Chucky is a longstanding icon of the horror genre with eight movie installments in his celebrated Child's Play franchise.

Mancini also revealed that he is in the early stages of creating a new Chucky movie. No new information ... having provided the story for the original 1988 slasher, written its six sequels ...

In a horror movie, a villain is only as good as its hero ... As terrifying as Brad Dourif is as the voice of Chucky, the franchise would never have taken off if it wasn't for the protagonist ...