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The Gremlins is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl and published in 1943. [1] In writing the book, Dahl draws on his own experience as a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War.
Jet Li in 2009. Jet Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean [1] martial artist, retired wushu champion, film actor, film producer, and philanthropist. His first non-Chinese film role was as a villain in the 1998 buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon 4 with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
Gremlins is an American comedy horror media franchise produced and owned by Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment.The franchise centers on a species of creatures known as mogwai (Cantonese: 魔怪, 'devil'), which mutate into the eponymous creatures if the three rules regarding their care are violated; in particular, the franchise focuses on the conflict between the friendly Gizmo and the ...
The term "gremlins" also entered popular culture as children's author and RAF pilot Roald Dahl published a book called The Gremlins in 1943, based on the mischievous creatures. [15] Walt Disney considered making a film of it. A Bugs Bunny cartoon of the era, Falling Hare, shows Bugs battling a gremlin on an airplane.
Articles relating to the comedy horror film Gremlins (1984), its sequels, and its adaptations. The initial film draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force, going back to World War II.
The Gremlins is a children's book, written by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1943 by Random House for Walt Disney and serialized in Cosmopolitan . [ 3 ] It was Dahl's first children's book, and was written for Walt Disney Productions , as a promotional device for a feature-length animated film that was never made.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, the 1990 film sequel; Gremlins 2: The New Batch, a video game based on the 1990 film; Gremlins (TV series), an animated television series that serves as a prequel to the 1984 film; Gremlins, Inc., a computer game released in 2016; The Gremlins, a 1943 book by Roald Dahl
Joseph James Dante Jr. (/ ˈ d ɑː n t eɪ /; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director.His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy.