‘Cinema Is Healing’: Why Gremlins 3 Trailer Has Fans Breathing a Sigh of Relief Over Gizmo’s Return

The Gremlins 3 teaser trailer has fans breathing a sigh of relief over Gizmo’s practical return. This 11-second video also reveals that the long-awaited sequel has been pushed to October 6, 2028.

Warner Bros. released the trailer on September 23, showing Gizmo inside a backpack before revealing the new release date. The sequel was previously scheduled for November 19, 2027. As soon as the new glimpse dropped, fans on social media started praising the apparent use of a physical puppet.

X user @DrewTailored wrote, “Pushes glasses up nose. Interesting they’re using the original Chris Walas design for Gizmo instead of the cuter, more commercial (and, in the years since, more merchandised) Rick Baker design from Gremlins 2.” @BlackMajikMan90 said, “They are using actual puppets and not CGI for Gremlins 3. Cinema is healing.”

@Loggus_doggus shared, “It looks like he’s still a puppet, I’m glad. My worst nightmare is seeing CGI gremlins. Also, 2028 LMAO bro think we’re gonna live two more years.” @AdamInHTownTX said, “Gizmo is looking more like he did in the 1984 original than in the sequel. That’s promising.”

@RonnieKL13 tweeted, “I’m gonna cry, oh my god, thank you for keeping him practical.” @warnerbros quipped, “Mogwai-approved. Gremlin-certified.”

How Gremlins 3 embraces the franchise’s practical roots

Gremlins 3 embraces the franchise’s roots by bringing physical puppetry back. Chris Columbus previously confirmed that the sequel would use practical puppets, with CGI used only in a limited role.

Creature designer Chris Walas explained that Gizmo was largely animatronic because the Mogwai’s small size made standard puppet techniques difficult.

Columbus is directing the sequel, while Hannah Marks is writing the current draft from a screenplay by Columbus, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein. The film marks the franchise’s first live-action movie since Gremlins 2: The New Batch in 1990.

Steven Spielberg returns as executive producer. Official plot details and casting remain undisclosed. The teaser focused on Gizmo’s return and the film’s creature work.

Originally reported on SuperHeroHype.

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