Earlier today SYFY and USA Network offered the first look at the new Chucky TV series, a serialized continuation of the original Child’s Play horror film series. Completely ignoring the 2019 reboot of the character, the series will pick up on plot threads from the throughout the movie franchise and continue from where 2017’s Cult of Chucky left off. Once again Brad Dourif will return to the titular role for the project, and all of these things have fans of the Chucky movies absolutely elated. Check them out below and give the official trailer a look-see up top!
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“I saw an opportunity to reinvent the franchise yet again,” series creator and original writer Don Mancini shared with the Post MortemPodcast in 2019. “One of the things that has kept the franchise alive and thriving for so long is that we’ve reinvented it in different ways, by making it a comedy, and then back to horror. But the sheer storytelling real estate of doing eight to 10 episodesโฆ will allow us to delve into characters and relationships in a way that we’re never afforded in just a 90-minute movie. That’s really exciting to me.”
He continued, “We’re going to be able to explore different avenues with different characters that are among fan favorites. A lot of times people will say, ‘What’s Tiffany’s back story?’ and ‘What about Glen or Glenda?’ All these different avenues. Now we have a way of exploring all of this, and that’s really exciting.”
Chucky will premiere on SYFY and USA Network in 2021.
I can’t wait
I can’t wait for the new #Chucky show on @SYFY and #USANetwork I hope we get cameos from the old cast from the old movies
โ Tanner Majors (@MarkOfWrestlin) July 17, 2020
The best news ever!
๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ The best news ever! My wee little buddy has come back! #Chucky #FriendsTillTheEnd ๐๐ https://t.co/lzSEydzrR4
โ Altaira Morris (@altairamorris) July 17, 2020
IM SCREAMING
//GUYS IM FUCKING SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF IM SO DAMN HAPPY I LOVE CHUCKY/CHILDS PLAY!!! IT WAS MY CHILDHOOD!!! I heard Brad Dourif was reprising his role as Chucky? Donโt get me wrong I loved Mark Hamillโs version BUT BRAD -FUCKING- DOURIF?! PLEASE LET HIM COME BACK AS THE CHUCK ๐ซ https://t.co/PHjhnKhOmM
โ Nanny Ashtoreth๐๐ (@RealAshtoreth) July 17, 2020
I’m definitely watching
I’m definitely watching that chucky tv show next year
โ Simp God (@WhoIsVancent) July 17, 2020
so happy
||That moment when your bestie shows you the trailer for the Chucky tv series and you become happy because its the original voice actor for him and not someone else. pic.twitter.com/mg1tBI03mK
โ Karebear (@karexbear12) July 17, 2020
I have been crying
Why yes, I have been crying about the Chucky TV series all day
โ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐โฐ (@starsperish) July 17, 2020
NO chucky series slander
there will be NO and i repeat NO chucky series slander only respect out here for the king and queen jennifer tilly and brad dourif
โ jenny (@fogImanis) July 17, 2020
Iโm fully ready for this
Iโm not usually one for these lame Syfy shows but Iโm fully ready for this #Chucky series. ๐ https://t.co/K1casmdLVS
โ steven andrew (@daysofthvnder) July 17, 2020
Itโs lit!!
Iโve been waiting for this Chucky TV series foreverrrrr. Itโs lit!!!
โ Dom (@goodgoddom) July 17, 2020
Chucky is back!
The new #Chucky TV series is going to be a breath of fresh air compared to that pile of shit remake we got last year. I can’t wait! Real Chucky is back!
โ Sky Scott (@SkyScott1996) July 16, 2020
