Don Mancini Developing New Chucky Movie Along With Original Film and TV Projects

You can’t keep a Good Guy down.

via: Bloody Disgusting

The creative force behind all things Chucky for the last several decades, writer/director/producer Don Mancini has inked a new deal with Independent Artist Group for representation.

he news was exclusively broken by Deadline this week. But what does this mean?

Deadline details, “At IAG, Don Mancini will focus on developing the next iteration of the Chucky franchise while also expanding his creative footprint with a slate of original film and television projects; certainly, it feels like we’re overdue for a new Chucky film.”

On that note, Mancini had already told Bloody Disgusting earlier this year that a new Chucky movie is indeed in the works, which will come in the wake of three seasons of the killer doll’s TV series.

Bloody Disgusting exclusively reported back in April of this year that Don Mancini is not only writing the next Chucky feature film, but Mancini will also be directing Chucky’s big screen return.

What sets the Chucky franchise apart from other horror franchises is that Don Mancini has remained at the helm over the years, and the next movie is set to remain in continuity with the previous films as well as the three-season “Chucky” television series. Mancini himself has directed all the recent movies, including Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and Cult of Chucky.

His plan for the new movie? Mancini aims to make Chucky scary again, throwing back particularly to the tone of Curse of Chucky as well as the first two original Child’s Play movies.

The plan is to also bring this new Chucky movie to theaters, which would mark the original killer doll’s return to the big screen after 22(!) long years. Both Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky went direct-to-video, and they were followed by the “Chucky” series on USA & SYFY.

But what about the original film and TV projects that will see Mancini expanding his footprint beyond the Chucky saga? He had revealed earlier this year that he’s writing an original haunted house movie, and he also teased a new television series with frequent collaborator Jennifer Tilly.

Don Mancini has largely spent the bulk of his career shepherding the Chucky saga across screens both big and small, so the news of him writing an original horror movie is particularly exciting. To date, Mancini has only directed Chucky material, so it’ll be interesting to see if he plans on directing the haunted house script that he’s currently writing. Stay tuned for updates.