{"id":10962,"date":"2012-09-05T21:59:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=10962"},"modified":"2012-09-05T21:59:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:59:52","slug":"curse-of-chucky-principal-photography-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/curse-of-chucky-principal-photography-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"CURSE OF CHUCKY PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEGINS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth installment of the frightening Child\u2019s Play thriller franchise, Curse of Chucky, begins principal photography in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on September 5, 2012.  The franchise comes full circle as Toyland\u2019s most gruesome serial killer returns in a horrifying all-new movie from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios HomeEntertainment. .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince his introduction to audiences in Child\u2019s Play almost a quarter-century ago, Chucky has haunted the nightmares of a generation of moviegoers,\u201d said Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment. \u201cReturning to his roots in one of the most provocative horror franchises, this new sequel will shock longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif (The Master, \u201cTrue Blood,\u201d \u201cDeadwood\u201d), A Martinez (\u201cLongmire,\u201d \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d), Danielle Bisutti (Get Smart, \u201cCSI: Miami\u201d) and Brennan Elliott (Flight 93, Double Jeopardy). Brad Dourif (The Lord of the Rings, Dune) once again returns to provide the voice of Chucky, the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who returns to settle some unfinished business. <\/p>\n<p>The film is directed by Don Mancini, the Child\u2019s Play franchise creator who has written or co-written each of the previous movies and was the director of Seed of Chucky.  Also an integral part of the Child\u2019s Play franchise from inception, David Kirschner (An American Tail, Hocus Pocus, Bride of Chucky) produces from a screenplay by Mancini.  The film\u2019s top-flight production team includes special-effects wizard Tony Gardner (Zombieland, Seed of Chucky), production designer Craig Sandells (Mother\u2019s Day) and costume designer Patricia J. Henderson (ATM).<\/p>\n<p><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother\u2019s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica\u2019s plans for the future, Barb\u2019s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn\u2019t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He\u2019s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he\u2019s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth installment of the frightening Child\u2019s Play thriller franchise, Curse of Chucky, begins principal photography in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on September 5, 2012. The franchise comes full circle as Toyland\u2019s most gruesome serial killer returns in a horrifying all-new movie from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios HomeEntertainment. . \u201cSince his\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/curse-of-chucky-principal-photography-begins\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[3876,954,3873,3875,3874],"class_list":["post-10962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-news","tag-a-martinez","tag-brad-dourif","tag-curse-of-chucky","tag-danielle-bisutti","tag-fiona-dourif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10963,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10962\/revisions\/10963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}