Hannibal,
Child’s Play franchise creator
Don Mancini realized it was possible to make the leap from the big screen to the small one. Mancini recently shared the moment he knew the killer doll could work on TV.
Reinventing the Franchise
When Mancini first heard about the
Hannibal TV series, he was skeptical. He was a huge fan of the franchise, which includes four novels and five movies. Yet, he couldn’t imagine how a TV series about the infamous Hannibal Lecter could work.
Then Mancini saw the series, which starred
Mads Mikkelsen as the titular man-eater, and he changed his mind (via Entertainment Weekly):
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Child’s Play franchise television series that’s set to debut later this year. A teaser video came out a few days ago, with the promise of more footage to come soon as part of [email protected] next weekend. Six fresh images have recently been shared for
Chucky, and mostly focus on the relationship between the doll and the young lead actor who finds him at a yard sale.
The photos, which you can see below, depict Zackary Arthur’s Jake Webber in various locations with Chucky, including a school hall, what appears to be a dissection in a lab, and possibly a talent contest. In addition, we see what might be Jake at home, and in the process of trying to dump Chucky into a trash bin, echoing similar attempts to dispose of him in the movies.