Child's Play 2 (2022)

Child's Play 2 is an upcoming American Horror movie and is a sequel to 2019's Child's Play reboot. The film is directed by Lars Klevberg and distributed by United Arts Releasing, and produced by Orion Pictures, and Bron Creative. (Child's Play 2 has no relation to the now airing Chucky tv series on SyFy and USA Network)

Cast

 * Aubrey Plaza as Karen Barclay: Andy’s mom.
 * Gabriel Bateman as Andy Barclay
 * Brian Tyree Henry as Detective Mike Norris: The Sheriff
 * Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky/Buddi 3.0: The high-tech doll.
 * Tim Matheson as Henry Kaslan: The Creator of Chucky.
 * Beatrice Kitsos as Falyn: One of Andy’s friends.
 * Ty Consiglio as Pugg: One of Andy’s friends.
 * Marlon Kazadi as Omar: One of Andy’s friends.
 * Nicole Anthony as Detective Willis: A police officer.
 * Jack Dylan Grazer as Dave Lee: Andy’s cousin, who doesn't believe in Chucky’s rampage.
 * Mara Milans as Amy Lee: Karen’s sister, Dave’s mom, and Andy’s aunt.
 * Chris Rock as Earl: Omar’s father.
 * James Marsden as Agent Jimmy Jones: An agent who wants to shut down The Budi Doll.
 * Robin Lord Taylor as Peter Kaslan: Henry’s brother and the idea of creating The Upgraded Chucky.

Announcement
Child's Play 2 was announced in late 2019, when director Lars Klevberg said he'd love to do a sequel if the team was able to. MGM (the distributor of the 2019 Child's Play) gave the team the right budget, and was originally supposed to release in October 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pushed back to November 2022, and they pushed back to June 2025 and the film is now scheduled to release in 2025...

Casting
Lars Klevberg is once again writing and directing this sequel to the 2019 Child's Play, David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith return as producers, and Bear McCeary will return for the score. Most of the actors from the first film will return to their roles for the sequel. Like Mark Hamill as Chucky himself, Gabriel Bateman as Andy Barclay, and Aubrey Plaza as Andy's mother, Karen. Other returing actors include Bryan Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson, Ty Consligio, and Beatrice Kitsos.

Production
Production began in September 21st, 2024 and was announced a week ahead of time that the film will be shot in Wilmington, NC. The last film was shot in Vancouver, and now is given more opportunity when it comes to filming in such a big place in the US. The film hasn't been struggling with production issues of as of today. The script has been written since back in July of 2020, while having it altered of course over time. The cast of the new film seem to like the script that was given to them, including Mark Hamill, who was all for a Child's Play sequel.

Plot
Six years after the events of the first film, Andy Barclay has been going through therapy to get over his past with Chucky. So he decides to get the new and improved Buddi 3 to help him cope with the past, unaware that Chucky is still roaming around, and about to continue his carnage.