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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 As revealed this week, the “Good Guys” brand has been replaced by the high-tech new product name “Buddi,” which has led many fans to speculate that the remake’s killer doll will actually be named, well, “Buddi.”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.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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