New Promo Video for Syfy's CHUCKY Horror Series
The Child’s Play franchise is continuing with a new horror series coming to the Syfy Channel titled Chucky. Franchise creator Don Mancini is developing the series, and he recently shared a new promo video on Twitter. It features some behind the scenes footage along with a bit of actual footage from the series.
In the new series, “after a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.”
The series stars Zackary Arthur (Transparent), Teo Briones (Ratched), Alyvia Alyn Lind (Daybreak), and Björgvin Arnarson (The Seventh Day) as series regulars and the four teen leads. Jennifer Tilly is also reprising her role as Tiffany Valentine from the movies, and Devon Sawa (Final Destination) has also signed up for a role. Brad Dourif is set to provide the voice of Chucky, which is a role he first played way back in 1988's Child's Play. He will be joined by his daughter, Fiona Dourif, who will reprise her role of Nica.
When previously talking about the series, Mancini offered some additional details, explaining:
“With this TV show, our mission has been to preserve the straightforward scariness of the original film or the first couple of films. But at the same time, continue on with this ever-expanding tapestry of consistent story that we’ve spun over the course of seven movies and 30-some years. I think fans are really gonna love to see the new characters that we introduce into this realm and just to see how they came off of our classic characters. Not just Chucky, but some of the others that you may be hoping to see. There’s a good chance they may turn up.”
He also went on to discuss some of the various elements that will appeal to the fans, and he also teases a different goal that Chucky will have in the upcoming TV show, saying:
“I think the prospect of seeing Chucky sharpen his skills and add to his toolbox, some of the technical goodies that we have at our disposal now, that’s something I think people will find pretty interesting. It’s so important to give Chucky new weapons, new strategies, and new targets, new goals. Chucky has a different goal in the TV show than he’s ever had before and it’s specifically something that is designed to evoke something that’s going on in the zeitgeist today.”
Chucky is produced by UCP and executive produced by creator and showrunner Don Mancini, David Kirschner, Harley Peyton, Nick Antosca, and Alex Hedlund. Mancini will direct the first episode.