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‘World War Z’ Sequel to Begin Filming in June 2019
A sequel to World War Z is going to happen, don’t you fret, especially after the first film’s insane global box office take. Even with all of the delays, it’s still ramping up, and producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner tell Variety a shoot is now slated for June 2019.
Also, in case anyone was worried, Brad Pitt will once again star as former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane, who heads on a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and a way to halt its spread. David Fincher will still direct.
The producers explain they knew it would work when they hired Utopia screenwriter Dennis Kelly. “We’re still working on the script,” adds Kleiner, “but he’s done an amazing job and we think it’s gonna be great.”
The production was recently delayed due to Pitt filming Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. No matter, the sequel will eventually happen, especially since World War Z made over $500M at the box office worldwide. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
Don Mancini is hard at work scripting a brand new Chucky movie, which will take the franchise is an unexpected new direction according to the voice behind killer doll Chucky.
Don’t expect the new film to pick up from where the series left off, Academy Award nominee Brad Dourif teased at the Creep I.E. Cinema panel hosted by Bloody Disgusting this weekend.
“If I know Don, I would say what he’s going to do is something completely different that I hadn’t thought of, that nobody had thought of,” the actor tells the audience.
It’s worth noting that the upcoming film is still in early development. So much so that Dourif has heard multiple different ideas for the ninth film in Mancini’s Chucky universe. “There is actually going to be another film made,’ Dourif explains, “I’ve heard maybe three pitches —that’s not a detail, and I’m not saying what they are—but they’re all different.”
Emmy nominee Fiona Dourif was on hand to prevent her dad from spoiling any plot details, of course.
As we reported back in April, Don Mancini is aiming to make Chucky scary again in the brand new Chucky movie that will finally bring the (original) killer doll back to the big screen. Mancini’s plan is to return the franchise to the tone of Curse of Chucky as well as the first two original Child’s Play movies, once again dialing back the comedy and hijinks.
Brad Dourif voiced Chucky in all of the original Child’s Play movies as well as more recent installments Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky, and all three seasons of the TV series. And Dourif doesn’t plan on giving the character to anyone else anytime soon. He recently told the crowd at Spooky Empire, “Nobody’s doing Chucky but me.”
Stay tuned for more updates on all things Chucky.