We had learned over the weekend that Don Mancini is hard at work scripting a brand new Chucky movie, and we’ve got an exclusive update to that story for you this afternoon.
Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report that Don Mancini is not only writing the next Chucky feature film, but Mancini will also be directing Chucky’s big screen return.
What sets the Chucky franchise apart from other horror franchises is that Don Mancini has remained at the helm over the years, and the next movie is set to remain in continuity with the previous films as well as the three-season “Chucky” television series. Mancini himself has directed all the recent movies, including Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and Cult of Chucky.
His plan for the new movie? Mancini aims to make Chucky scary again, throwing back particularly to the tone of Curse of Chucky as well as the first two original Child’s Play movies.
The plan is to also bring this new Chucky movie to theaters, which would mark the original killer doll’s return to the big screen after 22(!) long years. Both Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky went direct-to-video, and they were followed by the “Chucky” series on USA & SYFY.
There are technically eight Child’s Play/Chucky movies at this time, counting the remake that exists in its own universe, and Mancini’s new movie will bring the franchise up to nine total movies. Only eight of them exist within the Don Mancini Chucky Universe, however.
Stay tuned for more on Don Mancini’s new Chucky movie as we learn it.
