‘Gremlins: The Wild Batch’ – 5 New Episodes Now Streaming on Max

The Max original animated prequel series “Gremlins: The Wild Batch” has returned to the streaming service with the season’s back half, which includes FIVE brand new episodes.

Timothy Olyphant, Robin Weigert, Yvette Nicole Brown and SungWon Cho have joined the show’s ensemble of voice actors, along with Gremlins 2 star John Glover!

Glover, who played Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch in 1990, is playing a character named Rodney in “The Wild Batch” – and he’s got a connection to the Clamp family.

Watch a clip from Season 2, Episode 6 below to explore that connection.

Here’s everything you need to know about the final five episodes…

Episode 6 – “Never Get Out of the Truck” 

• Our heroes journey west to free Elle’s mother, but first must free themselves from a haunted old mansion.

Episode 7 – “Always Ask for Backstory”

• Still on their western quest, our heroes are recruited to help an unusual town with their own supernatural problem: nightly hauntings by a legendary ghost.

Episode 8 – “Never Try the Cider”

• To reach their destination, our heroes pass through the resting place for all of the west’s wildest tall tales and legends. However, its temptations might finally unleash Gizmo’s inner Evil Mogwai.

Episode 9 – “Always or Never Make Wishes”

• As they make a treacherous journey into a mysterious desert tomb, Sam and Elle must choose between saving Elle’s mother or heeding Grandpa’s warning, all while Gizmo’s gone missing.

Episode 10 – “Always Make the Hard Choice” 

• Our heroes must find a way to reunite if they want any hope of defeating a massive, monstrous force before it destroys America.

As a reminder, “Gremlins: The Wild Batch” is technically the second season of the Max Original animated prequel series that kicked off with “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.”

Taking place one year after the events of season one, “Gremlins: The Wild Batch” follows Gizmo, Sam, and Elle as they travel from their home in Shanghai to San Francisco, bringing even more magic, mystery and Mogwai mayhem. Hot on the trail of a new brood of evil Mogwai, our heroes journey deep into the American West, coming up against new supernatural creatures and picking up a few mysterious characters along the way.

The series is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation. Steven Spielberg serves as executive producer, along with Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, Presidents of Amblin Television, and Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. Tze Chun serves as showrunner and executive producer. Brendan Hay serves as executive producer with Michael Chang and Dan Krall serving as Supervising Producers.

Joe Dante serves as consulting producer of the animated series. 

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