Syfy's 'Chucky' TV Seri Will Have a Gay Protagonist

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• ‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI
• CHUCKY’S TV SERI JT FEATURED S FIRST-EVER GAY KISS
• ‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI
• ‘CHUCKY’ SERI FEATUR AN ADORABLE FIRST KISS FOR THIS GAY CHARACTER
• HOW SYFY'S "CHUCKY" SERI UPS THE QUEERNS THE INIC HORROR FRANCHISEOUT CREATOR DON MANCI ON THE GORY TV SERI SPOFF, QUEER LOVE JUNR HIGH, BULLI, AND BRGG BACK JENNIFER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 12, 2021/12:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:667PX;WIDTH:1000PX;}CHUCKY -- "DEATH BY MISADVENTURE" EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) CHUCKY, ZACKARY ARTHUR AS JAKE WHEELER -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORK)BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 12, 2021 / 12:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW SYFY'S \"CHUCKY\" SERI UPS THE QUEERNS THE INIC HORROR FRANCHISE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-10-12T16:50:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-10-12T16:50:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE INIC FRIDAY THE 13TH, HALLOWEEN, AND NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FILMS HAVE SEEN THEIR QUEER MOMENTS SCE THE 1980S — MOST FAMOLY, NIGHTMARE’S NTROVERSIAL SEND STALLMENT, WHICH RAILED S CLOSETED GAY STAR’S LIFE AND WAS SUBJECT OF THE 2019 DOCUMENTARY SCREAM, QUEEN! — THE DARKLY EDIC, SEVEN-FILM CHILD’S PLAY ANCHISE IS THE FIRST TO GO ALL-OUT LGBTQ+. THAT'S RIGHT: THERE'S A TENR GAY TEEN ROMANCE AT THE HEART OF CHUCKY, OUT CREATOR DON MANCI’S TV SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBUTG ON BOTH SYFY AND USA WORKS ON OCTOBER 12, CHUCKY SE A GAY 14-YEAR-OLD ASPIRG ARTIST, JAKE (ZACKARY ARTHUR, TRANSPARENT), E TO POSSSN OF THE MONIC DOLL - POSSSED BY SERIAL KILLER CHARL LEE RAY (BRAD DOURIF) - WHILE THRIFTG, TO THE DISGT OF JAKE’S BLUE LLAR, ABIVE SGLE FATHER (1990S TEEN IDOL AND FAL DTATN STAR DEVON SAWA). CIRCUMSTANC, AND CHUCKY’S FIRST MURR, RULT JAKE MOVG WH HIS RICH NEMIS , JUNR (TEO BRN), WHO HAPPENS TO BE DATG THEIR JUNR HIGH SCHOOL’S RINT MEAN GIRL, LEXY (ALYVIA ALYN LD). AS CHUCKY RACKS UP A BLOODY BODY UNT AND ATTEMPTS TO MANIPULATE THE HORRIFIED JAKE, THE TEEN FDS AT LEAST SOME DISTRACTN A ROMANTIC SPARK WH ANOTHER SCHOOLMATE, DEVON (BJöRGV ARNARSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNRELATED TO PARAMOUNT’S 2019 CHILD’S PLAY REBOOT, THE NONIL CHUCKY SE FAIAR CHARACTERS AND ACTORS OM THE ANCHISE’S 30+ YEAR N RETURN, CLUDG CHUCKY’S FIRST OWNER, ANDY (ALEX VCENT), AND PARTNER CRIME TIFFANY VALENTE (JENNIFER TILLY), WHILE ALSO LVG TO THE ORIG OF CHARL LEE RAY. VIA TELEPHONE, MANCI - WHOSE CREDS ALSO CLU WRG AND PRODUCG EPISOS OF TV’S HANNIBAL AND CHANNEL ZERO - SPILLED TEA ABOUT CREATG THE SERI, STG REAL TEENS, CHUCKY’S NONBARY CHILD GLEN (FIRST SEEN SEED OF CHUCKY), AND WORKG WH TILLY AGA.CHUCKY -- EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/SYFY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ALWAYS PCH THE TV SERI’ LEAD CHARACTER, JAKE, AS A GAY TEEN OR WERE THERE ADDNAL IAS AND VERSNS BEFORE THE GREEN LIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS JT THIS ONE NCEPT AND YEAH, THE CHARACTER WAS ALWAYS TEND TO BE GAY. I’VE BEEN PUTTG A LOT OF GAY ELEMENTS TO THE MOVI SCE 1998’S BRI OF CHUCKY AND BEME CREASGLY IMPORTANT TO ME, PARTLY BEE I SAW SO MANY LGBTQ FANS RPOND FAVORABLY. I THOUGHT, ‘OK, THIS IS GREAT, LET'S GIVE YOUNG QUEER HORROR FANS SOME REPRENTATN.’ BUT I THK FOR 10 SENDS I WONRED, IS TOO OBV G OM ME? FORTUNATELY, MY FELLOW EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DAVID KIRSCHNER AND NICK ANTOS SAID, ‘ABSOLUTELY DO !’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE THE MOVIE DEAR EVAN HANSEN, YOU ST REAL ADOLCENTS AS TEENS, LIKE ZACK ARTHUR, WHO’S THE SAME AGE AS HIS CHARACTER. WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. AS I WAS GROWG UP YOU WOULD SEE THIRTY-SOMETHG-YEAR-OLD STOCKARD CHANNG AS RIZZO GREASE, WHO I LOVED BY THE WAY, BUT WH OUR ANCHISE, IF YOU AGE THOSE KIDS JT A FEW YEARS ULD TIP OVER TO ABSURDY. ONCE YOU GET PEOPLE WHO ARE PHYSILLY BIGGER, STRONGER AND DRIVG RS, THE STAK BEE LOWER AND THEY’RE NOT AS MUCH DANGER OR AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU APPROACH ZACK ABOUT JAKE’S SEXUALY AND HIS CHARACTER ARC?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD A NVERSATN WH HIM AND HIS MOM ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT BEE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE AND HIS PARENTS WERE FORTABLE WH , WHICH THEY WERE PLETELY. THIS IS A VERY SWEET, PG-13 TEEN PUPPY LOVE KD OF THG WE SEE OTHER GENR THAT PICT 8TH GRARS AND THEIR BURGEONG ROMANTIC TERTS, BUT WE DON’T GET TO SEE OFTEN WH 14-YEAR-OLD GAY BOYS. IT’S SOMETHG I INTIFY WH OM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND ULD BRG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTUALLY, I UNRSTAND THAT YOU DREW QUE A B OM TOBGRAPHY HERE. WHAT’S THE MOST PERSONAL ELEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROBABLY THE TENSN BETWEEN JAKE AND THE DAD. NOT REALLY A SPECIFIC SCENE BUT GENERALLY. IT’S PROBABLY SOMETHG MANY GAY GUYS, PARTICULARLY OF MY GENERATN, N INTIFY WH.STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORKCHUCKY -- "DEATH BY MISADVENTURE" EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) ZACKARY ARTHUR AS JAKE WHEELER, CHUCKY, TEO BRN AS JUNR WHEELER, ALYVIA ALYN LD AS LEXY CROSS -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORK){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID ZACK AND BJöRGV GET ALONG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE REALLY GOOD IENDS AND HANG OUT A LOT. THEY MAKE MIC TOGETHER. THEY PLAY THEIR ATTRACTN AND TENTATIVE FLIRTATN EXTREMELY WELL AND ARE VERY FORTABLE WH ONE ANOTHER, AS YOU’LL SEE LATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO WE GET A GAY KISS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH YEAH! DEFELY. A BIG ONE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INCINTALLY, JAKE’S JUNR READS AS A REPRSED QUEER DURG THE FIRST FOUR EPISOS THAT WERE PROVID TO SCREEN ADVANCE. HE’S PRETTY RELUCTANT TO GO AS FAR AS LEXY WANTS SEXUALLY, AND HE’S SUPER SALTY TOWARDS HIS OPENLY GAY . IS THERE A JUNR REVELATN G LATER THE SEASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(LGHS) NO MENT. JT KEEP WATCHG. PUT THAT WAY! BUT I THK TEENAGE BOYS, REGARDLS OF HOW THEY INTIFY THIS WORLD OF SELFI AND INSTAGRAM, ARE CREDIBLY BODY AND STAT-NSC. EVEN HAIRSTYLE NSC! I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTG AT, THAT ALMOST MEAN GIRLS NASTS GOG ON, WHICH I REALLY LIKE BEE I THK ’S TE TO LIFE. I’M NOT GOG TO NEGATE THE POSSIBILY [THAT JUNR’S QUEER]. HOW’S THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SERI, LEXY IS THE WORST, CELT PERSON ON THE PLA YET JAKE REF TO LET CHUCKY KILL HER, OR GIVE TO CHUCKY’S ENURAGEMENT TO DO HIMSELF. I WANTED HER TO DIE SO BAD! SHE’S THE NEXT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTRS WHO PLAYS HER. WE WANTED