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Chucky Returns For More CHILD'S PLAY!!
The Kidd here...
It was only a matter of time before new life was breathed back into the CHILD'S PLAY franchise. After the series took a more comedic turn with BRIDE OF CHUCKY and SEED OF CHUCKY, Universal is taking the popular killer doll direct to home entertainment for CURSE OF CHUCKY, which is heading into production sometime this fall.
According to Moviehole, Don Mancini, writer of all five CHILD'S PLAY films to this point and creator of the series, is returning to pen the script for this newest installment and also get back into the director's chair where he sat for SEED OF CHUCKY. Brad Dourif is also back to reprise the familiar voice of the Good Guy gone bad.
What type of story are we looking at this time out?
Chucky arrives to wreck havoc within a family that’s regrouped for a funeral. In the wake of her mother’s passing, a young woman – in a wheelchair since birth – is forced to put up with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, the fearless Nica discovers the culprit might be a “strange doll” she was sent a couple of days earlier.
The concentration is supposed to be much more horror than comedy this time around... it's just a shame that it might be wasting away on the DVD shelves upon arrival.
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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This is days old.
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the man is legend
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...and that mistake being Seed of Chucky. It was gawd awful.
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It should be worth a watch.Direct to DvD or not.Both Bride and Seed were entertaining.
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yet it's "a shame" that a Chucky film will be straight to video. You're an odd duck, Kidd. Don't ever change!
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Make it happen, Hollywood.
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....I'd be down with a CHUCKY VS LEPRECHAUN movie.
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June 25, 2012, 2:44 p.m. CST
More milking of dead "franchises" for modern consumerist looser idiots to spend their cash on.
by MENTALDOMINANCE
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Dang, that must have hurt.
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and slowly turning it into cheesy horror/comedy. .............then crawling back to serious horror after the damage has been done. REBOOT!!!!!!!!!
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just an fyi ... it's "wreak havoc".
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Brain dead.Christ,...
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Don't Fuck with the Chuck! I'll take the return of Chucky anyway I can get him! Guilty Pleasure be thy name.
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They should have Peter Dinklage as the protagonist in a Chucky film.
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its sad he's gone the DTV route but least mancini and more importantly dourif are involved. i just hope the lower budget of DTV doesn't mean we get a terrible animatronic puppet. his facial movements just got better with each movie, it be a shame to see it take a major step back like the Cryptkeeper did in the 3rd Tales movie.
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They sank the IP into the ground with the last films. Not only were they abysmal and polarizing but they were completely different than how the early films were. Also, is it just me or does the plot outline seem like they're just borrowing from Monkey Shines and replacing the monkey with the doll instead?
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June 25, 2012, 3:41 p.m. CST
I hope there's a cameo by an evil Krusty the Clown doll.
by Royston Lodge
So say we all.
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June 25, 2012, 3:52 p.m. CST
I agree with mr spork. Let's all have a minute of silence just thinking about how this could have been yet another reboot.
by spacehog
I'll keep track of the time. ... ... ... ... Okay, back about your business.
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MGM owns those rights and they're still working on making that happen. lastest news was that mancini and dourif were involved but with this new sequel, maybe thats been put on the back burner.
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I'm happy to see a sequel to a dormant horror series instead of a predictable remake.
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June 25, 2012, 4:23 p.m. CST
I'm really excited. I adore this series. I actually just woke up from dreaming, where 'Revenge of Chucky' was greenlit.
by Xen11
I wonder why they are not going with that storyline, where he goes after Tiffany and Glen. Perhaps they will lead up to it. What seems unclear is if this is the remake they've been talking about or if its a sequel. It seems a bit odd to go in this direction. Maybe the wheelchair bound girl becomes his go to for getting around? I don't know. I'm extremely disappointed they are going the direct to video route. That's bullshit. The series is amazing. So much possibility. How the fuck do they just determine that its going to video before they make it? Does that mean they intend on it sucking?
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June 25, 2012, 4:26 p.m. CST
They should have a movie where Chucky joins with a character played by Nicolas Cage. Imagine the fucking possibilities.
by Xen11
"You watch your FUCKING MOUTH !!!!"
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June 25, 2012, 4:43 p.m. CST
A Platinum Dunes Chucky will give us a background to Charles Lee Ray. Make him more relatable.
by hank henshaw
Show that Chucky was really a victim and that´s why he kills people.
