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UPDATED: Child's Play Remake in the Works

Source:Edward Douglas
October 22, 2007


While many of producer David Kirschner's recent movies with his partner Corey Siniega, such as the biopic Miss Potter and the upcoming Martian Child, might not necessarily be "Shock-worthy", Kirschner's second film, Child's Play roughly twenty years ago kicked off a popular horror franchise that has inspired many imitations and four sequels.

ShockTillYouDrop.com had a chance to interview Kirschner for his upcoming movie where he surprised us by announcing that they were working on another "Chucky" movie, which would be a remake of the original Child's Play. (But surely, we all knew this was coming, right?)

"We're discussing it with Don Mancini, who has written all of them with us from the beginning," Kirschner told us. "The next one we're going to do is we're going back and remaking the first one and even pushing it further and making a very terrifying version of the first one, which is pretty scary as it is."

UPDATE: A bit of a misunderstanding from our original conversation, which David was nice enough to rectify. They've been talking to Don Mancini, writer of all the films and director of Seed of Chucky, to actually direct the remake, something that was a bit unclear. David told us, "Don has been my partner from the beginning of this franchise and has some very very creepy and scary ideas about going back to the
original and giving it some more bite that we believe will satisfy the appetite of today's horror fans (and loyal Chucky fans, as well.) Our hope and plan is that Don will write and direct the film and he and I look forward to getting the studio on board with us asap."

That certainly sounds very promising!

Of course, the age-old question of "Why?" immediately came up. "Look at 'Halloween'," he quickly responded. "It's kind of commerce to keep the franchise going, and another reason to go see it. For me, it's exciting, because the first one was really scary and then from there, we kind of… my favorites are 1 and 4. I love 4, it really makes me laugh and I think Jennifer Tilly is so great, but just the idea of going back to where we were the first time around and I think for me, it's almost 30 years later for me as a filmmaker from where I started to now, and the idea of taking some skill that maybe I didn't possess then and putting it towards the next film, I think could be exciting."

Would they possibly use the same script? "I think it would be pretty close to it, that's for sure, but there's some other things that we're exploring also, and some twists that we don't want the audience to expect, as far as a couple deaths, where you think you're going in one way and you're going to go in another way as a result of knowing it and it being such a popular franchise." These new developments may include learning more about Charles Lee Ray, although they're discussing whether series regular Brad Dourif will be back in that role and once again voicing Chucky.

But don't just assume that because we're well into the 21st Century that Chucky will be any sort of CG motion-captured creation. "It'll be an animatronic doll, like we do all of them, but animatronics have grown from when we did the first one 20 years ago. We just did the commentary on the 20th Anniversary of it, and all the stars, the little kid Andy Barkley, all of that, so that's coming out in January/February."

Stay tuned to ShockTillYouDrop.com for more news as things develop.

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Posted by: kick808-iveon on April 27, 2008 at 01:06:51

chucky is once more scary again

Posted by: Jay on May 19, 2008 at 02:47:50

i knew it,there was going to be a remake of the original Childs Play,do you realize how much money $$$ this movie is going to make ? its going to make alot !!!

Posted by: Bryan Walker on May 24, 2008 at 16:08:44

Finally, The idea of a killer doll is a good one, and if it is used right, it is really scary. The last two movies were funny, but we all miss his creepiness. Get rid of the stupid scars, and make him use that classic " Hi, I'm Chucky, wonna play. " Chucky can be really terrifying. if they do it right

Posted by: t.c. on June 1, 2008 at 14:10:14

this is cool and all but all i want is a release date when is this comming out im gona pissed if its 2009!!!!!

Posted by: t.c. on June 2, 2008 at 11:46:26

this is great and all but when is the release date if its 2009 im gona be pissed off! >_

Posted by: adam on June 7, 2008 at 18:44:06

I love chucky, and looking toward the new one but hopefully they still keep the origanal Good Guy dolls from the original child's play.

Posted by: emily on June 9, 2008 at 01:00:17

i like chucky

Posted by: kyle on June 10, 2008 at 19:38:00

you should make a child's play game i think that would be really good

Posted by: Raven on June 24, 2008 at 20:47:02

OMG! The first time that I saw Child's Play was waaaayyy back in about '95 or '96 on Haloween night. I was about 4 at the time and when I came back home from trick or treating, my grandma had left the tv on after some movie she was watching went off and Child's Play came on. I couldn't sleep for almost a month, and I had to leave the hallway light on at night. lol! I love the movies now, and I can't wait for the remake. ^.^

Posted by: jake on July 1, 2008 at 19:34:32

chucky rocks

Posted by: kick808-Iveon on July 11, 2008 at 08:45:19

like i said chucky has a new shot to scare us all once again.i wonder who could be good enough to play andy though?