SOMEONE YOU WOULD ROOT FOR JAKE TO KILL. KIDS N BE AWFUL TO ONE ANOTHER AND CHUCKY THIS SEASON REPRENTS A METAPHOR FOR BULLYG AND I THK YOU NEED TO FEEL THAT SEETHG HATRED KIDS N FEEL. HE’S THE ULTIMATE BULLY, BEE HE’S EXPLOG WHAT LEXY IS DOG TO MANIPULATE JAKE TO GO DOWN A DARK PATH. SO Y, ’S IMPORTANT YOU INTIFY WH JAKE AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THIS TV SERI, WHAT WAS THE CHILD’S PLAY ANCHISE’S GAYT MOMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROBABLY 2004’S SEED OF CHUCKY, THE PICTN OF A GENR-NONNFORMG, POSSIBLY TRANS CHILD IS PRETTY QUEER. AND THE HOT LBIANS MAKG OUT 2013’S CURSE OF CHUCKY WAS PRETTY GAY! BUT WATCH THE SHOW. IT’S QUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SORT OF UNEXPECTED BENEFS OR OPPORTUNI ME OUT OF DOG CHUCKY AS A SERI? WAS THERE ANOTHER NCEPT OM YEARS AGO YOU FALLY GOT TO RPORATE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. ONE OF THE FUN THGS ABOUT BEG CTODIAN OF A ANCHISE IS YOU HAVE SO MANY IAS FOR CHARACTERS, SET PIEC, MURR MOS, AND SOMETIM THEY DON’T F TO THE PROJECT YOU ORIGALLY PLAN THEM FOR SO YOU PUT THEM TO A DRAWER AND PULL THEM OUT SOME FUTURE ERATN. WH THE SHOW HAVG EIGHT HOURS TO FILL, MY IAL IMPET WAS TO OPEN THAT DRAWER AND PULL EVERYTHG OUT AND PUT ALL ! EVERY TIME YOU [DO A PROJECT], YOU WONR, ‘IS THIS GOG TO BE THE LAST ONE?’ I DON’T TAKE ANYTHG FOR GRANTED AND WANTED THE SHOW TO BE REALLY GOOD AND PUT MY BT FOOT FORWARD, SO YEAH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THGS THAT HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSI OM THE ANCHISE OVER THE YEARS THAT I PUT TO THE SHOW, BUT MOST E UP LATER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INCLUDG CHARACTERS OM EARLIER FILMS THE ANCHISE LIKE JENNIFER TILLY’S?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH YEAH, SHE VERY SOON AFTER WHAT YOU’VE SEEN. YOU WANT THE SERI TO WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO NEVER SAW A CHUCKY MOVIE BEFORE, SO THE STCTURE WH THE TV SHOW IS TO TRODUCE THE NEW REALM AND CHARACTERS FIRST, AND THEN GRADUALLY BRG THE HISTORY BACK AND SEE HOW THEY’RE RELATED. JENNIFER HAS A BIG ROLE THE SHOW THE BACK HALF, AND HER CHARACTER GO THROUGH A LOT. LOOK AT HER INSTAGRAM. SOMETIM FEELS LIKE THE MOVIE AND THIS SHOW ONLY EXIST AS FODR FOR HER IG FEED!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL CHUCKY’S NONBARY CHILD, GLEN, RETURN TOO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOTTA WA AND SEE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE THERE ANY KILLS THAT WERE EMED TOO VLENT FOR THE TV SERI AND SCRAPPED OR TONED DOWN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO. NOT AT ALL. I THK TV HAS BEEN STEADILY PHG THE BOUNDARI OF WHAT THEY N SHOW, WHICH IS GREAT IF YOU’RE THE HORROR BS ON TV. WHEN I WORKED ON TV’S HANNIBAL I WAS SURPRISED AND ENURAGED BY WHAT THEY LET CREATOR BRYAN FULLER SHOW, AND I THK THE REASON HE ULD PH THE BOUNDARI IS HE STYLIZ A LOT. THAT KD OF THG I FD MORE TERTG THAN SIMPLY THROWG BLOOD AND GORE AROUND, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE - WE DO PLENTY OF THAT TOO! WE LIKE TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HEARD YOU REFER TO THIS AN TERVIEW AS THE “FIRST SEASON,” SO IS SAFE TO ASSUME YOU ALREADY HAVE IAS FOR MORE CHUCKY MAYHEM ON TV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. WE KEEP OUR FGERS CROSSED AND HOPE FOR ANOTHER SEASON AND IF WE GET , WE’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHUCKY PREMIER OCTOBER 12 ON SYFY AND USA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI

Horror in and killer doll Chucky is g back for an all-new TV show on Syfy simply tled Chucky, and he'll be joed by a gay ma character. At Comic-Con@Home, seri creator Don Manci, a gay man, revealed that the protagonist of the seri will be a gay teen named Jake Wheeler who is stgglg wh his sexualy while growg up a small town.

Chucky is changg the horror game once the latt, fifth episo of the Chucky TV seri, Jake, the 14-year-old gay protagonist got his first kiss, and uldn't have happened a better and his iend Devon have been gettg closer all season, dancg around their feelgs. The two actors are perfectly adorable, brgg to life a young first gay kiss.

1634695696The Chucky TV seri, which airs on Syfy and the USA work, is created by Don Manci, the gay man who origally started the Child's Play movie anchise.

CHUCKY’S TV SERI JT FEATURED S FIRST-EVER GAY KISS

He wanted to make the star of this new Chucky seri gay orr to brg some much need reprentatn to the horror genre.

‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI

Christe is another a bullied kid gets supernatural revenge, you know, none of those movi has a sgle gay character them. In his new seri, Chucky go out of his way to show his allyship, gog so far as to murr our young hero Jake Wheeler's (Zackary Arthur) homophobic father Le (Devon Sawa) at the end of the first episo. Chucky killg Jake's homophobic father and tellg Jake that he has a queer kid of his own who he's ol wh (bee he's "not a monster") are jt scratchg the surface.

" So the fale, when Chucky Prime lash out one fal time by cricizg Devon and Jake for beg "so gay" before Jake strangl him to ath, 's not as hateful as uld be. "When he says 'That's so gay, ' 's almost like I n say that to one of my gay iends bee we're both gay, " Manci explas.

‘CHUCKY’ SERI FEATUR AN ADORABLE FIRST KISS FOR THIS GAY CHARACTER

"I love tryg to keep h, but also jt the rponse to that I've heard om young gay horror fans, and that's who we did that for, was to give young queer horror fans reprentatn the lead a show, " Manci says. His protagonist, Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), is a 14-year- old gay boy and doll llector who fds Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) at a yard sale. So I thk 's good to give kids who are horror fans someone to intify wh, " he for his film reer, Manci, 58, found the horror genre to be "a hospable place" for him as a young gay man startg out his 20s -- although he adms he was "relatively discreet" around stud executiv about his inty.

Particularly as a gay guy, " he says.

