Child's Play remake

[phantomstranger]

This is getting ridiculous:

Child's Play Remake in the Works
Source: shocktiiyoudrop
October 20, 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."

"We haven't come up with anybody yet," he replied when asked whether they were looking at any of today's cutting-edge horror directors. "We haven't really discussed that. We've just been working on stories, so I think that'll be a fun process when we get there."

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."

[massacre man]

"Don't fuck with the Chuck"

I will refuse to see this without Brad Dourif, that's like hiring someone else to play Ash.

[onewhosighs]

"Don't fuck with the Chuck"

I will refuse to see this without Brad Dourif, that's like hiring someone else to play Ash.

Agreed. Well said.

[GorePhobia]

or someone else to play Freddy.

[ferretchucker]

or some stupidly tall guy with long hair to play michael.

[Phalanx]

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.
All I can say is, if they didn't...it would be the waste of someone who would (I'm sure) make themselves available to it...not much "serious" work has really come his way.
I'd like to see a "reimagining", maybe darker than the first but along the same lines, with enough difference to make it original.

[massacre man]

I still can't picture Chucky with a different voice, I've been trying, but I can't.

James Earl Jones?

[Phalanx]

Samuel L Jackson

[Kane_Hodder]

This is going to be a bad idea, I can feel it. If Brad Dourif decides to skip this one, it may as well be halted at the conceptual stage.

[The_Return]

Of course, the age-old question of "Why?" immediately came up. "Look at 'Halloween'," he quickly responded.

EXACTLY what I was afraid of.

Welcome to the onslaught....

[jenna26]

"Don't fuck with the Chuck"

I will refuse to see this without Brad Dourif, that's like hiring someone else to play Ash.

Yep.

Totally not necessary, but it could be worth watching if like Phalanx suggested it was a darker version, with Brad Dourif of course. It doesn't change my opinion that this is completely out of control....but I've accepted this how it is going to be. At least The Evil Dead remake seems to be halted for awhile.

[the_real_linda]

im so not fan of childs play and would welcome a remake... as long as brad did the voice, i love that dude.

[Sick_As_Fuck]

Samuel L Jackson

LOL

Chucky to kid: "I want my motherfuckin' soul in your motherfuckin' body!"

[Yellow Jacket]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134807/

For the love of God, stop remaking movies! At least this one is directed by Don Mancini, who has been with all of the Chucky movies and directed Seed of Chucky. Which reminds me: when I was watching the special features of Seed of Chucky, Mancini said he has another Child's Play in store, and it's going to be special. So, remaking it is special, huh? Well, Mr. Mancini, I like you, and what you've done with the series, but FUCK YOU!

[fortunato]

the world is ending. i have no doubt in my mind.

[Sick_As_Fuck]

What I find more disturbing is that the thread starter actually liked "Seed of Chucky".

[Yellow Jacket]

What I find more disturbing is that the thread starter actually liked "Seed of Chucky".

I never said I liked Seed of Chucky. I think it's okay, nothing more than a fun, quick watch. All I said was Mancini directed Seed of Chucky, and that on the special features, he mentioned about another one that was special. And this, sadly, is it.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

wow, who cares? the whole series is pretty much remakes anyway.

[ferretchucker]

why can they not come up with new ideas?!

Here's one.

A group of teens go into some woods for a camping trip, but the entire woods is inhabited by the evil spirit of one of their dads. The trees and that start killing them, the one who's dad it is survives but at the very end when he gets back home, is crushed by a falling tree.

[Angra]

I can actually understand this remake.

I hope we get to see a whole new chucky. A SCARY chucky, with less bad one liners.

Could be alright.

[newb]

wow, who cares? the whole series is pretty much remakes anyway.

damn straight

enough with the doll movies....its a fucking doll....not scary.

[Yellow Jacket]

I can actually understand this remake.

I hope we get to see a whole new chucky. A SCARY chucky, with less bad one liners.

Could be alright.

True, but the first Child's Play really didn't have any one-liners. Hell, they were basically doing there best to keep the camera off of Chucky.

