Miramax Is Currently Shopping the Rights for the HALLOWEEN Horror Film Franchise

Blumhouse wrapped up its Halloween trilogy with Halloween Ends in 2022. The whole trilogy was directed by David Gordon Green, and the last chapter of the story was marketed as being the final battle between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Gordon Green told the story that he wanted to tell.

Does that mean that the Halloween franchise is dead? Of course, not! While Blumhouse’s time with the horror franchise is over, Miramax is now actively shopping around the rights to the franchise in Hollywood.

According to Bloody-Disgusting, “There is a massive bidding war going on right now, with several different parties interested and vying for the chance to bring Michael Myers back to life.”

The report also says that “Miramax is open to both film and television projects, and they’re currently taking offers from studios and streamers alike.” They add: “Everything is on the table at this time, and it’s ultimately up to Miramax to field pitches and decide what is most appealing to them in the wake of Gordon Green’s sequel trilogy.”

So, Michael Myers will most likely be making a comeback to murder a bunch of people again at some point, which I think we all expected. But, I can’t say I’m excited about it. I liked the recent trilogy that was produced, and it gave fans a proper ending to the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. I’d be satisfied leaving it at that, but this is a huge long-running horror franchise that Hollywood will continue to soak until the end of time.

When previously talking about the future of the franchise, Jamie Lee Curtis said that it would be “stupid” to say that she’d never make another Halloween movie again. When asked about the possibility, she explained:

"I was sitting in the exact place I am sitting right now when my phone rang, and it was Jake Gyllenhaal. I picked up the phone and he said, 'Hey Jame, my friend David Gordon Green' – who he had just worked with on the movie Stronger – 'would like to talk to you about a Halloween movie.' That was in 2017, in the summer. The last thing I thought five years ago that I would be doing would be a Halloween movie.

"And here I am, [laughs], having now completed three of them with a fantastic creative group of people. That has not only been satisfying for me personally and creatively, but it has launched me creatively into a whole other world. I have a creative life now, because of the Halloween movie, and the success. I now have a partnership with Jason Blum at Blumhouse, I have a production company, I’ve written a horror film that I will direct, I am producing television series, I am buying books. All of that was the last thing I thought I would be doing five years ago. So to say never is stupid."

As for Gordon Green, he is also very aware that the franchise would continue after Halloween Ends, saying:

"You can kill every character and still find a way to continue their stories. So as long as they’re successful, as Carpenter often speaks to – because he’s been the recipient of the successes and frustrations of those reinventions – stories will find ways to carry on, I’m certain."

What do you think about the Halloween franchise being revived again after Blumhouse’s trilogy?