“The foundation of it is the original film, the John Carpenter movie, the characters of that film, and perhaps a group of characters that we haven’t really focused on that much in recent film versions or even in a number of them,” Helwig said. That realm ended with Halloween Ends and Helwig said they won’t build upon that chronology. “It’s a big world,” Helwig said referring to the current Halloween universe. The company also points out that they haven’t hired a writer yet, but they have an idea of what they are going to do and it looks like they are confident about that.
“We’re hoping to lock down the creative team very soon.” We’ve had lots of exciting conversations in recent months with a number of really talented people, and I think we’ll have a pretty good idea of what we’re going to be doing very soon,” said Marc Helwig head of Miramax Worldwide Television. “We’re on a fast track, it’s a big priority for us. Miramax Secures TV Rights to Iconic “Halloween” Franchise And that’s not all, this could go beyond the small screen and become a cinematic universe. Miramax Television snatched up the rights to this iconic slasher last year and plans on bringing it to the small screen with a whole new series.
And that is exactly what Miramax did.Īccording to Deadline, Halloween isn’t dead, especially after the divisive David Gordon Green reboot trilogy that started strong but literally fell to pieces by the end. But if you’re Michael Myers you gather yourself, zip up your coveralls, and hope another studio will pick up your story.