I should say that I'm not directly pissed that Child's Play is being remade, but that all movies are being remade. It's just a matter of time before we see a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

[TomBeTom]

They're just re-making films for the sake of it now. I hate this idea enough, but now they've got a Michael Bay produced remake of "The Birds" happening. I think some of the remakes so far have been decent, but none have bettered or equaled the originals, so there just seems to be no point now but to cash-in. This will probably end up with Chucky getting revealed in the first 15 minutes, with the rest being "Child's Play" via "Seed of Chucky." =/

[roshiq]

Now..they truly want to fuck the Chuck.:p

[horrorobsessed]

fuckin' shit

[_____V_____]

Aug 19, 2008


Brad Dourif will reprise his role as Chucky in the upcoming Child's Play reboot.

In an interview with the producers of the original Child's Play, writer Don Mancini said, "Who would you get that's better? …It's almost like recasting Homer Simpson or something."

Mancini, who spoke to AICN along with producer David Kirschner and Child's Play DVD producer Michelle Gold, said that although the character is animatronic, his voice has become iconic to horror fans. "I mean with Chucky... there's an aspect of him that feels like he's an animated character, so his voice is such an immense part of it as well as what he looks like," Mancini said. "If you could recast it, you would want the actor to sound kind of like it, but it would feel weird to just be completely different, I think."

Meanwhile, Kirschner explained that the film would be a reboot in the style of Incredible Hulk or Batman Begins. "It's a reboot of the Chucky origin story, I guess we can describe it that way," he said. Mancini added, "I think what we are mainly responding to, David and I, is the will of the fans, which is really telling us that they want to see a scary Chucky movie again. They want to go back to the straightforward horror rather than the horror comedy."

Mancini confessed that the idea of remaking Child's Play is at least partially an opportunity to take advantage of Hollywood's current appetite for existing properties, but he also said that the filmmakers want to return the character to his roots, so to speak. "I mean, part of that is business in the sense that that is a trend that is sort of galloping over Hollywood right now, but I feel like that's a trend we can use to our advantage, because it really does dovetail nicely with our main mission, which is to make it really scary. It's been four years since the last one, so it just seems like the timing is really good now for us to just recreate it in a way."

Kirschner echoed Mancini's sentiments. "I'm not even sure if I would say reinvention," he said. "I think Don has really created some really clever twists and expectations that a fan of the first Child's Play film, you will be surprised and shocked by, but it will follow I think very closely a lot of the first film against twists and turns that Don has put into it that an audience thinks it is going to go one way and we will go another even though the story is pretty similar."

[vampira]

What's with the remakes nowadays???!

It's sad...but then again I thought the film was stupid

[The_Return]

I couldn't really care less about this one, really...I didnt mind the first one, but didnt really care enough to bother watching any of the sequels.

I guess its a good thing that Dourif is back though, just on the principle of it.

[Elvis_Christ]

I can't wait! This is a great series of films.

[VampiricClown]

I've seen all of them...But really, a remake is pointless.....That would be like doing a remake of Gremlins.

[rasobasi420]

Child's Play (the first) was probably the only one of the series that was remotely scary or worth watching. (Although, seed of Chucky is worth it only to see Redman trying to get into Jennifer Tilly's panties. And her constantly calling him "Mr. Man" was kinda funny too.)

I don't see the need to remake it. If they're going to remake the series, remake Child's Play 2 or 3, although it wouldn't make much sense to remake a sequel without remaking the first.

[Noah]

I wish they'd just do a 5th sequel to Seed.... But I'll be all over this when it comes out.... Of COURSE they got Dourif to return, NOBODY else can do Chucky's voice!

Should be interesting to see how good (or bad) this turns out.

[demonhunter64]

Not sure if this series really needs a "reboot". I mean Seed and Bride were pretty decent in respect to creating a different and dare I say better tone for the series. The original is not so dated that it requires a modern update, and people today still know about the original. Hopefully it all turns out alright, sounds like a rental though.

[VampiricClown]

I wish they'd just do a 5th sequel to Seed.... But I'll be all over this when it comes out.... Of COURSE they got Dourif to return, NOBODY else can do Chucky's voice!

Should be interesting to see how good (or bad) this turns out.

