Barbara Alyn Woods‘ next on-screen foe is going to make Dan Scott seem like an absolute doll in comparison.
The One Tree Hill alumna will recur in USA Network and Syfy‘s Chucky, stepping into the role of Mayor Michelle Cross, TVLine has learned exclusively.
In addition to “maintaining Hackensack’s safe image with the rising tide of mysterious violence, which she has no idea has been caused by a child’s doll,” Michelle is also concerned for her two young daughters Lexy and Caroline. (Fun fact: Lexy is played by Woods’ real-life daughter Alyvia Alyn Lind.)
Chucky, which received a straight-to-series order in 2020, marks the first small-screen project based around the iconic horror character. Brad Dourif, who provided the voice for the killer doll in the original Child’s Play film franchise, is reprising his role. Jennifer Tilly will also recur as her big-screen character Tiffany Valentine.
Additional cast members include Zackary Arthur (Transparent) as a loner named Jake, Teo Briones (Ratched) as Jake’s cousin Junior, and Björgvin Arnarson (The Seventh Day) as a true-crime junkie named Devon. Also recurring is Devon Sawa (Nikita), though details about his character remain under wraps.
Chucky creator Don Mancini will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Along with writing the first Child’s Play movie and all six of its sequels, he also directed three of the films. Original film series producer David Kirschner, Harley Peyton, Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund will also executive-produce.
Will you take a stab at this new Chucky series when it premieres this fall? Drop a comment with your thoughts below.
She appears in a lot of her daughters’ projects so not too surprised but yay!
I miss the Honey I Shrunk The Kids show.
Yeah, why was there no mention of that in the article? She was an even better Diane than the movie version!
Love her from OTH!
Chucky, which received a straight-to-series order in 2020, marks the first small-screen project based around the iconic horror character. I guess we aren’t counting Freddy’s Nightmare because the Robert Englund character only hosted the syndicated horror anthology series and wasn’t a featured character in it.
Chucky and Freddy are two different characters from two different horror series…🤔
“…the first small-screen project based around THE iconic horror character” solely references Chucky so there’s no reason for Freddy’s Nightmares to have been considered. If he had written based around “AN iconic horror character” , then it would have been somewhat of an omission.
Yes I want to see it. 3 ways I will. 1. Free preview/trial. 2. On network app free like Peacock or 3. I can purchase the seasons. Sounds great and love this casting!
I don’t know if so because and they seem Innocent but. But I don’t know if I going to watch it. But I love one tree Hill too.
I’m actually looking forward to this just to see what they do with it. I’m a big fan of the “Child’s Play” franchise.
My 25 yr. old son who has Down’s syndrome loves the Chucky movies! I’ ll have to check this out. Is it a series running on the USA channel? Hope it’s not something that requires technology.
Nobody cares about your son
How needlessly cruel of you.
To answer Tina Wicks’ question — it looks like the show will be running on the Syfy channel when it does end up airing.
Your comment is appalling and cruel.
Tina, hopefully this is a series that your son will enjoy and that you can access easily.
Hells yea I’ll be tuning in! Been not so patiently waiting for some kind of update on the show so this was nice