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June 25, 2012, 4:57 p.m. CST
If Platinum Dunes was doing it, Chucky would be all CGI and have alien origins.
by Chris
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...is whatever happened to Andy?
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June 25, 2012, 5:13 p.m. CST
I guess people forget that it was Bride that saved this franchise completely
by Rex Carsalot
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he changed his name, moved to Metropolis and became a photographer for a major newspaper.
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SOC is one of the worst horror sequels. I'm also hoping they bring back Andy and maybe his mother(what the hell happened to her?? or the cop...)
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and spent the next 20 years in jail for murder.
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...people don't appreciate how great his puppets were unless you tell them he didn't do the ones for Seed of Chucky (which looked like mass marketed dolls) and was hands off for Child's Play 3 after the nightmare of production that was part 2. The dolls in 2 and 3 were of a much higher quality than part one, with lip syncing vastly improved (particularly in part 3 where it was computer controlled, as in Bride), but they lost the "turning human" appearance from part one. Then, all of a sudden, in Bride, Chucky no longer had freckles and he had more realistic eyes. Oy vey. Still better than Seed though!
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It would be as lame as the DVD menus, just like the Kevin Yagher-less Cryptkeeper puppet on the Crypt DVD menus was. Or in Ritual.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dangerous-Chucky-Dolls-DVD/dp/B001HS0SEW/ref=cm_cr-mr-title Is unfortunately not really part of the franchise. love that they stole part of the font, though!
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Brad Dourif is even funnier in these films when he's not playing the doll. I'm thrilled that he's returning and that this ain't a reboot, but I hope they return to the dark (and unintentionally funny) tone of the first film. The less said about seed of chucky, the better.
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Hell fuckin yeah to a Chucky Vs. Leprechaun movie
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They did. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117966/
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June 25, 2012, 6:08 p.m. CST
Why not? I'm looking forward to this movie more than I am Bayformers or G.I. Joe. Summer release 2013 I say!
by DanielnocharismaCraig
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Obviously THIS is what the "reboot" was supposed to be. What in the world would the point of this project be otherwise -- let's do a shitty direct to video sequel to stoke everyone up for that big screen remake? Clearly whatever MGM had in mind, they've let Universal do whatever they want...and it doesn't inspire confidence.
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June 25, 2012, 7:30 p.m. CST
Interesting too they're turning their back on the very formula that made BRIDE OF CHUCKY a smash hit
by Dursman2000
This series would be dead if it weren't for BRIDE OF CHUCKY -- which outgrossed I believe every other film in this series too.
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New voice? Redesign the puppet? How about just write a good script and shoot it?
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Ahh the 80s. When even your average B movie was well crafted and memorable.
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June 25, 2012, 8:14 p.m. CST
" Ah-ye douie dembella....give me the power I beg of you!"
by Punisherthunder
Can't wait for this film. The first three were great!
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June 25, 2012, 8:19 p.m. CST
Direct to DVD? Fail. Might as well send it right to SyFy Channel
by Triple_J_72
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Don't give the fucking doll a voice. A voiceless murder doll would actually be scary. Don't pussy out and make it pg-13. Make it violent and gritty and it would be a reboot i think people would support.
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as they both know different ways to fuck kids up!
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...that would be quite disturbing...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l8Qv4IMp90&feature=plcp
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My friends and I used to yell that out for a year after seeing the first movie (the scene where the kid is walking around trying to find the chuckster!).
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Are you high? No, seriously...how much have you been smoking?
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I'd pay money to see Chucky wreak havoc on the big screen again. Come on, don't let it die a direct-to-disc death like the HELLRAISER series.
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Chucky as an integrated smart toy now with hacking and electronic manipulation capabilities. Call Rob Zombie, and we have a whole new ballgame.
