MGM Developing CHILD’S PLAY Remake

Early this year, Bloody Disgusting revealed that the world's creepiest Good Guys doll is ready to slice onto the small screen in a Child's Play TV series, and now it looks like Chucky is ready to haunt children and adults alike on the big screen in a feature-length remake of the 1988 horror film.

THR reveals that MGM is quickly moving forward on developing a Child's Play remake with Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) directing from a screenplay by Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury 2). IT (2017) producers David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith are on board to finance the project, which could begin filming in Vancouver as early as this September.

Like its predecessor, the new Child's Play film is expected to focus on a "toy doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer." Shedding more insight on the project, Collider adds that the new Child's Play film will be a "contemporary reboot involving a group of kids (a la Stranger Things), and a technologically-advanced doll that enters their world." We'll have to wait and see if this "technologically-advanced doll" will have the likeness and personality of Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif in the previous films), or if if the remake will feature an entirely new devious doll.

There's no word yet if Don Mancini, who co-created Child's Play and directed the latest three movies in the (currently) seven-film franchise, will be involved with the remake, or if the new movie will connect to or reference the upcoming TV series or pre-existing films. Released in 1988, the first Child's Play film was directed by Tom Holland (Fright Night) and celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on a Child's Play remake?