Looks like we’ll be getting another movie with the awesome character, Charles “Chucky” Lee Ray, along with the character’s original creator (Don Mancini) set to write/produce/direct, and Brad Dourif (Chucky’s original voice).
The film is in production as we speak in Winnipeg, Canada, and will be released straight-to-home video.
This is meant to be a return to the horror emphasis of the original, dialing back on the humorous tone present in BRIDE OF CHUCKY and SEED OF CHUCKY.
From ComingSoon.net:
“Since his introduction to audiences in ‘Child’s Play’ almost a quarter-century ago, Chucky has haunted the nightmares of a generation of moviegoers,” said Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment. “Returning to his roots in one of the most provocative horror franchises, this new sequel will shock longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike.”
CURSE OF CHUCKY stars Fiona Dourif (THE MASTER, TRUE BLOOD, DEADWOOD), A Martinez (LONGMIRE, GENERAL HOSPITAL), Danielle Bisutti (GET SMART, CSI: MIAMI) and Brennan Elliott (FLIGHT 93, DOUBLE JEOPARDY). Brad Dourif (THE LORD OF THE RINGS, DUNE) once again returns to provide the voice of Chucky, the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who returns to settle some unfinished business.
The film is directed by Don Mancini, the “CHILD’S PLAY franchise creator who has written or co-written each of the previous movies and was the director of SEED OF CHUCKY. Also an integral part of the CHILD’S PLAY franchise from inception, David Kirschner (AN AMERICAN TAIL, HOCUS POCUS, BRIDE OF CHUCKY) produces from a screenplay by Mancini. The film’s top-flight production team includes special-effects wizard Tony Gardner (ZOMBIELAND, SEED OF CHUCKY), production designer Craig Sandells (MOTHER’S DAY) and costume designer Patricia J. Henderson (ATM).
In the film,Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.
Here we have the first behind-the-scenes image of the movie. I almost prefer animatronics to CGI these days just because CGI is so overused in most films, usually in a very conspicuous way, so I’m glad the filmmakers decided to stick with animatronic Chucky.