Seed Of Chucky was the 5th....

[neverending]

But not the 5th SEQUEL!

[sniped90]

i don't get it:confused: once a movie has been released what's the point?? we've seen it before and know what happens. it's a waste of money! true it may bring a new audience to the series but they may not appreciate the originals for what they were..

it would be intresting to see dourif back though :rolleyes:

[massacre man]

it's a waste of money! true it may bring a new audience to the series

Hmm.... :confused:

[CrimsonFiend138]

OMG I can't believe they are remaking this. I loved ALL of the Chucky movies(hell I was his Spittin image Halloween when i was 5, you woulda been amazed)

I'll go see it anyways Just like Nightmare,just like Friday ....soooo.

Massacre man I heard DC guys characters didn't do fatalities but that looks pretty damn awesome to me, or is it just the heros that don't kill?

[massacre man]

Massacre man I heard DC guys characters didn't do fatalities but that looks pretty damn awesome to me, or is it just the heros that don't kill?

The heroes don't kill, they have brutalities. Such as Superman pounds them into the ground so they can't move.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Da onlee 1 woo needs a rebot iz holleewood

Very artistic, it's like a song a couple of listens and you finally get it. Very true.

[Cheap_Remake]

Halloween was a "reboot" too, but that shit was terrible.

Just leave the already boring movie (IMO) alone and make a unoriginal movie about satan possesing a puppet or something better.

[jugchord]

I'm semi-excited for this, its kind of cool they got him back though

[pinkfloyd45769]

WHOA...Halloween is fucking far from terrible.What the hell????I really could care less about the Chucky remake,just chimed in at the Halloween remark.I am one of the few that loved it i guess.

[Cheap_Remake]

WHOA...Halloween is fucking far from terrible.

I would have liked it more if it didn't take the exact scenes and made them look different and called them new. Plus why does Rob have to have white trash in all of his movies? Apperantly a evil child wasnt enough, he had to make his family trailer trash and abusive. Not to mention the trashy softcore porn in every movie.


The same movie would have been tolerable if it didn't have 100% more hillbilly's and 400% more sex.

I'll still see rob's movie's but they will always seem more unoriginal when he has more trash and sex. It's pointless for shock value when it's not even shocking anymore

[demonhunter64]

i don't get it:confused: once a movie has been released what's the point?? we've seen it before and know what happens. it's a waste of money! true it may bring a new audience to the series but they may not appreciate the originals for what they were..

it would be intresting to see dourif back though :rolleyes:


I hear you in some respect, for the most part a lot of the remakes occurring are due to studios and their smaller "independent" production house are happening because they know that if they put their efforts into an already successful franchise they will be able to make enough from Box Office and DVD sales to pull a profit and deliver a mediocre film that will be loved by the hot topic moviegoers.

In the defense of the remake though, there are some that were definitely for the best. Obviously "Hills Have Eyes" not only because (my opinion) it was superior to the original, it brought the film to an audience that would've never have seen the original. And if they had, they probably wouldn't have liked it all that much. The sad truth is that the films in the most need of a remake treatment are the ones that are least likely to be considered due to ownership and lack of bar graphs that could guarantee they make at least the money spent on the film back.

[bloody_ribcut]

i think it'll do ok. thats our source in horror for adult language, what other monster talks like a coke-head scumbag?

[ferretchucker]

I'll see it one way or another. Doubt I'll like it. I wasn't a fan of any of them and to tell the truth, I enjoyed Bride more than CP. Both pretty bad but Bride had some good dark humour.

[pinkfloyd45769]

I would have liked it more if it didn't take the exact scenes and made them look different and called them new. Plus why does Rob have to have white trash in all of his movies? Apperantly a evil child wasnt enough, he had to make his family trailer trash and abusive. Not to mention the trashy softcore porn in every movie.


The same movie would have been tolerable if it didn't have 100% more hillbilly's and 400% more sex.

