Chucky won’t need to watch his language on Syfy TV show

Posted 7 years ago

Chucky the killer doll is coming to the small screen, as it was announced yesterday that the television series based on the CHILD'S PLAY franchise that Don Mancini (writer of all of the CHILD'S PLAY / CHUCKY movies and director...

Syfy lands Don Mancini’s ‘fresh take’ on a Chucky TV series

Posted 7 years ago

The return of John Carpenter and Debra Hill's Michael Myers might have dominated your slasher-related news feeds in 2018, but now it looks as if 2019 is shaping up to be The Year of the Chucky. Today we've learned that...

Syfy acquires the rights to Child’s Play TV series Chucky

Posted 7 years ago

Don Mancini, writer of every film in the CHILD'S PLAY franchise and director of the last few entries (SEED OF CHUCKY, CURSE OF CHUCKY, CULT OF CHUCKY) has been planning to take Chucky the killer doll into the realm of...

Don Mancini excited to reinvent Child’s Play again with TV series

Posted 7 years ago

The original CHILD'S PLAY didn't quite match the initial screenplay that was written by Don Mancini, but the franchise has been moving forward under Mancini's guidance ever since – at least until MGM recently decided to produce a remake of...

Chucky’s origin in Child’s Play was originally quite different

Posted 8 years ago

Believe it or not, but this Friday serves as the 30th anniversary of CHILD'S PLAY, the first film in the horror franchise which followed Chucky (Brad Dourif), a deadly doll inhabited by the spirit of a serial killer. After witnessing...

Face-Off: Curse of Chucky vs. Cult of Chucky

Posted 8 years ago

Last week, MGM unveiled the first look at the Chucky doll as he'll appear in a remake of CHILD'S PLAY – a project they're moving forward with even though CHILD'S PLAY franchise writer Don Mancini intends to continue making follow-ups...

Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry in talks to star for Child’s Play reboot

Posted 8 years ago

"Hi, I'm Chucky, and I'm your friend till the end. Hidey-ho!" Ugh, I can still recall the first time I heard those words, and how terrified I was of the seemingly adorable killer that, in time, would go on to become...

Don Mancini still developing Child’s Play TV show and sequels despite remake

Posted 8 years ago

Rights issues can really make a mess of our favorite franchises. The FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise is currently on hold while the original film's director Sean S. Cunningham and writer Victor Miller take each other to court to determine which...

A reboot of Child’s Play is in the works from the producers of It

Posted 8 years ago

Although many of Chucky's horror franchise brethren have a remake and/or reboot under their belts, the CHILD'S PLAY series has managed to escape that particular trend, until now. MGM is fast-tracking a reboot of the classic 80s horror film which...

Brad Dourif talks Child’s Play TV series!

Posted 8 years ago

I don't think there is an abundance of horror flicks and/or franchises that would make an utterly smooth transition from the big screen to our smaller TV screens. That said, for some reason, I think Don Mancini's killer doll franchise...

Load more articles