Among other revisions in the script was a huge change to Gizmo, who in the first version was supposed to become the leader of the gremlins and wreak havoc on the town. However, Spielberg soon ...

The horror-comedy, directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, follows a boy who receives a strange creature called Gizmo. A scene from Gremlins 2. Its sequel, tentatively titled Gremlins ...

So, when Billy accidentally gets Gizmo wet and, then, unknowingly feeds several mogwais after midnight, horrifically hilarious chaos ensues. Gremlins: The New Batch wasn't as successful ...

Original director Joe Dante told SlashFilm in 2022 that a new “Gremlins” film is “inevitable,” but hopes “there isn’t too much CGI” to recreate the beloved Gizmo and other characters.