Gremlins director Joe Dante accuses The Mandalorian of plagiarizing him

Don’t feed him after midnight, don’t let him get wet, and don’t give him sunlight. The broken rules would give rise to other terrifying little monsters. And it happened. The gremlin scared and made to laugh out loud many generations of the ’80s and’ 90s, but one creature in particular has won the favor of fans: Gizmo, a small key beast of the saga, which for its director, Joe Dante, was plagiarized by Lucasfilm for The Mandaloriantransforming him into Baby Yoda.

Director of gremlin Y gremlin Two, Joe Dante, criticized The Mandalorian for “brazenly” modeling Baby Yoda on her favorite creature (Gizmo) from the 1984 classic produced by Steven Spielbergwritten by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with the voice of Howie Mandel … Gizmo.

The franchise will have an upcoming animated installment with the HBO Max series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwaiwith Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong and James Hong as characters.

Dante told the San Francisco Chronicle: “I think the longevity of the movies is really the key to this character (Gizmo), who is essentially like a baby, which obviously brings me to the question of Baby Yoda, which is completely stolen and just copied. Without shame, I would say “.

Baby Yoda, or The Child first appeared in The Mandalorian on Disney + in 2019. Baby Yoda’s real name is Gorgu and the baby has ties to Ahsoka, played by Rosario Dawson in another upcoming series of the same name.

turned into a meme

According to Indiewire, the same source of information, the character built by Legacy Effects became something of a meme during the pandemic, a nice thing to hold on to in tough times. But even if the man behind The MandalorianJon Favreau specifically wanted to avoid cuteness with the character, in the end he couldn’t help but be adored.

Dante directed in 1984 gremlin, on a group of creatures born from Gizmo. Either way, it looks like the director of gremlin you don’t have to worry about Baby Yoda appearing in other spin-off productions Star Warsyes Writer and director Taika Waititi sets out to “expand” the universe of Star Wars with a film that still has no title.

“I think for the universe of Star Wars expand, it just needs to expand, “Waititi said Total movie on his next film, which still has no title. “I don’t think it’s of any use in the universe of Star Wars make a movie where everyone says, ‘Oh, great, well, these are the plans for the Millennium Falcon, ah, that’s Chewbacca’s grandmother,’ “confided the director of the new Thor, Thor: Love and thundercurrently on the bill ..

Waititi, who was selected for a delivery of Star Wars With a December 2025 release date, he added: “That would be cool, although I’d like to take something new and create some new characters and expand the world, otherwise it will feel like a very small story.”

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