Child's Play (June 21, 2019)

[Malcolm R]

Title: Child's Play ()

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Director: Lars Klevberg

Cast: Mark Hamill, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Gabriel Bateman, David Lewis, Ty Consiglio, Beatrice Kitsos, Hannah Drew, Kristin York, Carlease Burke, Veenu Sandhu, Nicole Anthony, Amber Taylor, Ben Andrusco-Daon, Zahra Anderson, Johnson Phan, Marlon Kazadi, Michael Bardach, Amro Majzoub, Kenneth Tynan, Ariana Nica, Anantjot S Aneja, Eddie Flake

Plot: A remake of the 1988 film.

Not sure when this is actually going to be released, but it's currently in production in Vancouver. Produced by Seth Grahame-Smith (IT) and David Katzenberg; directed by Norwegian filmmaker Lars Klevberg; written by Tyler Burton Smith. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, and Brian Tyree Henry. No word yet on who will voice Chucky.

This seems to be a desperation/cash-in remake by MGM, as there's no involvement by original CP creator Don Mancini, who is actually pursuing his own Chucky projects with Universal (who picked up the franchise after MGM declined to continue the series after the original film), and has expressed indifference at best about this remake, while also declining an Executive Producer credit on the film.

But here is the first pic of the new Chucky from the remake:

https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/21/chucky-childs-play-remake/

 

[JQuintana]

No thank you.

 

[dpippel]

Good Lord, not ANOTHER remake!

 

[Malcolm R]

Yeah, I'm not sure I'm that interested, either, especially with no participation from Mancini.

Mancini's last couple of Chucky sequels have actually been pretty decent. It's kind of a shame he now has to complete with his own creation as exploited by MGM for a quick cash grab.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Is this the one about him returning to coach the Raiders?

 

[Malcolm R]

New teaser poster available at link below. Apparently Chucky isn't a "Good Guy" anymore (not sure why that's a change that was necessary):

https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/12/childs-play-remake-release-date-poster/

 

[SamT]

Wow. Chucky was a good guy? I've never seen this series but always assumed an evil little murdering puppet with a knife must be the bad guy!

 

[Malcolm R]

Wow. Chucky was a good guy? I've never seen this series but always assumed an evil little murdering puppet with a knife must be the bad guy!

He was a "Good Guys" doll. In this film, it appears he's a "Buddi" doll.

He was not the good guy.

 

[Malcolm R]

Mark Hamill to provide the voice of Chucky in the new film, replacing Brad Dourif who has provided the voice in all prior films.

Not sure if Dourif would continue to provide the voice for the CP TV series that Don Mancini is trying to develop (Mancini, creator of CP, is not involved with the new remake [MGM owns the rights to the original film]).

 

[TravisR]

Mark Hamill to provide the voice of Chucky in the new film, replacing Brad Dourif who has provided the voice in all prior films.

I assumed that they were getting a new voice and I wondered how and who could replace Dourif but I have to admit that Mark Hamill is a good choice.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Saw this today and it was... okay. Not as good as the original but not a disaster...

 

[Thomas Newton]

Wow. Chucky was a good guy? I've never seen this series but always assumed an evil little murdering puppet with a knife must be the bad guy!

In the original film, there was a factory that made "Good Guy" dolls. There was also a voodoo-using criminal who was being put to death for murder. During the attempted execution, the murderer's spirit left his body and entered one of the dolls.

That Chucky definitely was not a "Good Guy" in any sense except external appearance.

 

[Malcolm R]

There was also a voodoo-using criminal who was being put to death for murder. During the attempted execution, the murderer's spirit left his body and entered one of the dolls.

Almost, but not quite.

Spoiler

On the night of November 9, 1988, Charles Lee Ray, a fugitive and serial killer, is chased by homicide detective Mike Norris through the streets of South Side, Chicago. After Mike shoots Charles several times and his accomplice, Eddie Caputo, panics and drives away in the getaway vehicle without him, Charles breaks into a toy shop. Realizing that he is dying, Charles vows revenge on Eddie and Mike before performing a Haitian Vodou spell on a Good Guys doll, causing the store to be struck by lightning and explode. Mike survives the explosion and reenters the shop, only to find Charles' dead body and the doll (in which now resides the soul of Charles Lee Ray).