He talked to the Post Mortem podcast about the reason why he will not be involved and is even angry it’s happening:
“Obviously my feelings were hurt. You know, I had just done two movies… forgive me if I sound defensive, they were both at 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Even though they didn’t get theatrical releases, they were well regarded. And I did create the character and nurture the franchise for three fucking decades.
It was hard not to feel like I was being patronized. They just wanted our approval, which I strenuously denied them.”
About being asked to be executive producer on the film, Mancini said:
“We said, ‘No thank you,’ because we have our ongoing thriving business with Chucky… I hesitate to say too much about it because I don’t want to sound like I’m belly-aching too much. But the producers of that movie are the producers of “It.”
How would they feel if there was some legal loophole that allowed David Kirschner and I to swoop in and make our own ‘It’ movie with our own version of Pennywise and say, ‘Hey guys, we would love to put your names on it?’ I imagine they wouldn’t like it.
That’s how I feel. The people who are making that movie, they don’t know how that’s going to affect my livelihood. It’s not just a paycheck. It’s very personal. MGM’s screwing with that… potentially.”
Whether he’s happy about it or not, the movie is coming next summer, June 21st.
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