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season 1, Devon Sawa is back as Father Bryce, marking his third character on the hit horror series from creator Don Mancini. “First of all, I’m absolutely flattered that Don brought me back. When he called me to tell me last year at the end of the first season that he’d be bringing me back, I was over-the-moon happy,” Sawa tells Rachel Smith as he and co-star Jennifer Tilly join her on the set of ET to talk about season 2, which sees the possessed doll seeking revenge on season 1 survivors Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who have been sent to a Catholic school.Devon, Chucky and I are doing #EntertainmentTonight.

“I felt that exploring a story about teenage issues through the horror prism was going to work well for us,” says Don Mancini of the success of his series Chucky. “Teenagers experience their emotions in a very stylized way.

Don Mancini, creator of Chucky, is discussing a potential fourth season and has an idea of where to take the show despite not knowing what the future holds for it.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Dressed to Kill,” the Season 3 midseason finale for Syfy/USA Network’s “Chucky.” For the first time in his 35-year history, Chucky is learning that even dolls have a shelf life. In the Season 3, Part 1 finale of Syfy/USA Network’s “Chucky,” the legendary killer doll managed to evade capture yet again –– this time behind the guarded walls of the White House, and under the unwitting protection of the youngest son of the President of the United States (Devon Sawa). But Chucky’s biggest threat isn’t the trio of vengeful teens hot on his tiny heels, nor is it the sinister conspiracy already brewing in the First Residence.

Halloween creeps toward us, networks and streamers are launching their spooky programming to scare you. From new movies like the upcoming video-game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s” to new reality series like the Kristen Stewart-narrated gay ghost-hunting show “Living for the Dead,” there’s something for every ghost and ghoul. “A Really Haunted Loud House” – (Nickelodeon, Sept. 28) Based on the “Loud House” franchise, this new movie follows Lincoln Loud who, with the help of his sisters and best friend Clyde, must save Halloween when the Loud house is attacked by new kid Xander and his followers.

Sophia Scorziello editor A brand new divorcee competition series and “The Real Housewives of Miami” Season 6 are just some of the shows included in NBCUniversal’s all-new 2023-2024 slate. With a portfolio spanning across networks like E!, Bravo, Syfy and USA Network, NBCUniversal is bringing plenty of new programs to cable for fans of unscripted reality television and sci-fi drama. “The Real Housewives of Miami” Season 6 will bring the sunshine back to Bravo after the series’ run on Peacock. “Below Deck Down Under” will also make the move from the streamer to cable. As previously announced, “Project Runway” will get an all-star makeover as 14 designers from past seasons compete against one another starting on June 15. In July, Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan arrive in a small town of Ilinois in the premiere of “Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake.”

Other returning USA Network series include “Chucky,” the Don Mancini-produced drama that simulcasts on SYFY, as well as the sophomore installment of “Barmageddon,” which is set to feature Carson Daly, Blake Shelton and Nikki Garcia.After being a contestant on the 20th season of “The Bachelor,” “The Big D” host JoJo Fletcher was the leading lady for “The Bachelorette” Season 12, where she ultimately found her leading man in former pro-quarterback Jordan Rodgers.

Chucky will keep killing it after the series was renewed for a third season.

posted a photo of an iPhone home screen (which has now been deleted) with an incoming message from “Jason Voorhees.” The accompanying caption read: “Uh oh. What do you think Jason Voorhees wants?!” This, of course, sent the internet into a frenzy.

Before Annabelle and Jigsaw, there was Chucky. The original Child’s Play movie was about an infamous murderer named Chucky who prolonged his life (and heinous deeds) by transferring his soul into a Good Guy doll, wreaking havoc on unsuspecting kids.

Sutton Stracke is set to join best friend Jennifer Tilly in an episode of season 2. The star will play a guest attending a party hosted by Tilly’s character, Tiffany Valentine, on the horror series. Stracke took to Instagram to thank creator Don Mancini “for this opportunity.” “Thank you for allowing me into this amazing world.

EXCLUSIVE: Lara Jean Chorostecki has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in the upcoming second season of USA Network and Syfy’s Chucky. A premiere date is TBD. The series hails from the movie franchise creator/writer Don Mancini who serves as showrunner, and Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca.

Outfest today unveiled the lineup for its second annual LGBTQIA+ television festival, The OutFronts—a four-day hybrid event with free-to-view, internationally accessible virtual panel discussions and ticketed in-person events in Los Angeles, featuring the talent from some of the most exciting LGBTQIA+ programs available on television today. The festival will run from June 3-6, kicking off with the world premiere in-person screening of Peacock’s Queer As Folk at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which will be followed by a conversation with the reimagining’s creators and cast.

Syfy’s SurrealEstate will again see the light of day. The Canadian drama series, which was canceled last year, will return for a second season for premiere in 2023, Syfy has revealed.

Imagine if Chucky was a workplace comedy.

