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Update on the ‘Child’s Play’ Remake
This reminds me of the battle that went on to get the remake of FRIDAY THE 13TH on the big screen. After AICN posted their incredible interview with Child’s Play creator Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner, we got in touch with Mancini who gave us an update of the actual status of the remake, which will also see the return of Brad Dourif. What will it take for Charles Lee Ray to return as Chucky in theaters? Read on and find out.
“We’ve had several meetings,” Don Mancini tells Bloody-Disgusting, “I pitched my new take to the studio and got their notes. They definitely want to make the movie. But they’re busy with the deal-making process at the moment, which is complicated by the fact that the remake rights are owned jointly by Universal and MGM (where we made the original film). Once the two studios iron out their agreement, and David’s and my deals are finalized, I can start writing the script.”
Mancini, who wrote all five CHILD’S PLAY films, is also slated to direct the remake, which follows a serial killer named Charles Lee Ray who is mortally wounded in a police shootout and uses a voodoo spell to transfer his soul into Chucky, a “Good Guys” doll.
While Mancini waits for the thumbs up, he is still working on his pilot for Sci-Fi Channel.
“In the meantime, I’m still working on my Sci-Fi Channel pilot, KILL/SWITCH, with Howie Mandel.”
You can read more about that project here.
A bedtime lullaby soothes an unsettling newborn in our exclusive clip from Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm.
The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.
Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”