RELATED | Syfy's Chucky Will Have a Gay Protagonist. Chucky is back jt time for Halloween, this time a new TV seri “Chucky, ” on USA/SYFY, wh an almost equal foc on 's 14-year-old gay protagonist Jake, portrayed by Zackary Arthur, as is do lvg to the backstory of Charl Lee Ray, the serial killer spir habg the Chucky doll. Chucky himself has a queer, genrfluid child Glen/Glenda, and relat to Jake's LGBTQ experience through that relatnship, even gog so far as to separate homophob as “monsters”.

HOW SYFY'S "CHUCKY" SERI UPS THE QUEERNS THE INIC HORROR FRANCHISEOUT CREATOR DON MANCI ON THE GORY TV SERI SPOFF, QUEER LOVE JUNR HIGH, BULLI, AND BRGG BACK JENNIFER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 12, 2021/12:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:667PX;WIDTH:1000PX;}CHUCKY -- "DEATH BY MISADVENTURE" EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) CHUCKY, ZACKARY ARTHUR AS JAKE WHEELER -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORK)BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 12, 2021 / 12:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW SYFY'S \"CHUCKY\" SERI UPS THE QUEERNS THE INIC HORROR FRANCHISE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-10-12T16:50:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-10-12T16:50:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE INIC FRIDAY THE 13TH, HALLOWEEN, AND NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FILMS HAVE SEEN THEIR QUEER MOMENTS SCE THE 1980S — MOST FAMOLY, NIGHTMARE’S NTROVERSIAL SEND STALLMENT, WHICH RAILED S CLOSETED GAY STAR’S LIFE AND WAS SUBJECT OF THE 2019 DOCUMENTARY SCREAM, QUEEN! — THE DARKLY EDIC, SEVEN-FILM CHILD’S PLAY ANCHISE IS THE FIRST TO GO ALL-OUT LGBTQ+. THAT'S RIGHT: THERE'S A TENR GAY TEEN ROMANCE AT THE HEART OF CHUCKY, OUT CREATOR DON MANCI’S TV SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBUTG ON BOTH SYFY AND USA WORKS ON OCTOBER 12, CHUCKY SE A GAY 14-YEAR-OLD ASPIRG ARTIST, JAKE (ZACKARY ARTHUR, TRANSPARENT), E TO POSSSN OF THE MONIC DOLL - POSSSED BY SERIAL KILLER CHARL LEE RAY (BRAD DOURIF) - WHILE THRIFTG, TO THE DISGT OF JAKE’S BLUE LLAR, ABIVE SGLE FATHER (1990S TEEN IDOL AND FAL DTATN STAR DEVON SAWA). CIRCUMSTANC, AND CHUCKY’S FIRST MURR, RULT JAKE MOVG WH HIS RICH NEMIS , JUNR (TEO BRN), WHO HAPPENS TO BE DATG THEIR JUNR HIGH SCHOOL’S RINT MEAN GIRL, LEXY (ALYVIA ALYN LD). AS CHUCKY RACKS UP A BLOODY BODY UNT AND ATTEMPTS TO MANIPULATE THE HORRIFIED JAKE, THE TEEN FDS AT LEAST SOME DISTRACTN A ROMANTIC SPARK WH ANOTHER SCHOOLMATE, DEVON (BJöRGV ARNARSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNRELATED TO PARAMOUNT’S 2019 CHILD’S PLAY REBOOT, THE NONIL CHUCKY SE FAIAR CHARACTERS AND ACTORS OM THE ANCHISE’S 30+ YEAR N RETURN, CLUDG CHUCKY’S FIRST OWNER, ANDY (ALEX VCENT), AND PARTNER CRIME TIFFANY VALENTE (JENNIFER TILLY), WHILE ALSO LVG TO THE ORIG OF CHARL LEE RAY. VIA TELEPHONE, MANCI - WHOSE CREDS ALSO CLU WRG AND PRODUCG EPISOS OF TV’S HANNIBAL AND CHANNEL ZERO - SPILLED TEA ABOUT CREATG THE SERI, STG REAL TEENS, CHUCKY’S NONBARY CHILD GLEN (FIRST SEEN SEED OF CHUCKY), AND WORKG WH TILLY AGA.CHUCKY -- EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/SYFY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ALWAYS PCH THE TV SERI’ LEAD CHARACTER, JAKE, AS A GAY TEEN OR WERE THERE ADDNAL IAS AND VERSNS BEFORE THE GREEN LIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS JT THIS ONE NCEPT AND YEAH, THE CHARACTER WAS ALWAYS TEND TO BE GAY. I’VE BEEN PUTTG A LOT OF GAY ELEMENTS TO THE MOVI SCE 1998’S BRI OF CHUCKY AND BEME CREASGLY IMPORTANT TO ME, PARTLY BEE I SAW SO MANY LGBTQ FANS RPOND FAVORABLY. I THOUGHT, ‘OK, THIS IS GREAT, LET'S GIVE YOUNG QUEER HORROR FANS SOME REPRENTATN.’ BUT I THK FOR 10 SENDS I WONRED, IS TOO OBV G OM ME? FORTUNATELY, MY FELLOW EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DAVID KIRSCHNER AND NICK ANTOS SAID, ‘ABSOLUTELY DO !’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE THE MOVIE DEAR EVAN HANSEN, YOU ST REAL ADOLCENTS AS TEENS, LIKE ZACK ARTHUR, WHO’S THE SAME AGE AS HIS CHARACTER. WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. AS I WAS GROWG UP YOU WOULD SEE THIRTY-SOMETHG-YEAR-OLD STOCKARD CHANNG AS RIZZO GREASE, WHO I LOVED BY THE WAY, BUT WH OUR ANCHISE, IF YOU AGE THOSE KIDS JT A FEW YEARS ULD TIP OVER TO ABSURDY. ONCE YOU GET PEOPLE WHO ARE PHYSILLY BIGGER, STRONGER AND DRIVG RS, THE STAK BEE LOWER AND THEY’RE NOT AS MUCH DANGER OR AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU APPROACH ZACK ABOUT JAKE’S SEXUALY AND HIS CHARACTER ARC?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD A NVERSATN WH HIM AND HIS MOM ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT BEE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE AND HIS PARENTS WERE FORTABLE WH , WHICH THEY WERE PLETELY. THIS IS A VERY SWEET, PG-13 TEEN PUPPY LOVE KD OF THG WE SEE OTHER GENR THAT PICT 8TH GRARS AND THEIR BURGEONG ROMANTIC TERTS, BUT WE DON’T GET TO SEE OFTEN WH 14-YEAR-OLD GAY BOYS. IT’S SOMETHG I INTIFY WH OM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND ULD BRG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTUALLY, I UNRSTAND THAT YOU DREW QUE A B OM TOBGRAPHY HERE. WHAT’S THE MOST PERSONAL ELEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROBABLY THE TENSN BETWEEN JAKE AND THE DAD. NOT REALLY A SPECIFIC SCENE BUT GENERALLY. IT’S PROBABLY SOMETHG MANY GAY GUYS, PARTICULARLY OF MY GENERATN, N INTIFY WH.STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORKCHUCKY -- "DEATH BY MISADVENTURE" EPISO 101 -- PICTURED: (L-R) ZACKARY ARTHUR AS JAKE WHEELER, CHUCKY, TEO BRN AS JUNR WHEELER, ALYVIA ALYN LD AS LEXY CROSS -- (PHOTO BY: STEVE WILKIE/USA NETWORK){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID ZACK AND BJöRGV GET ALONG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE REALLY GOOD IENDS AND HANG OUT A LOT. THEY MAKE MIC TOGETHER. THEY PLAY THEIR ATTRACTN AND TENTATIVE FLIRTATN EXTREMELY WELL AND ARE VERY FORTABLE WH ONE ANOTHER, AS YOU’LL SEE LATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO WE GET A GAY KISS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH YEAH! DEFELY. A BIG ONE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INCINTALLY, JAKE’S JUNR READS AS A REPRSED QUEER DURG THE FIRST FOUR EPISOS THAT WERE PROVID TO SCREEN ADVANCE. HE’S PRETTY RELUCTANT TO GO AS FAR AS LEXY WANTS SEXUALLY, AND HE’S SUPER SALTY TOWARDS HIS OPENLY GAY . IS THERE A JUNR REVELATN G LATER THE SEASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(LGHS) NO MENT. JT KEEP WATCHG. PUT THAT WAY! BUT I THK TEENAGE BOYS, REGARDLS OF HOW THEY INTIFY THIS WORLD OF SELFI AND INSTAGRAM, ARE CREDIBLY BODY AND STAT-NSC. EVEN HAIRSTYLE NSC! I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTG AT, THAT ALMOST MEAN GIRLS NASTS GOG ON, WHICH I REALLY LIKE BEE I THK ’S TE TO LIFE. I’M NOT GOG TO NEGATE THE POSSIBILY [THAT JUNR’S QUEER]. HOW’S THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SERI, LEXY IS THE WORST, CELT PERSON ON THE PLA YET JAKE REF TO LET CHUCKY KILL HER, OR GIVE TO CHUCKY’S ENURAGEMENT TO DO HIMSELF. I WANTED HER TO DIE SO BAD! SHE’S THE NEXT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTRS WHO PLAYS HER. WE WANTED SOMEONE YOU WOULD ROOT FOR JAKE TO KILL. KIDS N BE AWFUL TO ONE ANOTHER AND CHUCKY THIS SEASON REPRENTS A METAPHOR FOR BULLYG AND I THK YOU NEED TO FEEL THAT SEETHG