Posted by: greg on July 31, 2008 at 22:08:24

I am so excited for this remake. Child's Play has been my favorite horror movie my whole life. It frightened the crap out of me when i was a child when my parents rented it i ran to the kitchen and cried when Chucky came. Ever since i have loved the movies, mainly the first 2. the others i found were entertaining but not as scary and wasn't really what i was hoping for. We need this one to be scary. I kinda hope that they keep the same goodguy doll and i hope Dourif really gives his best.

Posted by: chris on August 1, 2008 at 04:18:43

loved the original and the second, from then on it was dog****. why have the same guy who directed seed of chucky (the worst movie of the franchise, not far behind bride of chucky) come back and direct the remake? and the fact that he has written all of the movies draws questions such as: why did you continue to make worse and worse scripts?

SPOILER ALERT:

jennifer tilly has been confirmed to reprise here rolse as tiffany

Posted by: jimmyd on August 1, 2008 at 10:10:06

when i was 6.. i slept over a friends house.. and we watched childs play 2...i swear i saw chucky standing in the doorway later that night... i made my dad pick me up at 2 in the morning.. and i saw chucky everywhere for weeks.... thank you for scaring the sh** out of me!

brad dourif needs to do the voice of chucky.. with out him... its not chucky......anyone???

Posted by: therewillbeblood on August 1, 2008 at 16:59:20

oh yes, cant wait. hope this movies rocks like the first 3 did

Posted by: therewillbeblood on August 1, 2008 at 17:00:11

totally agreed though...it HAS to be brad dourif...it just wouldnt be right

Posted by: steezie on August 1, 2008 at 18:24:25

Thats the way a remake should be done.

Posted by: alex on August 2, 2008 at 20:47:22

i personely love bride of chucky the most.I'm a huge jennifer tilly fan.I've seen all her movies.seed of chucky wasn't all that great,but i admire it for it's wild imagination.I think I'M chucky's biggest fan cus i have all of the dvds and collectibles,with a few posters.brad should definitly play chucky cus whats a chucky movie without him,am i right?

Posted by: alex on August 2, 2008 at 20:51:00

i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: i BELIEVE on August 2, 2008 at 23:03:50

If Brad Dourif is not in this I will not see it.
It's like a Nightmare on Elm Street movie being done without Robert Englund!

This is blasphamy! With Jason, and M.M you can get away with changing the actor cus of the fact that they dont talk!

Just get some tall dude and your set!

But Brad Dourif is CHUCKY! And his age wouldn't matter he can still act, and act very well, and he would be amazing in this! If the script is as good as they claim it will be.

Posted by: Oscar V. on August 5, 2008 at 19:50:10

WOOO, I got into "SHOCK-MODE" once I read this, I cannot believe there is going to be a sequel, from this day on, all I'm going to think about is this damn movie... until the day it comes out. Brad has to be the voice though, or else it is not going to be the same. He's the classic, so it should stay that way. And I do agree, make the doll the old school-classic one, no new high tech fake Chucky doll ****. Well I'll be waiting until they start promoting the movie... CANT WAIT! :D

Posted by: Oscar V. on August 5, 2008 at 19:51:46

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Posted by: Sago on August 5, 2008 at 21:23:18

i think is could be a worthy remake. At least brad is back. i wonder who's gonna play andy?

Posted by: alex on August 9, 2008 at 02:45:01

if makuly culkin were still a kid he would be kinda good for the roll

Posted by: alex on August 9, 2008 at 03:13:23

jodie foster would also be good for the role of karen barclay, andy's mother. i really hope jennifer tilly is in the remake, if not, i'll be dissapointed, i'm her biggest fan(i already said that on page 2)anyway i also hope the movie is really suspencfull.i'm only 11 years old and love all the horror and thrillers out there, and chucky is at the top of my list. bride of chucky is my all time favorite chucky movie.jennifer tilly was the best actress for that role, she was so sly and sexy,and that's the whole style of tiffany, and always will be.

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