Child's Play serves as the remake and reboot of the original Child's Play movie from 1988. Directed by Lars Klevberg and written by Tyler Burton Smith, Child's Play follows a mother a son who are terrorised by a high-tech doll that rejects its programming and becomes self-aware. Zed-Mart clerk Karen Barclay (Aubrey Plaza) and her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) are settling into their new apartment. In an attempt to cheer Andy up and make up for the unease caused by the move, as well as the presence of her new boyfriend Shane (David Lewis), Karen acquires a refurbished Kaslan Buddi doll as an early birthday present for Andy. This reinvented high-tech Chucky (Mark Hamill) talks, learns, and can remotely interface with other Kaslan products. Once Andy activates the doll it does everything it can to protect Andy and be his "best-friend" - going on a murderous rampage in an attempt to please him.