Don Mancini, creator of Chucky, the killer doll who has anchored eight films and three seasons of television, has signed with Independent Artist Group — and, according to Deadline, developing the character’s next trip to a movie screen is the first item on the agenda.
It has been nearly ten years since Cult of Chucky, the franchise’s last theatrical entry, landed in 2017. Mancini hasn’t been idle: he created, wrote, and largely directed Chucky, the television series that ran three seasons across USA and SYFY, sending the doll rampaging through a small town, a Catholic school, and eventually the Oval Office itself. But a proper return to cinemas is a different animal, and one fans have been quietly agitating for since the show wrapped.
Mancini has written every Chucky script since the character’s 1988 debut in Child’s Play, with the sole exception of the 2019 reboot that MGM produced without his involvement, and he has directed the series himself since Seed of Chucky. So far, there is no title, cast, timeline, or confirmation of whether the project is headed to theatres or straight to streaming. Mancini will also pursue original film and television projects through his new representation, so everyone’s favourite killer doll may have to wait its turn behind whatever else lands on his desk first.
