Editorial Staff
The newly-announced “Chucky” series, coming to Syfy, will be bloody and scary.
Don Mancini, creator of the long-running franchise and showrunner for the new series, said he promises a “bloody and delicious” TV spin-off of the classic film series.
WE’RE GOING FOR BLOODY, BUT DELICIOUS RATHER THAN DISGUSTINGhttps://t.co/vmu07ZG3r4
— Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) January 12, 2020
In the upcoming series, a vintage Chucky doll found at a yard sale terrorizes a small town, exposing “the town’s hypocrisies and secrets,” an official synopsis said.
Nick Antosca, executive producer on the new offering alongside Mancini, Harley Peyton and David Kirschner, said on Instagram :
“The Charles Lee Ray I love and grew up on is back. Don Mancini has written a killer pilot script for Chucky—suspenseful, shocking, clever, heartfelt, and SCARY—and assembled a terrific writers room for the series.”
“The character Don and David created has terrified audiences for over 30 years. The longevity and legacy of Chucky speaks to the creative storytelling and the loyal fans the film series has collected over the years,” said Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks – USA & SYFY. “We are excited to once again partner with Nick and UCP on this new SYFY series, and are incredibly proud to bring Chucky to television for the first time with the original creators.”
In the new “Chucky” television 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.
It was announced at the TCA’s on Saturday that “Chucky” had received a straight-to-series order at Syfy.
