Child's Play writer confirms he's working on a new Chucky movie
Mar. 28, 2024Don Mancini, who created the long-running franchise way back in the ’80s, confirmed the news
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“Everyone’s asking me that question! So,myquestion is, ‘Do you want him to go to space?’ Do you personally want him to go?” he askedScreen Rantin February. “If there’s enough of a demand for that, eventually – I don’t know how quickly – I have an idea for that.”
After Child’s Play, Mancini wrote follow-ups Child’s Play 2, Child’s Play 3, Bride of Chucky, before stepping into the director’s chair for Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and the aforementioned Cult – all three of which he also penned. Nowadays, he acts as showrunner of the Chucky TV series, which has seen the big screen characters' – Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), Nica (Fiona Dourif), Andy (Alex Vincent), and of course, the titular doll (Brad Dourif) – worlds collide with that of Hackensack teenagers Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), Devon (Teo Briones), and Jake (Zackary Arthur).
InChucky season 3, which is currently airing in the US, Chucky has infiltrated the White House, so a galaxy far far away doesn’t really seem like too much of a stretch…
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