Child’s Play

MGM to Reboot CHILD’S PLAY Franchise [UPDATED: Actually, They're Not]

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 25th, 2011 at 2:08 pm

While MGM may be back from the grave, it’s still not off life-support.  The studio has to make very careful decisions regarding its future and they’ve chosen the safest route available to them: rebooting their successful franchises.  As we previously reported, MGM is moving forward with remakes/reboots of Robocop, Poltergeist, Mr. Mom, and The Idolmaker.  Today, Movieweb reports that you can add another film to MGM’s reboot pile: the 1988 killer-doll horror flick Child’s Play.  For those unfamiliar with the Child’s Play franchise, the movies were about a doll named Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) who was inhabited by the evil spirit of a serial killer.  While I’m personally baffled by horror movies where the monster is tiny enough to drop-kick, Child’s Play went on to four sequels, most recently 2004′s Seed of Chucky.

According to Movieweb, the script by franchise screenwriter Don Mancini is already finished.  There’s also an unconfirmed report that the remake will be darker and less comedic than the recent films, and that production is slated to begin later this year with Brad Dourif returning to voice Chucky.  Hit the jump to check out a trailer for the original Child’s Play. [Update: I just got off the phone with MGM's head of marketing Michael Vollman and he tells me that while they love the Chucky franchise, there are currently no plans to remake Child's Play.]

CHILD’S PLAY, WRONG TURN, WRONG TURN 2 Blu-ray Reviews

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: October 10th, 2009 at 9:23 am

Universal has already issued their horror releases for Halloween, and I’ve already reviewed them, so I’m reviewing half of the 20^th Century Fox releases for Halloween. Child’s Play, and Wrong Turns one and two. At least two of these movies are pretty good. My reviews after the jump.

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