Don Mancini revealed at Steel City Con this past weekend that he’s writing a brand new Chucky movie, but that’s not the only scoop he dropped during his Q&A panel at the event.
Mancini also revealed that he’s developing a mysterious television series with Chucky franchise star Jennifer Tilly, and he’s even writing a new non-Chucky horror movie!
“I’m writing a new Chucky movie,” Mancini told the crowd. “I’m also trying to develop a new TV series with Jennifer Tilly. A friend of mine, his name is Laurent Bouzereau… so that’s something we’re developing with Jennifer. And I’m also writing a new non-Chucky horror movie.”
Mancini teases, “A haunted house story.”
We don’t have further details about either of these projects at this time, but we’ll report more as we learn it. In the meantime, here’s what we know about Mancini’s new Chucky script…
Bloody Disgusting has heard that Mancini’s plan with the next Chucky movie is to make it SCARY, throwing back particularly to the tone of Curse of Chucky and 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 TV series.
Don Mancini has largely spent the bulk of his career shepherding the Chucky saga across screens both big and small, so the news of him writing an original horror movie is particularly exciting. To date, Mancini has only directed Chucky material, so it’ll be interesting to see if he plans on directing the haunted house script that he’s currently writing. Stay tuned for updates.
@JenniferTilly and @RealDonMancini are working on a new tv show together! pic.twitter.com/U4x6WfVoTU
— (@JenTillysBitch) April 14, 2026