EXCLUSIVE: Tiffany Valentine’s story on Chucky will continue. Jennifer Tilly has closed a deal to return for Season 2 of the USA Network/Syfy series, from the movie franchise creator/writer Don Mancini who serves as showrunner. Additionally, the series’ second season is slated to premiere on the two NBCUniversal cable networks in the fall, likely keeping with the pre-Halloween tradition fitting the horror title. (Season 1 debuted Oct. 12, 2021.)

Chucky has been slated for release later this year.Don Mancini, the creator of the Child’s Play franchise which the series is a spin-off from, shared a teaser poster for the forthcoming season, confirming it will be released in 2022.The first season premiered in the UK last December, with no specific date for the new episodes confirmed just yet. Take a look at the teaser poster here:pic.twitter.com/8kuwUSyZt6— Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) February 26, 2022The TV series serves as a sequel to Cult Of Chucky, when 14-year-old Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) buys a Good Guy doll at a yard sale, only to discover it’s possessed by the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif).It also serialises Child’s Play, which Mancini wrote along with the other six films in the franchise (except for the 2019 reboot).

Chucky has been renewed for a second season by USA Network and Syfy.Ahead of the show’s season finale on Tuesday (November 30), the TV series adaptation of Child’s Play has announced a second season will air in 2022.Don Mancini, series creator and showrunner, said: “We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with Chucky.“Many thanks to our partners at USA, Syfy and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing Chucky to the small screen, bigger than

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Chucky” has been renewed for Season 2 at USA Network and Syfy.The series, based on the “Child’s Play” horror film franchise, will air its season finale on Nov. 30 at 10 p.m.

real reason for another iteration of the “Child’s Play” universe after a slew of films that range widely in quality from entertaining to ridiculous, dating back to the original 1988 offering. But USA and Syfy’s new series, “Chucky,” is actually pretty solid.Much of that is because Don Mancini, the co-writer and mastermind behind the original “Child’s Play,” is the creator and showrunner of the new series.

The classic Chucky film horror franchise is making the leap to television with the upcoming USA/Syfy series from Child’s Play creator Don Mancini and Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca, with Brad Dourif returning as the voice of Chucky alongside the movies’ Jennifer Tilly.

USA Network and Syfy have released a new trailer for the upcoming Chucky series!

video above.The series was ordered more than a year ago by Syfy. It will finally air this fall on both Syfy and USA Network.Don Mancini, who wrote all seven “Chucky” films and directed three, will serve as showrunner and direct the first episode.

Chucky TV series has been released.The clip, which you can view below, shows the killer doll being built piece by piece, along with Brad Dourif’s iconic Chucky voiceover telling us, “I always come back!”.The series is being produced by Don Mancini, the original creator of Child’s Play, and will take place after the seven main movies of the franchise.Mancini is also writing all 10 episodes of Chucky, and is set to direct at least the first episode, titled Death By Misadventure, reports Collider.

Zackary Arthur (Transparent), Teo Briones (Ratched), Alyvia Alyn Lind (Daybreak) and Björgvin Arnarson (The Seventh Day) are set to star as series regulars and the four teen leads of Syfy’s Chucky, from the movie franchise creator/writer Don Mancini. Jennifer Tilly, reprising her role as Tiffany Valentine from the movies, and Devon Sawa (Final Destination) will recur on the project, ordered straight-to-series last year.

[email protected] to discuss why horror is queer and when they first fell in love with the genre.“Child’s Play” franchise creator Don Mancini, “Hannibal” creator Bryan Fuller, director of the Shudder documentary Sam Wineman, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” actor Lachlan Watson and co-host of “Attack of the Queerwolf” podcast Nay Bever joined moderator Jordan Crucchiola on Thursday’s panel titled “Horror Is Queer.”Crucchiola started the panel with some foundation language: What defines queer

Chucky comes from creator Don Mancini and Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca, with Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly both returning to the franchise.The new trailer, which Mancini shared on his Instagram last week, teases Chucky appearing in silhouette down the aisle of a supermarket.“AN EVIL TOO GREAT TO PLAY ON JUST ONE NETWORK!” Mancini captioned the clip.

Remember last summer’s high-profile reboot of the “Child’s Play” franchise, presenting a new version of the toy-turned-murderer Chucky? Okay, well now you can forget all about that film and be reminded about the decades-long franchise that preceded it and continues to this day with the upcoming series, “Chucky.” Confused yet? READ MORE: An Uninspired ‘Child’s Play’ Relies On Antiquated, Boring Horror Clichés [Review] As seen in the new teaser for “Chucky,” the upcoming series that will make its

A chilling new teaser-trailer for the upcoming “Chucky” TV series has been released.

John Lafia has sadly passed away at the age of 63, People reports.

John Lafia, who co-wrote 1988 horror film Child’s Play and also co-wrote and directed Child’s Play 2, died on April 29 in Los Angeles.He was 63.

By Ellise Shafer

Syfy has given out a straight-to-series order for a show based on the iconic horror character Chucky, the central figure in the “Child’s Play” film franchise. The cabler made the announcement at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Saturday.