Don Mancini Holds Little Back Claiming MGM is “Screwing” Franchise with CHILD’S PLAY Remake
“It’s just business. Don’t take it personally.” How many times have we all heard the line above, either in real life or in a movie/TV show? There seems to be some sort of moral loophole that allows executives to crush people’s
Trailer & Poster for CHILD’S PLAY Fan Film CHARLES Are Creepy AF
As the original Child’s Play, launched by Tom Holland and Don Mancini in 1998, recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary, fans of the franchise’s cups runneth over—kind of. While we’re excited about the TV series Mancini is hammering out at Universal,
Despite Turbulent Relationship, Tom Holland Credits Don Mancini for Chucky’s Success
A recent retrospective of Child’s Play on The Hollywood Reporter reveals that bringing Chucky to life was no easy feat—not by a longshot! Not only was the diminutive devil doll a mechanical and logistical nightmare, but creative tensions also ran
Don Mancini Describes Original BLOOD BUDDY Concept That Became CHILD’S PLAY
When Don Mancini wrote the first draft of Child’s Play, he was still a student at UCLA with little industry experience to draw from. In a recent retrospective on The Hollywood Reporter, Mancini describes his original vision, revealing a much
Aubrey Plaza Shares Starling Prank Video from Set of MGM’s CHILDS PLAY Remake
While we haven’t seen much from the production of MGM’s Child’s Play reboot, but star Aubrey Plaza made an Instagram post last week that amounts to our first official look behind the scenes. It’s a prank shot on set; we
Don Mancini Explains Why Universal Chickened Out on Their CHILD’S PLAY Reboot
There’s only one Chucky (the serial killer formerly known as Charles Lee Ray) but we’re likely to see the character split into two distinct entities in 2019. Original Child’s Play mastermind Don Mancini is working on a TV series that
CHILD’S PLAY: TV SERIES Features Whole New World & New Characters
Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner are hard at work on Child's Play: The TV Series and today we have some new info via ur buddies over at Bloody Disgusting who meditated a panel at ScreamFest this weekend where Mancini and Kirschner talked about the
CHILD’S PLAY: THE TV SERIES Still Coming Soon Despite Reboot
Last week we passed along the crazy news that the producers of Stephen King's IT and MGM are rebooting the infamous killer doll franchise Child's Play from director Lars Klevberg (Polaroid). But what does this mean for franchise-creator Don Mancini's upcoming Child's Play: The
Brad Dourif Confirms CHILD’S PLAY TV Series
A while back we shared the awesome news that Don Mancini ma very well be moving his Child's Play series into the realm of TV along with franchise producer David Kirschner. “We plan to use Child’s Play in the title,” Mancini explained
Will Child’s Play Work As a TV Series?
** Contains Cult of Chucky Spoilers ** Recently we were all hit by the killer news that Don Mancini and long-time Child's Play producer David Kirschner will be developing a TV series based on the Child's Play franchise. Chucky on the
Don Mancini Announces Child’s Play TV Series!
In what just might be the most exciting news we'll get this year, it turns out that Child's Play creator Don Mancini and franchise producer David Kirschner are developing a TV series based on Chucky and the Child's Play series! The
Don Mancini Teases the Return of Glen/Glenda in Next Chucky Flick
I think we can all agree that writer-director Don Mancini's new Chucky flick Cult of Chucky was a welcome breath of fresh air to the franchise. But where was Glen/Glenda? Mancini evidently cut out all references to the character from the film
Don Mancini Says We’ll See Glen/Glenda Again One Day in a Chucky Film
As much as I loved the writer-director Don Mancini's newest entry in the Child's Play series, I did miss the presence of Glen and Glenda from Seed of Chucky (review). Evidently, I'm one of the few as Chucky-creator Don Mancini says
What Other Franchises Can Learn From Cult of Chucky
The Chucky franchise is one of horror's most solidly enduring efforts. Not every installment is a home run, but even the weakest movie in the series has enough merit to prevent it from being written off. It's obvious that much of this quality
Brad Dourif Reveals the One Chucky Scene That Shocked Him
As every self-respecting horror fan knows, writer-director Don Mancini's new Child's Play sequel was just released this past Tuesday on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, and Netflix. And recently Chucky himself, Brad Dourif was interview by Daily Dead regarding Cult of Chucky (review) and was
Cult of Chucky Theatrical Poster Will Give You a Little Prick
A theatrical poster for the R-rated edition of Cult of Chucky (review) has been sent to Dread Central and we're happy to show it to you below! While it's not terribly different from posters and home video artwork that have