Anyone who had a MyBuddy when they were a child, was terrified of the Chucky films ( Yes, even though at times the animatronics were rather lame ).. But I think even most Horror fans lost interest in the series before The Seed of Chucky was even conceived..

While talking with David Kirschner this weekend, one of the producers of the upcoming John Cusack film Martian Child, he revealed that they are working on another Child’s Play sequel, but it would instead be a remake of the first Child’s Play.. Don’t jump the gun and complain about another remake just yet, you need to here all of the details - because this could be good.. The film is only “ in the works ” at the moment with a story being put together but Kirschner claimed it would definitely be ” more terrifying..”

Tomorrow’s Entertainment had a chance to interview Kirschner for his upcoming movie where he surprised us by announcing that they were working on another Chucky movie, which would be a remake of the original Child’s Play.. ( But surely, we all knew this was coming, right?) Kirschner told us..

” We’re discussing it with Don Mancini, who has written all of them with us from the beginning.. The next one we’re going to do is we’re going back and remaking the first one and even pushing it further and making a very terrifying version of the first one, which is pretty scary as it is..”

When asked whether they were looking at any of today’s cutting - edge horror directors, he replied..

” We haven’t come up with anybody yet.. We haven’t really discussed that.. We’ve just been working on stories, so I think that’ll be a fun process when we get there..”

Of course, the age - old question of ” Why? ” immediately came up.. He quickly responded..

“Look at Halloween.. It’s kind of commerce to keep the franchise going, and another reason to go see it.. For me, it’s exciting, because the first one was really scary and then from there, we kind of.. My favorites are 1 and 4.. I love 4, it really makes me laugh and I think Jennifer Tilly is so great, but just the idea of going back to where we were the first time around and I think for me, it’s almost 30 years later for me as a filmmaker from where I started to now, and the idea of taking some skill that maybe I didn’t possess then and putting it towards the next film, I think could be exciting..”

When asked, would they possibly use the same script? He said..

” I think it would be pretty close to it, that’s for sure, but there’s some other things that we’re exploring also, and some twists that we don’t want the audience to expect, as far as a couple deaths, where you think you’re going in one way and you’re going to go in another way as a result of knowing it and it being such a popular franchise..”

These new developments may include learning more about Charles Lee Ray, although they’re discussing whether series regular Brad Dourif will be back in that role and once again voicing Chucky..

But don’t just assume that because we’re well into the 21st Century that Chucky will be any sort of CG motion - captured creation..

“It’ll be an animatronic doll, like we do all of them, but animatronics have grown from when we did the first one 20 years ago.. We just did the commentary on the 20th Anniversary of it, and all the stars, the little kid Andy Barkley, all of that, so that’s coming out in January / February..”

There is no director attached yet, as they’re still working on the story, but some interesting discussion arose around what director might be chosen for this.. Kirschner went on to explain that it would be very close to the original script, with some twists that the audience won’t see coming.. Sound like it could possibly be good yet?

Now just imagine a lot of the same things coming together with this that the first film had.. Although Child’s Play only has a 6 / 10 on IMDb, it is a cult classic in terms of horror movies and I know there a lot of big Chucky fans out there ( Including myself - that is, at least up to the third Child’s Play).. So just imagine - you have the same screenwriter and nearly the same script and you get someone like Darren Lynn Bousman, Rob Zombie, David Slade, Mikael Håfström, Christophe Gans, or even Takashi Miike to direct the remake.. Now that would be awesome!

If this Child’s Play remake does get off the ground, it will be interesting to see if they use anamatronic puppets or a computer generated Chucky.. My suggestion is that they use a mix, using the CG mostly for the action sequences.. The Chucky movies kind of became a parody of themselves, and I’m not sure if anyone from the new generation actually takes them seriously.. So I’m curious to see how people may react to a more horror / thriller orientated remake.. Rob Zombie’s Halloween was bashed by most fans and newcomers because while it did add some back - story to the Michael Myers character, it also took away from his mysteriousness..