Chucky TV Series In Development At SYFY

Red-headed menace Cult of Chucky.

Like most long-running genre franchises nowadays, Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry. And, as with some long-running franchises, Child’s Play is apparently robust enough to not only a theatrical reboot, but its own television series as well, this time simply titled Chucky.

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As reported by TVLine, Mancini and SYFY parent company NBCU Cable Entertainment made the announcement of the new series by first praising the cabler as the ideal home for such a series, and then by confirming a television series has been a dream of his for several years now. Mancini said:

“I’ve long wanted to bring Chucky to television and SYFY is the perfect network for us, with a depth that is uniquely afforded by the television series format, while staying true to the original vision that has terrorized audiences for over three decades now.”

Bill McGoldrick, President, Scripted Content, NBCU Cable Entertainment followed Mancini’s comments up with his own statement, which read:

“It’s very rare that you get the opportunity to bring such an iconic character to your network, let alone with the original creator attached. We look forward to working with Don, David and Nick on putting their blood, sweat, and more blood into bringing the Chucky story to television.”

The move keeps SYFY’s push into horror going, after last year’s disappointing Channel Zero would end after four seasons. At this point, Chucky is the ideal show to bring to the network, as the character not only has the IP recognition that studio execs lust after, but with a new film coming out, fans may well be on the lookout for more (classic) Chucky stories to be told.