I'll still see rob's movie's but they will always seem more unoriginal when he has more trash and sex. It's pointless for shock value when it's not even shocking anymore

I understand what you are saying,i was talking to Urge about this.I think the white trash shit is played out and the sex scenes are a bit too much.I thought the movie actually made it seem that michael had a good reason to kill.I was totally on his side!I'm just such a huge Halloween fan that i will never think they are bad.There are some things i think could have been done different and there are some things that i liked more about this film over the original.

[Cheap_Remake]

and there are some things that i liked more about this film over the original.

Pffffff...Like what?

The remake all together was ok, but there were some things that really brought it down. Aside from the similar plot and scenes it's kind of insulting to compare it to the original IMO.

[jasonfreak]

Hey I got info that they are going to make a childs play remake!!! :cool:

[Doc Faustus]

It's pretty likely. There have been remakes of all the other 80s horror franchises. This won't be as much of a disappointment as the others because Child's Play might have a cool killer, but the movies are just about the stalest out of all the horror franchises. Other than Bride of Chucky, those movies were pretty half-assed.

[jasonfreak]

Who knows this movie could really be impressing!!! :D Anyway Chucky is a cool killer!!

[Doc Faustus]

Chucky is a cool killer. He just stars in lazy movies. Child's Play has terrible acting, massive plotholes and very little going for it but a killer doll. Once you get past the idea that a doll is killing people, these movies have nothing. He's not even the first killer doll in movie history. Child's Play had enough plot potential for an episode of Tales from the Darkside, but four movies? Hardly. And these remakes are nothing but glossy, humorless, insincere attempts to capitalize on socalled classics. These movies are only classics because people's knowledge of the genre is so limited. There were much scarier and cooler movies being made in the 80s without Freddy, Jason or any of the typical franchise killers. Franchise horror hasn't been the best horror going since Universal was making movies in the 30s and 40s, and even back then, the best movies they did weren't part of franchises. Some cool things you should see:
Phantasm
Reanimator
Videodrome
The Brood
Zombie
Evil Dead
The Hitcher (ORIGINAL ONLY)
Near Dark
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ORIGINAL)
Tenebre
Pieces
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Creepshow
Hatchet for a Honeymoon
Bay of Blood

[neverending]

ORIGINAL?? What means this... ORIGINAL??

[jasonfreak]

I dont know I mean you got to admit the original Friday the 13th didnt make any sense and you didnt even see Jason once. But when they made the remake it made a lot more sense but of course in the movie they metioned the original so it was like Friday The 13th 2. Halloween I havent seen the original but I know that the renake was amazing. :cool:

[Doc Faustus]

The original Friday actually makes a lot of sense. It's just psychological horror instead of just random teen slashing. I can't believe you haven't seen the original Halloween.

[jasonfreak]

I will and still you dont see Jason in the movie it was his mother

[Doc Faustus]

Yes, that one isn't about Jason. The series is called Friday the 13th, not Jason Voorhees. And you do see Jason.

[massacre man]

ORIGINAL?? What means this... ORIGINAL??

*Raises eyebrow*
Or- ij - uh - nul?

[jasonfreak]

Yea for a min and thats in a dream

[massacre man]

Yea for a min and thats in a dream

You're in a dream!

[_____V_____]

I dont know I mean you got to admit the original Friday the 13th didnt make any sense and you didnt even see Jason once.

You didnt see Jason in the original????? Really???

For shame. :rolleyes:

[massacre man]

You didnt see Jason in the original????? Really???

For shame. :rolleyes:

He's in the background of pretty much every shot. Some people. :rolleyes:

[jasonfreak]

It was sometimes too DARK too even see the BACKGROUND!!!

[massacre man]

It was sometimes too DARK too even see the BACKGROUND!!!

Adjust the brightness on your TV next time you watch it. It become pretty clear. I think they took it a little too far when he was in the back of the car though.

[jasonfreak]

In the movie they had no good lighting only in the daytime

[Three Finger]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/ADAMBIRD/CHILDSPLAYREMAKEPOSTER.jpg

[neverending]

Having fun with photoshop?

[Nini_luv5]

Soo fake but if they do they better not fuck up like they did the last one with all that comedy BS!
Bring back the thrill and original humor of chucky. Like if I hear a lady gaga joke in there i'll have to punch the writer xP