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Child’s Play creator Don Mancini isn’t happy about the upcoming remake

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Earlier this year, Child’s Play creator Don Mancini revealed his plans to bring Chucky to the small screen for a TV series continuation of the cult horror franchise, only for MGM to subsequently announce its own rival project with a reboot of the original 1988 film. Mancini – who has written all seven Child’s Play […]

Movie Review – Child’s Play (2019)

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Child’s Play, 2019. Directed by Lars Klevberg. Starring Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio, David Lewis, Marlon Kazadi and Tim Matheson. SYNOPSIS: A teenager bonds with a high-tech doll given to him by his mother, but the doll becomes dangerously attached to him, with fatal consequences. The horror […]

Movie Review – Child’s Play (2019)

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Child’s Play, 2019. Directed by Lars Klevberg. Starring Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio, David Lewis, Marlon Kazadi and Tim Matheson. SYNOPSIS: A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. With Hollywood listlessly remaking just about every classic […]

New clip from Child’s Play featuring Aubrey Plaza and Gabriel Bateman

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Ahead of its theatrical release this Friday, another clip has arrived online from the horror reboot Child’s Play which sees Andy (Gabriel Bateman) trying to warn his mother (Aubrey Plaza) about Chucky; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Mark Hamill’s Chucky terrorises Andy in first clip from Child’s Play remake A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror […]

Child’s Play remake gets a new featurette and posters

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Orion Pictures has released another featurette for Child’s Play, which sees stars Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, & Gabriel Bateman, and producers Seth Grahame-Smith & David Katzenberg, discussing how Artificial Intelligence takes a horrifying turn in the horror reboot, and how Chucky uses that to his advantage; check it out below, along with two more […]

Child’s Play takes another shot at Toy Story 4 with latest poster

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Chucky has claimed another victim from Child’s Play’s box office competitor Toy Story 4, with the killer doll taking out Buzz Lightyear with a blaster in the latest poster for the horror reboot; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Mark Hamill’s Chucky terrorises Andy in first clip from Child’s Play remake A contemporary re-imagining of […]

Mark Hamill’s Chucky terrorises Andy in first clip from Child’s Play remake

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The first clip has arrived online from Orions upcoming horror reboot Child’s Play which sees a terrified Andy (Gabriel Bateman) arming himself with a baseball bat as he’s being terrorised by Chucky (Mark Hamill); watch it here… SEE ALSO: Meet Chucky in new trailer for Child’s Play remake A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic, […]

Child’s Play gets a new UK poster

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Three weeks out from its release, Vertigo has unveiled a UK poster for Child’s Play, the upcoming remake of the classic 80s horror and featuring the big screen return of the iconic killer doll Chucky, voiced by Mark Hamill. SEE ALSO: Meet the Cast of the Child’s Play remake in new featurette SEE ALSO: Meet Chucky […]

Meet the Cast of the Child’s Play remake in new featurette

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With Child’s Play set to arrive in cinemas in a little over three weeks, Orion Pictures has released a new ‘Meet the Cast’ featurette for the horror reboot which takes us behind the scenes and includes interviews with stars Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, and Gabriel Bateman; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Meet Chucky in new […]