‘Chucky’ Renewed For Season 2
Get ready for more psychotic doll mayhem, as the USA Network and the Syfy channel announces ‘Chucky‘ will be returning for a 2nd Season.
Based on the popular horror movie franchise, the new tv show sees a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, which throws an idyllic American town 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.
“We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with Chucky,” commented executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, Syfy and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing Chucky to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks, and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’”
‘Chucky’ has been going down very well over in the USA, where it is sitting as the second-highest-rated new cable series in the key 18-49 demographic, just behind ‘Resident Alien’, which is also a Syfy series. The drama is simulcast over there on both Syfy and USA Network, and is also due to drop onto Peacock in December, so has been an extremely versatile and useful series for NBCUniversal. The show has been airing on Sky Max and Sky Showtime in the UK.
The series stars Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Taylor, Barbara Alyn Woods as Michelle Cross, Bjorgvin Arnarson as Devon Lopez, Christine Elise McCarthy as Kyle, Devon Sawa as Logan Wheeler, Fiona Dourif as Nica, Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine, Teo Briones as Junior Webber, and Zackary Arthur as Jake Webber, with Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky.
The show is written and created by Don Mancini, who wrote all the original films in the ‘Child’s Play’ universe, and went to write on ‘Hannibal’ and ‘Channel Zero’. Mancini also serves as showrunner and exec produces alongside David Kirschner (‘Hocus Pocus’, ‘Frailty’), and Nick Antosca (‘The Act’, ‘Channel Zero’) via his banner Eat the Cat, through his overall deal with studio UCP, who produce the drama. Emmy-nominated Harley Peyton (‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Channel Zero’) will also serve as executive producer.
You can find ‘Chucky‘ Season 1 on Sky Max, On Demand and the NOW streaming service in the UK.
