WarnerMedia在线频道正式预订由Tze Chun负责执笔的动画版《小精灵 Gremlins》,定名为《小精灵:魔怪的秘密 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai》。这部10集半小时动画剧是前传,背景设置在20世纪20年代的上海,讲述在电影第一集出场过的中国人Sam Wing 10岁时遇见了魔怪Gizmo;一人一兽和一个街头小偷Elle将共同冒险,他们不时会碰到一些中国传说中的怪物。而当他们正找寻办法协助Gizmo回家时,主角发现了传说中的秘宝,但同时这也惹来一个工业家及邪恶魔怪的追捕。
《小精灵 Gremlins》在1984年及90年共出了两集电影,至今小精灵仍然是美国文化之一,在电影中小精灵见强光会死﹑碰水会增殖﹑半夜后喂饲会变怪物。WarnerMedia的在线频道预订本年第四季度上线。Tells the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing met the young Mogwai called 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.