Child’s Play is the new Chuckie film. It is, also, a remake and reboot of the 1988 original film!
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about it!
- Child’s Play is a 2019 American horror film
- It is directed by Lars Klevberg
- And written by Tyler Burton Smith
- It serves as a remake and reboot of the 1988 film of the same title
- Following a family that is terrorized by a high tech doll that rejects its programming and becomes self aware
- The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, and Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky
- The film was officially announced in July 2018
- A contemporary version that was in development at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer without the involvement of franchise creator Don Mancini or Brad Dourif
- Lars Klevberg and writer Tyler Burton Smith signed on as director and screenwriter, respectively
- Alongside It producers Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg
- The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 21, 2019, by Orion Pictures through the United Artists Releasing joint-venture
- Making it the first Child’s Play film since Seed of Chucky not to be produced or distributed by Universal Pictures and to receive a theatrical release
- The film recieved generally positive reviews
- In 2008, Don Mancini and David Kirschner spoke of a reboot of the franchise
- Which was originally going to be a “straightforward horror” written and directed by Mancini
- Brad Dourif was expected return as the voice of Chucky
- In a subsequent interview, Mancini described the remake as a darker and scarier retelling of the original film
- But one that, while having new twists and turns, would not stray too far from the original concept
- At a 2009 horror convention, Dourif confirmed his role in the remake
- The film was canceled after the negative reception of similar remakes such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th
- On July 3, 2018, it was announced that a modern-day version of Child’s Play, a reboot, was in development at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- With a different creative team than the original film series
- Lars Klevberg signed on as director, with a script by Tyler Burton Smith
- It and It Chapter Two collaborative team Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg will serve as producers
- The same month that the project was announced, Liv Tyler was revealed as having been considered for a role in the film
- In September 2018, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry and Gabriel Bateman joined the cast
- In November 2018, Ty Consiglio and Beatrice Kitsos joined the cast
- In March 2019, actor Mark Hamill announced that he joined the cast to voice Chucky in the film
- Principal photography began on September 17
- And wrapped on November 8, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Reshoots occurred on December 15-16 and in April 2019
- MastersFX, a visual effects company, took six weeks to prepare and assemble seven practical animatronic puppets
- Each with interchangeable arms and heads that performed a variety of required actions on set
- With some help from Pixomondo, who will be providing the CGI for the film
- On April 10, 2019, it was announced that Bear McCreary would be composing the score
- In a statement, McCreary revealed that he was partially creating the film’s music through a “toy orchestra” inspired by “Chucky’s toy-store origins” with toy pianos, hurdy gurdies, accordions, plastic guitars and otamatones
- The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 21, 2019
- It will be the first film from Orion Pictures to be released through United Artists Releasing
- In the United States and Canada, Child’s Play was released alongside Toy Story 4 and Anna
- And is expected to gross $16- 18 million from 3,007 theaters in its opening weekend
- On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 66% based on 59 reviews
- With an average rating of 6.03/10
- The site’s critical consensus reads: “Child’s Play updates an ’80s horror icon for the Internet of Things era, with predictably gruesome — and generally entertaining — results”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on 24 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
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