Don Mancini is Developing the Next Chucky Movie!
After signing with Independent Artist Group, Don Mancini is hard at work developing the next Chucky movie.
You can’t keep a Good Guy down.
It’s been almost ten years since we last got a Chucky movie (Cult of Chucky in 2017). The creator of the killer doll franchise, Don Mancini, has been busy with the Chucky TV series, which ran for three seasons and earned widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike.
Now, it looks like the Chuck could return to film soon.
Deadline reports that Mancini has signed with the Independent Artist Group. In that report, the outlet notes that the filmmaker “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.”
While I’ve enjoyed the Chucky TV series immensely, it’s about time Mancini brought him back to film.
Chucky is up there with Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger on the Mt. Rushmore of horror. The fact that he’s been away from the big screen for nearly a decade is a genre cinema travesty, especially when Mancini has proven there’s still so much to be done with the character’s development.
Mancini has penned the script for all seven Chucky films (not counting the Child’s Play remake). He took over directing duties with Seed of Chucky, and hasn’t looked back since. It’s a cool story when you think about it. A creator who created a horror icon nearly forty years ago and is still delivering worthwhile journeys with the character.