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The Working Title of Syfy’s ‘Child’s Play’ TV Series is “Chucky,” Which Will Center on New Characters

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5 years ago

February 12, 2019

While MGM and Orion gear up to release a brand new version of Chucky in this year’s Child’s Play, franchise creator Don Mancini is currently hard at work with “Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca on his own Child’s Play TV series from Universal, which will continue the original franchise on Syfy. The project’s working title, at this moment? “Chucky.“

“The working title is Chucky,” Antosca revealed to our own Fred Topel over on Slash Film. “That could change, but that’s the working title.”

Tonally speaking, Antosca noted that the series will be primarily ditching the over-the-top comedy of some of the later installments, instead recapturing the tone of the early films.

“The series is going to be closer to the tone of the first two movies in the series though,” Antosca told the site. “It’s going to go back to a sort of classic scare.”

So will “Chucky” be a continuation of Cult of Chucky or something else entirely? Mancini recently described the series as “a fresh take on the franchise,” suggesting that it’ll primarily be telling a new story with new characters. And while that does seem to be the case, the good news is that the series will still very much exist within the continuity of Universal’s films.

“It’s consistent with that mythology, but it’s a whole new story,” Antosca explained. “So you could come into it without knowing anything about the previous stuff and get into it. But it is consistent with all the mythology that has come before, so it is in canon.”

Antosca noted that the door has been left open for Jennifer Tilly and Fiona Dourif to appear in the series, but again, the primary focus is to tell new stories with new characters.

And yes, Brad Dourif is expected to return as the voice of Chucky.

John Squires

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Animated Sequel “Gremlins: The Wild Batch” Comes to Max This Fall

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2 days ago

June 7, 2024

John Squires

The second season of the Max animated series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” is officially titled “Gremlins: The Wild Batch,” and it’s headed to the streaming service in Fall 2024.

From Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation, “Gremlins: The Wild Batch” follows Gizmo, Sam, and Elle as they travel from their home in Shanghai to San Francisco, bringing even more magic, mystery and Mogwai mayhem.

“Hot on the trail of a new brood of evil Mogwai, our heroes journey deep into the American West, coming up against new supernatural creatures and picking up a few mysterious characters along the way.”

Returning series regulars Ming-Na Wen, James Hong, BD Wong, Izaac Wang, AJ LoCascio, and Gabrielle Nevaeh will be joined by an all-star guest cast to be announced at a later date.

“Gremlins: The Wild Batch” is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation. Steven Spielberg serves as executive producer, along with Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, Presidents of Amblin Television, and Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios.

Tze Chun serves as showrunner and executive producer. Brendan Hay serves as executive producer with Dan Krall as Supervising Producer. Joe Dante serves as consulting producer.

“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” wrapped up back in June of last year. The series was hugely notable for being the first new installment in the franchise since Gremlins 2 back in 1990.

“Secrets of the Mogwai” creatively expanded upon the world of the franchise in exciting and unexpected ways, managing to retroactively enrich the movies along the way. That first season saw Gizmo and a young Sam Wing battling colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore, and it sounds like “The Wild Batch” will bring the franchise back to the United States.

Watch the official announcement trailer below!