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Official trailer and poster for new “CHILD’S PLAY” arrive

Thursday, April 18, 2019 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

With the new, technologically updated Chucky stalking into theaters June 21, the latest trailer and poster have been released.

Orion Pictures is releasing the CHILD’S PLAY remake, directed by Lars Klevberg from a script by Tyler Burton Smith. Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman and Brian Tyree Henry star, with Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky. The synopsis: “A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic, CHILD’S PLAY follows Karen [Plaza], a single mother who gifts her son Andy [Bateman] a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).