Last year’s “Child’s Play” reboot came and went without making much of a dent. Fans of the long running franchise though are more looking forward to original creator Don Mancini’s upcoming “Chucky” TV series which was ordered to series by Syfy over four months ago.
In the series, a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale and a small American town is soon thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose their hypocrisies and secrets.
Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies – and allies – from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who became this monster.
Mancini confirms to Syfy Wire that new characters, returning cast members, and new goals for Chucky to purse are all on the way:
“With this TV show, our mission has been to preserve the straightforward scariness of the original film or the first couple of films, but at the same time, continue on with this ever-expanding tapestry of consistent story that we’ve spun over the course of seven movies and 30-some years.
I think fans are really gonna love to see the new characters that we introduce into this realm and just to see how they came off of our classic characters. Not just Chucky, but some of the others that you may be hoping to see. There’s a good chance they may turn up.
I think the prospect of seeing Chucky sharpen his skills and add to his toolbox, some of the technical goodies that we have at our disposal now, that’s something I think people will find pretty interesting. It’s so important to give Chucky new weapons, new strategies, and new targets, new goals.
Chucky has a different goal in the TV show than he’s ever had before and it’s specifically something that is designed to evoke something that’s going on in the zeitgeist today.”
Mancini, Nick Antoscia and David Kirschner will executive produce the series which follows on from the seven films of the main series and the reboot.
