Summary
Chucky(Brad Dourif) ofChild’s Playfame has been the killer doll of choice over the past four decades. But he may get a run for his money thanks to recent creative ventures.
In 1988, Dourif’s debut of Charles Lee Ray inChild’s Playdid the unexpected and made dolls scary. Chucky becamethe killer doll of choiceafter Ray transposed his spirit into a Good Guy doll. But this is a new era and millennium, and the ginger overall-wearing figure may have to fight for that title.
After the 2022 filmM3GAN, chances are that Chucky and the titular AI will have a smack-down drag-out fight. At least, that’s what everyone wants in theChuckyTV show that could be better than the movies. And if fans askChuckycreator Don Mancini, he may have similar ideas. “I would say, stay tuned,” Mancini toldVarietywhen the publication asked if M3GAN would appear on the SyFy series.
The title character of Blumhouse’sM3GANblew audiences away during the doll’s dramatic debut. After Cady (Violet McGraw) loses her parents and is entrusted to the guardianship of her aunt, Gemma (Allison Williams), the only solace she finds is in a robotic doll. Gemma heads a robotic toy department, and M3GAN is her brainchild. But while she tries to use the robot to help her niece heal from grief, M3GAN takes on a mind of her own to protect Cady – even through murder. This plot is slightly different from Chucky’s origin, who has no loyalty to anyone and lusts for blood. But that didn’t stopbeef between Chucky and M3ganwhenM3GANpremiered. With her viral dance moves, M3GAN was a doll for a new era. The two iconic characters have made many viewers wonder how the two compare to each other. But Chucky being Chucky, refuses to be supplanted.
Mancini’s comment about the two meeting on screen is quite telling. Teasing the audience with a maybe is promising news. Mancini did not give Variety a flat-out no, meaning the two could meet on the SyFy series. The fact that NBC owns both characters is even more promising. TheChuckyseries could make its own multiverse, only a lot more bloody. As opposed to the connected stories that the MCU has been weaving for the past decade and a half,Chuckycould bridge the gap withviewers who loveM3GAN. The SyFy series is already meta, and incorporating M3GAN could be another delightful way to make the genre more accessible. And if it happens, audiences will likely experience more quips and puns than they could prepare themselves for.
Chuckyseasons 1-2 are streaming on Peacock and Shudder.
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