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Chucky S03: Don Mancini on Demonic Doll's Dilemma; M3GAN Crossover?

Franchise creator Don Mancini discusses the midseason finale, the dilemma Chucky finds himself in & if there's a chance at a M3GAN meet-up.

Leave it to Don Mancini, SYFY & USA Network's Chucky to find a way to devise a midseason cliffhanger that actually puts the demonic doll in a bigger cliffhanger situation than anyone else. Having fallen out of grace with Damballa over his second-season run-in with the Catholic Church and that whole "exorcism" thing, Chucky is looking for the ultimate sacrifice to appease the demon god. And what better place to host that sacrifice than… The White House. But so far, things aren't working quite right – and Chucky's aging rapidly. In an interview released post-midseason finale, Mancini discusses the vulnerable position that this puts him in, contending with new faces on the horror pop culture landscape – and if we can expect a M3GAN appearance anytime soon.

With four episodes to go, it's clear that the demonic doll is in pretty bad shape – leaving him "walking wounded" in ways that he's never been before. "Yes, Chucky has the upper hand now, but as you see from the very last scene and last shot of Episode 4, he is more vulnerable than he has ever been. Chucky is aging and dying. The stakes are completely different now," Mancini explained during an interview with Variety. But after everyone & everything that they've lost, don't think for one second that Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) & Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) are going to be pulling their punches – even if they're facing off with "Senior Citizen Chucky." Mancini shared, "Their [Jake, Devon & Lexy] thirst for vengeance is starting to become an adult's thirst for vengeance. As Chucky – horribly – says when he's killing Miss Fairchild, 'I couldn't resist making those kids orphans one last time.' That incentivizes them to up their games, which you'll see as the season goes on."

But Chucky has another powerful force to keep content, one much more powerful than even Damballa – fans. "He [Chucky] really has to contend with legitimate new contenders to the throne like M3GAN and Annabelle," Mancini explained when addressing how the "horror doll" market had gotten a bit more crowded since the franchise first began. "He has to deal with that place for himself in the pop culture world, and that's how we really touch the ground with Chucky. We give this off-the-wall character a crisis that has the sting of real pain and real life. But it just makes him angrier, and you know what happens when Chucky gets angry." So could that mean an appearance from none other than M3GAN – since both are under the NBCUniversal banner? "I would say, 'Stay tuned,'" Mancini teased.

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