In the CHILD'S PLAY franchise, Chucky is a simple doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer – not exactly a recipe for a best friend, but in the upcoming remake from Lars Klevberg, Chucky's origins will be a little different. Instead of serial killer possession, this new Chucky will lean more towards artificial intelligence running amok, and producer Seth Grahame-Smith told Entertainment Weekly that Chucky's motives, at least at the beginning, are simply to be best friends with his new owner.
Entertainment Weekly also released a new photo from CHILD'S PLAY which finds Chucky (voiced by Mark Hamill) watching over Andy (Gabriel Bateman) while he sleeps. Not creepy at all.
"At this point in the movie, at least, Chucky has no ulterior motives," Seth Grahame-Smith said. "He’s just full of love for his best buddy and dreaming of ways to make him happy. It just happens that this particular toy is not all that it seems." The contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic follows Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a single mother who gifts her son Andy (Bateman) a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature. That doll is voiced by the legendary Mark Hamill, and Grahame-Smith says that he was their "first choice," adding, "The fact that we have an icon reimagining an iconic character is just an incredible gift for us."
CHILD'S PLAY will hit theaters on June 21, 2019.