TRICK 'R TREAT Director Teases Sequel Saying They Have a "Really Great Script"

Just yesterday I posted an article wondering where in the hell the Trick ‘r Treat sequel was. It’s been almost 15 years since the first movie came out, and I’ve been patiently waiting for its sequel to get made, but… for some reason, it hasn’t happened yet! I don’t get it!

But, we do have an update to share with you today on Trick ‘r Treat 2! During a recent in-person Q&A for the film, director Michael Dougherty offered an update saying that there’s a “really great” script. He explained:

"I will say this, because we said it last year at the Beyond Fest screening, the sequel is in active development with Legendary. I'll go so far as to say that we have several drafts of a script.

"I brought back the same storyboard artist I mentioned before, Simeon Wilkins, so we have a stack of storyboards and a good fat stack of concept art done by Breehn Burns as well. So it's inching along."

Well, hey! At least the project is actually still in active development! I’m happy that the project hasn’t been scrapped. Dougherty went on to talk about what the next steps are to making this movie happen saying:

"I'm hoping to talk to Legendary. They've been wonderful, like great collaborators. But so much of it is timing, and as you know, we just got out of a strike, so the next step, fingers crossed, would be looking at budget, of course, schedule, and all the rest ... But we have a really, really great script for a sequel. And I brought in my co-writer from Krampus to do it with me. So Zach Shields and Todd Casey who do Krampus with me also helped me write Trick 'r Treat Part 2."

As a long-time fan of the original film (I watch it every Halloween night) this is an optimistic update and really hope that the studios move on it fast once Dougherty strikes up that conversation with Legendary again. I would love to see this film get made within the next year or two. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Via: Collider