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Speaking with ComicBook.com about the new Chucky TV series, we asked Mancini if working on the show felt like reclaiming the character and the franchise back after the 2019 reboot (which he was not involved with). “I did, sure, because there was no way of knowing how that could impact what we’ve been doing for decades at Universal. And there was worry about it, it wasn’t just me. It was also powers that be at the studio, like how much appetite is there going to be for this character? And if that movie had broken out, if it had been successful, then it could have harmed our plans. Fortunately, that didn’t happen.”
He continued, “Honestly, I’m at a point in my life where the main emotion I feel at junctures like that is just relief and gratitude that we got to make our show. Seems like people are liking it. All good. I don’t bear any resentment particularly against any of the people involved in that movie. They were doing a job. Although the producers, maybe I can bear a grudge for a while longer.”
Mancini went on to reveal that he hasn’t seen the film either, and likely never will.
“I’ve not seen the movie because I just didn’t want to. I just don’t want to be distracted. That is just another thing. It’s just this other version of my character out there, I don’t want to be distracted or influenced by that.”
Luckily the new Chucky TV show doesn’t seem to pay that 2019 movie any mind, picking up just weeks after the events of the 2017 sequel Cult of Chucky while also playing with plot threads from throughout the 30+ year history of the franchise. In short, Mancini’s Chucky is still our friend ’til the end.
Chucky premieres on SYFY and USA Network on Tuesday, October 12 at 10 PM ET.
