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More Proof ‘Chucky 7’ is Close to Production
Don Mancini is teasing us hardcore Child’s Play fans with a series of tweets showing that production may be ramping up for Chucky 7.
Just last week Mancini, who is the creator of the franchise and director of the last two entries, shared a selfie in front of the house from Curse of Chucky. Then he poked fun again with a shot of the Canadian flag, which is where the previous film was shot. Now, he’s showing that he’s not just location scouting as he’s shared images of him with both Brad and Fiona Dourif, who are both all but confirmed to return in Chucky 7.
Mancini had been busy as all hell working on the final season of “Hannibal” before taking on two seasons of Syfy’s “Channel Zero”. Now that the second season of the latter is wrapped it looks as if he’s now focused 100% on bringing Charles Lee Ray back to life (wait, I don’t think he died at the end of Curse?)
The tweet last week teased that “Chucky is finally coming home,” with Dourif, who is the voice of Chucky, being tagged alongside Summer H. Howell, Jennifer Tilly and Alex Vincent, star of the first two Child’s Play films who returned in a shocking post credits sequence in Curse. The film ended as if Mancini planned to tie the previous three films – Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky and Curse of Chucky – together in a seventh film, which has been in development for the better part of the year.
As I recapped before for those who haven’t been keeping up, after Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) failed to transfer his soul into Andy’s body, he retrieved the Heart of Damballa in Bride of Chucky with the help of Tiffany (Tilly), his ex who he transfers into the body of a female doll. The two have doll sex, resulting in the birth of Glen (or Glenda?) who was left out of Curse of Chucky. Chucky returned in Curse, which looked like a reboot, only Mancini was fucking with the audience; the new look was to cover up the stitched together and scarred plastic hiding underneath. When the film concluded, Mancini teased the return of Tiffany (back in her human body) and Andy, who appears to have been waiting for Chucky since 1991.
Child’s Play is my favorite horror franchise, so I’m going to be watching everything closely.
— Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) November 17, 2016
GOOD GUYS? @fionadourif @BRADDOURIFORG pic.twitter.com/Jy32CttUnI
— Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) November 17, 2016
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Absolutely “No Goddamn AI” Was Used to Bring ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ to Theaters in 4K 3D This October
Guillermo del Toro returned to San Diego Comic-Con this past week to take part in a special Pan’s Labyrinth 20th anniversary panel, which also featured stars Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero. They were on hand to preview the upcoming theatrical re-release of Del Toro’s masterpiece, which is headed to the big screen beginning October 9, 2026.
Guillermo del Toro made one thing crystal clear about the 2006 film’s upcoming theatrical release in 3D and HDR; “absolutely no goddamn AI” was used any step of the way.
“It’s much more expensive… I don’t care,” del Toro said, speaking about the painstaking process of bringing the film into the 4K 3D format by hand. “What we’re protecting is the beauty and redeeming power of art. We are protecting a lineage of art.”
Del Toro added, “You have to put in time. You have to do every element by hand.”
If there’s any filmmaker at the moment who completely embodies the anti-AI movement it’s Guillermo del Toro, who has been vocally against the use of generative AI in the creation of art from the very beginning. He said back in October of last year that he’d “rather die” than use AI.
Other big name filmmakers have been dipping their toes into generative AI, with AI recently used by David Fincher for the restoration of his film Se7en. It’s likely to become more and more common in Hollywood for the restoration of older movies and the creation of brand new movies, but Guillermo del Toro is standing in firm opposition to the controversial technology.
He recently shouted at the Gotham Awards, “Fuck AI!”
Bloody Disgusting’s parent company Cineverse is teaming up with Fathom Entertainment for the Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary release, in theaters October 9.
Pan’s Labyrinth will be presented theatrically for the first time by Cineverse and Fathom in 4K, and with versions available in both 3D and HDR by Barco – the dedicated HDR viewing solution offering up to 6 times higher peak luminance.
Each version for this re-release has been overseen by Guillermo del Toro.
Tickets will be available online September 9 and at participating theater box offices.
Pan’s Labyrinth takes place in 1944, in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
Young Ofelia and her pregnant mother have been brought to live in the countryside, where her brutal stepfather Captain Vidal’s job is to wipe out the remaining rebels camped in the local forest. Nearby, in a hidden labyrinth, Ofelia meets an ageless Faun, who tells her that she is really a princess from an enchanted world. He gives her three tasks which she must complete in order to reclaim her rightful place. As her mother’s failing health threatens the life of her unborn child, Ofelia undertakes a quest to complete the Faun’s tasks.
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