HATRED KIDS N FEEL. HE’S THE ULTIMATE BULLY, BEE HE’S EXPLOG WHAT LEXY IS DOG TO MANIPULATE JAKE TO GO DOWN A DARK PATH. SO Y, ’S IMPORTANT YOU INTIFY WH JAKE AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THIS TV SERI, WHAT WAS THE CHILD’S PLAY ANCHISE’S GAYT MOMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROBABLY 2004’S SEED OF CHUCKY, THE PICTN OF A GENR-NONNFORMG, POSSIBLY TRANS CHILD IS PRETTY QUEER. AND THE HOT LBIANS MAKG OUT 2013’S CURSE OF CHUCKY WAS PRETTY GAY! BUT WATCH THE SHOW. IT’S QUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SORT OF UNEXPECTED BENEFS OR OPPORTUNI ME OUT OF DOG CHUCKY AS A SERI? WAS THERE ANOTHER NCEPT OM YEARS AGO YOU FALLY GOT TO RPORATE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. ONE OF THE FUN THGS ABOUT BEG CTODIAN OF A ANCHISE IS YOU HAVE SO MANY IAS FOR CHARACTERS, SET PIEC, MURR MOS, AND SOMETIM THEY DON’T F TO THE PROJECT YOU ORIGALLY PLAN THEM FOR SO YOU PUT THEM TO A DRAWER AND PULL THEM OUT SOME FUTURE ERATN. WH THE SHOW HAVG EIGHT HOURS TO FILL, MY IAL IMPET WAS TO OPEN THAT DRAWER AND PULL EVERYTHG OUT AND PUT ALL ! EVERY TIME YOU [DO A PROJECT], YOU WONR, ‘IS THIS GOG TO BE THE LAST ONE?’ I DON’T TAKE ANYTHG FOR GRANTED AND WANTED THE SHOW TO BE REALLY GOOD AND PUT MY BT FOOT FORWARD, SO YEAH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THGS THAT HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSI OM THE ANCHISE OVER THE YEARS THAT I PUT TO THE SHOW, BUT MOST E UP LATER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INCLUDG CHARACTERS OM EARLIER FILMS THE ANCHISE LIKE JENNIFER TILLY’S?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH YEAH, SHE VERY SOON AFTER WHAT YOU’VE SEEN. YOU WANT THE SERI TO WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO NEVER SAW A CHUCKY MOVIE BEFORE, SO THE STCTURE WH THE TV SHOW IS TO TRODUCE THE NEW REALM AND CHARACTERS FIRST, AND THEN GRADUALLY BRG THE HISTORY BACK AND SEE HOW THEY’RE RELATED. JENNIFER HAS A BIG ROLE THE SHOW THE BACK HALF, AND HER CHARACTER GO THROUGH A LOT. LOOK AT HER INSTAGRAM. SOMETIM FEELS LIKE THE MOVIE AND THIS SHOW ONLY EXIST AS FODR FOR HER IG FEED!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL CHUCKY’S NONBARY CHILD, GLEN, RETURN TOO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOTTA WA AND SEE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE THERE ANY KILLS THAT WERE EMED TOO VLENT FOR THE TV SERI AND SCRAPPED OR TONED DOWN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO. NOT AT ALL. I THK TV HAS BEEN STEADILY PHG THE BOUNDARI OF WHAT THEY N SHOW, WHICH IS GREAT IF YOU’RE THE HORROR BS ON TV. WHEN I WORKED ON TV’S HANNIBAL I WAS SURPRISED AND ENURAGED BY WHAT THEY LET CREATOR BRYAN FULLER SHOW, AND I THK THE REASON HE ULD PH THE BOUNDARI IS HE STYLIZ A LOT. THAT KD OF THG I FD MORE TERTG THAN SIMPLY THROWG BLOOD AND GORE AROUND, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE - WE DO PLENTY OF THAT TOO! WE LIKE TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HEARD YOU REFER TO THIS AN TERVIEW AS THE “FIRST SEASON,” SO IS SAFE TO ASSUME YOU ALREADY HAVE IAS FOR MORE CHUCKY MAYHEM ON TV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. WE KEEP OUR FGERS CROSSED AND HOPE FOR ANOTHER SEASON AND IF WE GET , WE’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHUCKY PREMIER OCTOBER 12 ON SYFY AND USA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“Chucky” foc jt as much killg as other slashers, the kills are fely part of what draws an dience, but the te heart of the seri li Jake's navigatn of his climate as a young, gay man, the good and the bad. Acrdg to Manci, an out gay man, “[Jake] was always tend to be gay, ” Manci told NewNowNext.

