We’ve heard for a while now that Don Mancini was working on a Child’s Play TV series, and now comes some major news on the project.

Courtesy of Deadline, Syfy has picked up the rights for the series; Mancini to serve as producer alongside David Kirschner and Nick Antosca.

On this news, Mancini enthused, “I’ve long wanted to bring Chucky to television and Syfy is the perfect network for us. The show will be a fresh take on the franchise, allowing us to explore Chucky’s character with a depth that is uniquely afforded by the television series format, while staying true to the original vision that has terrorized audiences for over three decades now.”

Staying true to the original vision, you say? That’s refreshing for longtime franchise fans to hear, with MGM already bringing a totally-unnecessary Child’s Play remake to cinemas this June. In that redo, the killer doll will be more tech-driven this time out.

While fans have shown minimal interest in said remake, far more appealing is the concurrent news that Mancini is working on a Child’s Play TV show and a further entry in the existing Child’s Play movie franchise that last gave us Curse of Chucky.

For those unaware, Don Mancini has co-wrote all seven Chucky movies to date, turning his hand to directing for the most recent trio of pictures. As it happens, MGM approached Mancini and franchise producer David Kirschner to work as executive producers on their Child’s Play remake; the duo declining.

So to clarify all of this, MGM’s Child’s Play remake will arrive in June and will have zero ties to the Child’s Play franchise that we know and love. Elsewhere, Syfy has now optioned Don Mancini’s Child’s Play TV series that will exist within the same world as the seven-movies-long film franchise, with Mancini still having plans for an eighth movie in that world.

Expect more on all things Child’s Play as these projects continue to develop.