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Child’s Play Reboot to Start Production in Vancouver – Aubrey Plaza Confirmed To Star

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6342″ img_size=”798×420″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]The movie may be about a doll, but MGM is not playing around when it comes to their contemporary version of the 1980s horror classic Child’s Play. Represented by Orion Pictures, the movie based on Chucky, a killer doll; will be beginning production in Vancouver. The upcoming film will be starring Aubrey Plaza, who is best known for her roles in Legion and Parks and Recreation; as Karen, and Emmy and Tony Award nominee Bryan Tyree Henry, best known for Atlanta and Widows, as Mike. The film will always feature Gabriel Bateman as Andy. Lars Klevberg will be directing the movie and Tyler Burton Smith wrote the screenplay.

Plaza’s Karen will be a mother, who gives birth to Bateman’s character and then gives him the Chucky doll, unaware of its sinister nature.

The original Child’s Play in 1988 went on to gross $44 million dollars worldwide, which was a great achievement considering the budget was roughly $9 million. The movie went on to make a handful of sequels and its cultural influence is constantly referenced. It’ll be interesting, as I said in a previous post; to see how a Child’s Play movie is down in a modern-day era. There is something laughable about a killer doll, but will the route be more comical or horrific? You can see the full press release below.

WANNA PLAY? METRO GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURES AND ORION PICTURES BEGIN PRODUCTION ON CHILD’S PLAY

IN VANCOUVER

Starring Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry and Gabriel Bateman

September 20, 2018 – Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) will produce a contemporary version of the iconic horror classic Child’s Play for Orion Pictures; it was announced today by Jonathan Glickman, MGM’s President, Motion Picture Group and John Hegeman, President, Orion Pictures. Starring Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West, Legion, Parks and Recreation) as Karen, Emmy and Tony nominee Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, Widows, If Beale Street Could Talk) as Mike and Gabriel Bateman (Lights Out, American Gothic) as Andy, principal photography commenced in Vancouver. Rising filmmaker Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) will direct from Tyler Burton Smith’s (Kung Fury, Quantum Break video game) screenplay based on the original motion picture.

Child’s Play follows a mother (Plaza) who gives her son (Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.

David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith will produce under their KatzSmith Productions banner. The duo produced last year’s smash hit remake of It, the highest grossing horror film of all time bringing in $700 million at the global box office. Aaron Schmidt and Chris Ferguson will executive produce.

Collaborating with Klevberg is a creative team led by Director of Photography Brendan Uegama (CW’s Riverdale, Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), production designer Dan Hermansen (Star Trek: Beyond, Godzilla), editor Tom Elkins (Annabelle, Inferno), costume designer Jori Woodman (The Boy, Final Destination 5), and special effects supervisor Dan Keeler (Fox’s The X Files, Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle).

Child’s Play, the 1988 film, went on to gross $44 million worldwide on a $9 million budget and spawned one of the most recognizable and successful horror characters of all time with its psychotic killer doll, Chucky.

Bateman is represented by Coast to Coast Talent Group and HG5 Entertainment; Plaza is represented by CAA and MGMT Entertainment; Henry is represented by CAA, JWS Entertainment.

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