“I've been puttg a lot of gay elements to the movi sce 1998's ‘Bri of Chucky' and beme creasgly important to me, partly bee I saw so many LGBTQ fans rpond favorably. Chucky himself has a queer, genrfluid child Glen/Glenda, and relat to Jake's LGBTQ experience through that relatnship, even gog so far as to separate homophob as “monsters” the ey of a posssed, murro doll.

“It's probably somethg many gay guys, particularly of my generatn, n intify wh, ” Manci said. “a very sweet, PG-13 teen puppy love kd of thg we see other genr that pict 8th grars and their burgeong romantic terts, but we don't get to see often wh 14-year-old gay boys. “This a very sweet, PG-13 teen puppy love kd of thg we see other genr that pict 8th grars and their burgeong romantic terts, but we don't get to see often wh 14-year-old gay boys, ” Manci said.

IS CHUCKY THE NEWT GAY IN?

Executive vice print for drama seri at NBCUniversal Televisn and Streamg, Alex Sepl explaed, “When he told about centerg this chapter of the story on a gay teen and how personal that was to him, we embraced the notn.

JENNIFER TILLY EXPLAS HOW 'CHUCKY' BEME THE QUEERT SHOW ON TELEVISN: 'IT'S A GIFT TO THE GAY MUNY'

Durg the eveng, Lus drks heavily and be enraged over a ment ma by Junr over Jake beg gay, statg that his son don't even know what he is yet. He retorts that he is only angry at everyone knowg his son is gay, rultg Lus punchg him the face.

Holdg Jake agast the wall, he yells that if he ever says that he is gay aga, he will kill him.

Chucky’s TV seri jt ma a major leap forward terms of LGBTQ+ reprentatn by featurg s first-ever gay kiss. “Ever sce Bri Of Chucky is when I started liberately jectg specific gay ntent to the anchise.