Child's Play Remake In the Works?!

Yet another horror franchise redo is in early planning stages

BY EMIL TIEDEMANN

According to www.bloody-disgusting.com/ there are confirmations that Child's Play creator-writer Don Mancini is working on bringing the cult classic original back to the big screen, and may take over the director's seat as well.

Brad Dourif, who first voiced the Chucky character in the 1988 original, insured reporters at a recent horror film convention that he will also return to the 20-year-old series, though this reboot will not be a sequel to the last feature in the chain, 2004's Seed of Chucky.

In the first Child's Play movie (MGM) Dourif played the character of Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer who, after he is shot dead by police, comes back to life--via voodoo--in the form of an evil doll named Chucky. The feature was directed by Tom Holland, starred Catherine Hicks, and grossed more than $44 million worldwide.

"Sorry Jack...Chucky's Back!" read the tagline of the 1990 sequel Child's Play 2 (Universal), which cost more, but made less ($35.7 million). Although Dourif returned as the voice of Chucky, the sophomore feature was helmed by John Lafia. The following year Jack Bender directed the third Chucky movie, Child's Play 3: Look Who's Stalking (Universal), which barely made a profit ($20.5 million).

Dourif was present for part three and again for the fourth installment, 1998's Bride of Chucky (Universal), directed by Ronny Yu. Bride introduced a female playmate for Chucky, voiced by Jennifer Tilly, and bolstered some fresh attention inthe franchise, pulling in more that $50 million around the world.

Don Mancini took over as director by 2004's Seed of Chucky (Rogue Pictures), which took a comedic turn, proving a failure amongst critics and moviegoers. Reuniting Dourif and Tilly, Seed bombed at the box office ($24.8 million), and put an arrow in potential follow-ups in the film series, which is why Mancini has decided to just start over again.

Universal will distribute the Child's Play rehatch, which has not yet began production. Below is a link to view the trailer for the '80s original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_UZcbTdivw