Shanghai and tell the story of how naive 10-year-old Sam Wing met the young Mogwai known as Gizmo. Along with a teenage street thief named 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.”
According to Variety, the new cast will include BD Wong (Jurassic World: Dominion), Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian), Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason), and James Hong (Big Trouble in Little China). Along with those names, the series will star Izaac Wang as Sam Wing, with Wen voicing Sam’s mother, Fong Wing, BD Wong voicing Wing’s father, Hon Wing, and Hong voicing Grandpa.
