Syfy and USA Community have given the axe to Chucky after three seasons.
The collection, based mostly on the traditional horror film franchise, won’t return for Season 4. Half 2 of Season 3 of the collection aired its finale on each NBCUniversal cable networks simply 4 months in the past.
The information comes regardless of collection creator/govt producer Don Mancini‘s greatest efforts to maintain the present going. He revealed again in April that he had pitched a fourth season, saying on the time that “it’s one thing I actually love to do.”
Followers have shared his enthusiasm, launching a #RenewChucky marketing campaign on social media, which has been rallying assist for Season 4.
Whereas the choice to cancel the collection was disappointing for Mancini, who additionally created and wrote the film franchise, he vowed that this isn’t the final we are going to see of Chucky.
“I’m heartbroken over the information that Chucky received’t be coming again for a fourth season however am so grateful for the killer three years we did have,” he stated. “I’d prefer to thank UCP/Syfy/Peacock/Eat the Cat, our superior solid and Toronto-based crew — the very best within the enterprise — and eventually, to our wonderful followers, a giant bloody hug. Your unbelievable #RenewChucky marketing campaign actually warmed Chucky’s chilly coronary heart. Chucky will return! He ALWAYS comes again.”
Chucky was the final UCP-produced authentic scripted collection on Syfy after Resident Alien moved to USA with a major price range discount. The destiny of those reveals demonstrates the challenges of scripted choices on cable networks within the cord-cutting period.
Though Chucky was initially greenlit by Syfy, it ended up being shared with USA so the 2 networks might break up the fee.
The collection follows the infamous killer doll Chucky as he goes on yet one more murdering spree. Season 3 noticed Chucky find yourself contained in the impenetrable partitions of the White Home with America’s First Household. Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) should discover a solution to get to Chucky earlier than he does an excessive amount of harm.
Chucky was govt produced by Mancini alongside Nick Antosca, Alex Hedlund, David Kirschner and Jeff Renfoe.
