Last year we learned that Miramax was going to be developing a Halloween cinematic universe that will include both a TV series and films. When this was initially announced, the TV series was already in the works. It was explained that the series “is envisioned to potentially launch a cinematic universe spanning film and television.”
Miramax head Marc Helwig recently offered an update on the series and shared what we can expect from it, saying that it’s going to be a complete reset of the franchise:
“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.
“It’s a creative reset completely and going back to the original film, as opposed to spinning out of any of the more recent film adaptations.”
Helwig also notes that the project is “on a fast track”, and says:
It’s a big priority for us. 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. We’re hoping to lock down the creative team very soon.”
While I will always love the Halloween franchise, especially that original movie, the whole thing is just boring now. While this is going to be a creative reset, it’s still going to hash out the same stuff that we’ve seen from the franchise over the years. I wish they’d just stop and give the franchise a long long break before trying to do anything new with it.
The creative team is really going to have to do something special and out of the box with this thing to get audiences interested in it. It’ll be a shame if it ends up just being more of the same.
Are you excited about the plans for this Halloween reboot? If you were given the opportunity to reset the franchise, what would your pitch be?
Source: Deadline