Courtesy of Orion Pictures, we have a first look at the “new & improved” Chucky for the upcoming Child’s Play reboot and, in the image, Chucky has his eye on inducing terror.
Child’s Play actually began production earlier last week & follows a mother (Aubrey Plaza) who gives her son (Mike and Gabriel Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.” The film will be directed by Lars Klevberg.
In the original 1988 film, Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) is critically injured and, before dying, projects his spirit into the body of a Good Guy doll, allowing the pint-sized terror to come to life to fulfill Chucky’s murderous proclivities. Early reports about the film tease that this reboot will serve more like a reimagining of the source material than as a direct remake.
Don Mancini has written all seven films in the series, while David Kirschner has served as a producer on them all, including last year’s Cult of Chucky. Dourif has also lent his vocal talents to each iteration of the killer doll. What makes this upcoming reboot so apprehensive is that Mancini, Kirschner, and Dourif are all still continuing to develop additional films, as well as a possible TV series. The trio won’t be involved with the reboot & explains why the film is deviating from the source material.
Check out the first look image below:
