"Child's Play" Remake Trailer Released

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See the First Photo of New Chucky in Child's Play Remake
by Clark Collis
Sept. 21, 2018


It producer Seth Grahame-Smith was still a kid when he first saw 1988’s Child’s Play, the horror film which introduced the world to the killer doll Chucky.

“I was just 12-year-old when the ’88 movie came out,” he says. “It scared the hell out of me. I watched it again and again. It’s a special movie for me.”




Thirty years on, Grahame-Smith is currently overseeing the Vancouver shoot for a remake of Child’s Play with his producing partner David Katzenberg.

This new version stars Aubrey Plaza as a mother who gives her son (Gabriel Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. The film costars "Atlanta" actor Brian Tyree Henry.




The MGM/Orion Pictures project is written by Tyler Burton Smith and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Lars Klevberg, another longtime fan of the original.

“Child’s Play was, and is, one of my all-time horror movies and it was one of my introductions to horror,” says Klevberg of director Tom Holland’s terror tale. “I got the script and it was really really good, and I knew it was from the producers from It, and I jumped in immediately.”




Klevberg explains that he is using both a practical doll and visual effects to create the new film’s Chucky, but is tight-lipped about the backstory of the character who, in the original film, is possessed by a serial killer.

“Our Chucky will be our Chucky and he will be presented when the movie comes out,” teases the director.




Brad Dourif voiced Chucky in the original Child’s Play and its six sequels. Klevberg insists he doesn’t know who will play the part in his movie. “We haven’t cast that role yet,” says the director.

What else can the filmmaker say about the film? “It’s going to be scary, and it’s going to be surprisingly emotional, and we also want it to be fun,” says Klevberg. “So, it’s a really good mix.”

https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/21/chu...s-play-remake/

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Chucky Creator Reacts to New Version of Killer Doll (with Help from Mariah Carey)
by Clark Collis
Sept. 21, 2018


What does Chucky creator Don Mancini think about the new version of the infamous killer doll featured in MGM’s currently-being-shot remake of the 1988 horror movie Child’s Play? Not too much, it seems.

Shortly after EW premiered a first look at the revamped Chucky, Mancini posted on Twitter a meme of Mariah Carey holding a sign which reads “I don’t know her” along with the message “THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT.”

(The meme was inspired by an interview Carey once gave on German TV in which she claimed to be unaware of the existence of pop rival J-Lo.)

https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/21/chu...don-mancini-2/

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[Dude111]

The original is the best and only 1 I agnoledge........

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[Torgo]

I'm mainly curious about it because of Mark Hamill's involvement. But I don't like the new look of Chucky.