David Gordon Green is most likely still buzzing from the release of Halloween Kills last week. But he has already had to begin looking ahead at the next installment in the franchise, Halloween Ends. Which will be the final Halloween film in Green‘s trilogy.
Not only is he ready to jump into production on his next installment in this franchise, he is also currently tasked with updating The Exorcist franchise. However, with production set to begin for Halloween Ends in January, he is putting the finishing touches on the script. In a recent conversation with Collider Green revealed that the story will jump forward to catch up to present day. “There is a time jump. It gets back onto a contemporary timeline, so it’ll jump four years.”
Green went further to state that it was important to keep things as realistic as possible. “That’s a big thing. A lot of this movie was tricky, not only in writing the shape and his lack of character, but keeping her in a realistic scenario. There’s a graphic surgery that we film of her. Then once you’ve done that, she’s not going to be doing a lot of Kung Fu so.”
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Moreover the director and co-writer says that the script is near completion and there have been a few new faces in the writers room. Joining co-writers Green and Danny McBride, Halloween Ends will also be co-written by Paul Logan (Manglehorn) and Chris Bernier (The House: A Hulu Halloween Anthology).
“We always try to bring new voices into the mix” said Green. “They poke holes in our story and they played devil’s advocate and they bring new ideas and new reference points. This weekend, I was rampaging on a new pass of it, but we start prep in two weeks. So they’re wanting me to lock in something more definitive, which I think we’ll be in good shape for that to shoot in January…The script’s in great shape. It’s just a matter of committing to certain paths and characters and constructing new set pieces.”
Halloween Ends will be the last dance with Michael Myers for Green, and he is aware that the Halloween franchise will likely be picked up and remade, again. But he is hoping that there will be at least a little time before that happens. “I’m sure the mythology takes over and Michael and Laurie will emerge in some new capacity with some new filmmaker, storyteller behind them. But for me, I’ll be done. I hope they’ll take a little time off before they resuscitate it. But that’s just my ego.”
Halloween Ends is currently set to be released October 14, 2022. In the mean time you can check out Halloween Kills now in theaters and streaming on PeacockTV. Be sure to follow ScaryNerd for all things horror, sci-fi and more.
