The second seasonof Syfy ’s horror serial Chuckykicked off with a bangthis week . Showrunner / creator Don Manciniand the main mould teased what ’s to get along at New York Comic Con today : There will be oodles of injury , novel characters , and a nervy homage to Jennifer Tilly ’s 1996 crime thriller Bound in Episode 4 .
Season 2 of Chucky picks up a few months after the nominal killer doll ’s Hackensack rampage , and Jake ( Zackary Arthur ) is hold out with a new family follow the ghastly death of his own . After Jake ’s younger surrogate brother Gary literally explodes at the hands of Chucky , Jake , his now - beau Devon ( Björgvin Arnarson ) , and frenemy Lexy ( Alyvia Alyn Lind ) are send not to prison house , but Catholic schooltime — which also happens to be the boarding home where the dealership ’s infamous Charles Lee Ray grew up . This placement is the main background of time of year 2 , and Mancini say that he drew from his own experience of growing up homosexual and Catholic .
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L to R: Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), Jake (Zack Arthur), and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) are sent to Catholic school as punishment for their alleged actions in the season 2 opener.Image: Syfy
Season 2 is also upping the ante by introduce a gang of newfangled reference . Devon Sawa is returning to the cast as Father Bryce , a Catholic schoolhouse priest who bears a spectacular likeness to Jack ’s father and uncle — both of whom died in the previous time of year . “ Keep view , ” Sawa said when asked if the uncanny resemblance would be pointed out by any of the characters this season . Mancini also rally that Father Bryce would serve as the personification of some upcoming rubbing between Jake and Devon .
Lachlan Watson from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has joined the casting this season in the dual roles of Glen and Glenda Ray — Chucky ’s twin children first introduced in Child ’s romp and later reference canonically in the show ’s former season . Glen and Glenda will be working closely with Father Bryce and Tiffany ( Jennifer Tilly ) this season with the twins ’ motives in the main being to “ agitate shit up , ” per Watson .
Bella Higginbotham will play Nadine , who is introduced in the season ’s upcoming 2d episode . “ I think she really is a very intelligent person , ” Higginbotham said of her part . “ She would n’t trust the great unwashed as far as she could throw them . ” Nadine is also a bit of a kleptomaniac , which Higginbotham pronounce will amount up later in the season .
repay characters are deal with their own trajectories this daily round , observe the fallout of Chucky ’s first season . Mancini predict that Jake and Devon will have some conflict , and that he could n’t give the couple a happy ending just yet . Arnarson says that lover will be surprised at Devon ’s newfound courage since he “ grew some balls . ”
Meanwhile , Lexy will be turning to some drear places following the massacre at the Frankenstein screening last Halloween and feels completely alone while deal with her awed phratry . “ This time of year we dive into the deep trauma . The injury below the injury , ” said Lind .
The Chucky franchise has been kick for decennium , and Mancini has no signs of stopping . Mancini teased his plans for the Chucky - poesy , jest that he has an “ inexhaustible supply of estimation ” of where he could take the killer doll and his trial in a World Wide Web of connected formats à la the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Mancini said that he would love to continue working on the serial publication as well as produce future film installments and television spinoffs — as long as the fans are concerned . “ Please keep look on , ” he ask .
Chucky is presently air its 2d season every Wednesday on SyFy .
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