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Yes, the Killer Doll in the ‘Child’s Play’ Remake Will Be Called “Chucky”
As Friday the 13th fans are well aware, franchise rights issues in Hollywood are an INSANELY complicated matter, so much so that it can be hard to ever really understand what’s what. Take the Child’s Play franchise, for example. While Don Mancini and Universal continue the original franchise, MGM and Orion are remaking the original classic, which MGM distributed.
(To make a long story short, the original Child’s Play was made at MGM and then the franchise was subsequently taken to Universal, but MGM still retains rights to that original film.)
In any event, one thing we’ve been wondering about Lars Klevberg’s upcoming remake is if the film can/will be using the name “Chucky” for its killer doll, which appears to look very much the same as Don Mancini’s creation but has not yet been referred to as “Chucky” in the marketing materials. As revealed this week, the “Good Guys” brand has been replaced by the high-tech new product name “Buddi,” which has led many fans to speculate that the remake’s killer doll will actually be named, well, “Buddi.” The good news? No, his name isn’t Buddi.
We’ve confirmed today that the killer doll in next year’s Child’s Play remake is indeed named Chucky, even if it’s not infused with the soul of a serial killer named Charles Lee Ray.
(And no, Brad Dourif is not voicing this iteration of Chucky.)
How does the new doll get the name? I guess we’ll find out on June 21, 2019.
The filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey are expanding their public domain horror universe with a handful of upcoming “Poohniverse” movies, including Bambi: The Reckoning, Pinocchio: Unstrung, and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
Variety has scored the first image from Neverland Nightmare, seen above.
The website details, “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from ‘the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.’ Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who in this twisted version of the story will be seen taking heroine, convinced that it’s pixie dust.”
Scott Jeffrey will direct Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, expected Halloween 2024.
Jeffrey tells us, “I am taking inspiration from French cinema while in prep for this movie. The film will be incredibly tense. I would say it’s a mesh between Switchblade Romance and The Black Phone with our own spin on it. It is a nasty, violent and incredibly dark movie.”
Megan Placito has joined the cast as Wendy Darling, Kit Green is Tinkerbell, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist) is Michael Darling and Charity Kase (RuPaul Drag Race) is James. Martin Portlock will be playing the twisted version of Peter Pan.
Created by J.M. Barrie way back in 1902, the character of Peter Pan – like Winnie the Pooh – is in the public domain, even if the iconic Disney iteration of the character is very much not.
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