Viral promo for Child’s Play remake promises revolutionary fun with Buddi

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

As a part of Orion's clever marketing strategy for Lars Klevberg's upcoming remake of Don Mancini's CHILD'S PLAY, the Kaslan Corporation, the world's leading developer of interactive tech products for home and lifestyle, has reveal a revolutionary new product – the Artificial Intelligence human companion, Buddi. Designed to be a child's playmate and new best friend, Buddi is expected to change the lives of children all across the globe in ways they never could have imagined. Able to connect to and control Kaslan's wide range of tech products and all smart home devices, Buddi is the world's most advanced AI human companion to date and will be available nationwide on June 21, 2019.

According to Kasdan's official press announcement for the new Buddi doll:

Consumers have been living with AI assistants in their homes for nearly eight years with the introduction of Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and other devices. You can ask AI assistants to play a song, provide directions, forecast the weather, turn off your house lights and much more. But to date, a true relationship building opportunity with AI has been outside the bounds of imagination.

Until now.

“The leap we’re making beyond any current AI technology presents a similar gulf between the calculator and the most advanced smartphone assistants. Buddi is where we’ve all been headed in the field of AI, and I’m proud to say that Kaslan Corporation is bringing that future into the homes of families across the world,” said Henry Kaslan, founder/CEO of Kaslan Corporation.

 
Buddi features an exciting range of killer tech and programming, including:
 
?     Highly intricate cloud-backed voice recognition engine capable of identifying speech and comprehension of inflection, tonality and subtle variations in the human voice
?     Ability to learn from human interaction and via 20 sensors and cameras that provide real-time information about its environment
?     State-of-the-art sensor design providing high resolution image recognition and grip sensitivity
?     Preloaded with the ability to comprehend and converse in both English and Spanish, with the option for language expansion via the Kaslan Language Acquisition App
?     Connectivity to the latest Kaslan products including the Kaslan HUB home controller, Kaslan VAC robotic vacuum, Kaslan Speakers, Kaslan Drone, the self-driving Kaslan Kar, and other smart home devices
?     And so much more!

Of course, all of this is part of the lead up to this Friday's CHILD'S PLAY trailer debut. The upcoming remake of Don Mancini's 1988 horror classic helmed by Lars Klevberg stars Aubrey Plaza (LEGION, PARKS AND RECREATION), Bryan Tyree Henry (SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, WIDOWS) and Gabriel Bateman (LIGHTS OUT, OUTCAST). In the film, a mother (Plaza) gives her son (Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. Oh, and by "sinister nature," I mean to imply that the red-headed murder doll's programming code has been been hacked, allowing it to learn and be free to engage in a spree of stab-happy mayhem. Babysitters, pre-adolescent fornicators, and abusive chumps beware, because Chucky has no doubt set a special playdate just for you.

David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith are producing via their their KatzSmith Productions label, with Beatrice Kitsos (THE EXORCIST) and Ty Consiglio (WONDER) also set to star as Falyn and Pugg, respectively. The duo will play friends of Andy's in the film.

Be sure to stop by JoBlo this Friday for when the first official trailer for CHILD'S PLAY goes live. Meanwhile, the film will be arriving in theaters on June 21, 2019.