This week's The King Beat features a trio of scoops, including Chucky creator Don Mancini discussing the special influence of Stephen King.

Don Mancini's Child's Play franchise is beloved by fans and, as the creator still has interest in making movies, shouldn't have continued without him.

SYFY announced over the weekend they had ordered a new TV series, Chucky, based on the Child's Play horror movie franchise. Created by screenwriter Don Mancini, the first Child's Play movie arrived in theaters in 1998 and told the story of a young boy who discovers his adorable overall-clad doll is actually a sentient sociopath. The first Child's Play movie sparked a cult fave franchise with six sequels made from 1990 to 2017. [caption id="attachment_865645" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Universal Pictures[/caption] In a press release from SYFY, Chucky is about "a vintage …