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June 26, 2012, 2:33 a.m. CST
I was excited at first, but now its like a really bad dream if this is all true.
by Xen11
If that moviehole article is true, then they are ignoring 4 and 5. Why???? And its going Direct to DVD. WHY???? What the fuck is wrong with these people. You don't stick the Chuck in the corner of a fucking rental store without letting him fuck with a theatrical audience first. Fuck you. Why would you ignore a great series you have created to fuck it up with this? I would hope that it takes place right after Seed Of Chucky, but in the interim between Glen's patricide of Chucky and Chucky's arm in a box sent to Glen. Chucky would pull himself back together somehow minus an arm. He would use this wheelchair bitch to help him out because maybe Chucky would be handicapped now as well. He would bond with her and have her send the arm to his kid. "If you don't post my arm to my kid in 7 days, your family will die. One family member for each day that goes by. You fucking find my kid or I'll roll your ass to hell!! Got it, Hot Wheels?" Seriously, fucking direct to dvd? Fuck you. I hope this news is a fake, because it sounds like it. How the fuck do they get this much info without a source? Fuck you.
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June 26, 2012, 4:35 a.m. CST
Chucky scrared (and scarred) the living shit out of me.
by David Cloverfield
I was so scared from my dolls... I actually convinced myself that I saw them breathing on a few occasions. I found my sister's VHS collection way too young. Bride was pretty fun too.
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Brad Dourif is love.
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Who gives a shit and a rats ass category. This series is deader than... dead! C'mon AICN! Report news...
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That means more freedom. DTV are the new B-movies.
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and Ireland.
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For the next 2 KITT should pickup me to take me on my date with Kate Beckinsale. Guess I should've wished for world peace... Fuck it!
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The film? I'm fairly certain that 'Child's Play' was never banned, although there was a bullshit "ban the video nasties!" media stink surrounding 'Child's Play 3' due to the Jamie Bulger murder case.
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June 26, 2012, 7:22 a.m. CST
Chucky vs. Leprecaun vs. Puppet Master vs. Pinocchio.
by throatwarbler_mangrove
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June 26, 2012, 7:32 a.m. CST
I will watch this because 1) they're still using Brad Dourif, and 2) they are
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
not going for laughs, but going back to the horror of the first one. Child's Play 2 was okay, but I zoned out of the sequels when they started going more for goofiness than horror. This looks like it could bring Chuck back on track.
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June 26, 2012, 7:32 a.m. CST
Straight to DVD/streaming isn't really a mark of crap anymore...
by GilbertRSmith
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You give me some gin, and I might eat a dog's brain.
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...or does this feel like a story that could be told with or without Chucky? I mean, maybe, there's more to the plot, but so far, this could be describing any movie.
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scratchmonkey is correct it wasnt banned, the media tried connecting CP3 to a really nasty murder of a toddler, however there was no evidence to support that the murderers had even seen it. I think it may have been banned during the investigation until it was proved there was no connection. There was another horrible murder of a young girl, who was also tortured, the people who did this blasted music which had lines from the series, again it was proved that they had never seen them and if I remember correctly the mother of the victim also defended the films saying that the people who killed her daughter were just sick and evil and that the films in no way contributed to her daughters death.
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June 26, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
Jennifer Tilly = hottest actress ever
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
That is all. I would cut off one hand for a night with her.
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June 26, 2012, 11:09 a.m. CST
Undisputed III was Straight to DVD. Battleship was released in Theatres
by CuervoJones
Undisputed III is an amazing action flick. Battleship is gonorrhea.
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Why do films feel the need to be right around that mark? Give me a Child's Play film that strokes the 2 hour mark. The problem with all the films in the series is that they are around 90 minutes long and feel rushed.
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And if it isn't possible for that to happen , make chucky fight another diminutive monster .
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the first two are like 80 minutes a piece.
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Watching 1,2, and 3 edited on those cable networks like USA back in the day, it seemed so much longer with those commercials. It also had added scenes for television. Then I watch them unedited, commercial free on Cinemax and its over in no time and I'm thinking, "What the fucking shit, its so fucking short, its shorter than Chucky himself. They don't hold up as well as they did when it seemed longer." Child's Play : 87 minutes Child's Play 2: 84 minutes Child's Play 3: 90 minutes Bride Of Chucky: 89 minutes Seed Of Chucky: 87 minutes And this is with credits factored in. So subtract about 5 minutes and maybe even an additional minute for opening credits for actual material time. It's fucking bullshit. Make a fucking 2 hour movie and stop with the cookie-cutter bullshit that's supposed to fit in a little time slot for television. Studio Fuckface: "It must be about 90 minutes long so we can add commercials to make it an even 2 hour timeslot. Where's my cross? I want to have my daily prayer for Jesus."
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I hope they make on where they get revenge on his family
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