Chucky TV series: Brad Dourif drops a rhyme in new teaser

Last Updated on August 19, 2021

We’re now just under two months away from the date when Chucky, an 8-episode TV series continuation of the Child’s Play franchise, will begin airing on both Syfy and USA Network. The show is set to premiere on October 12th, and the newly released teaser embedded above is just one long close-up of Chucky the killer doll, with Brad Dourif again providing the character’s voice – and dropping a threatening rhyme.

Don Mancini, who has written every Child’s Play film (except for the remake) and directed a few of them, developed Chucky with producer David Kirschner. Mancini and Kirschner are executive producing Chucky with Harley Peyton, Alex Hedlund, and Nick Antosca. Mancini also directed the first episode. The show’s synopsis:

After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.

The cast of the series includes Zackary Arthur, Devon Sawa (playing the dual role of twin brothers), Fiona Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Jacob Breedon, Alex Vincent, Lexa Doig, Teo Briones, Christine Elise, Alyvia Alyn Lind, and Lind’s real-life mother Barbara Alyn Woods. David Kohlsmith is playing the young Charles Lee Ray for the scenes where we’ll see his “untold origins”. And, as mentioned, Brad Dourif has again recorded the lines Chucky will be speaking.

A follow-up to all of the Child’s Play movies (except for that remake), Chucky picks up where Cult of Chucky left off. I have high hopes that this is going to be an awesome addition to the franchise.