Halloween TV Collection Will Kick Off A New Cinematic Universe

Miramax has acquired the tv rights to the Halloween franchise, managed by Trancas Worldwide Movies and overseen by Malek Akkad. The deal, reported by Deadline, paves the way in which for a Halloween TV sequence and opens doorways for potential future tales throughout each movie and tv.

“Miramax could not be extra excited to deliver Halloween to tv,” mentioned Miramax’s Head of International TV, Marc Helwig, who will collaborate with Akkad to creatively steer the franchise. This marks a major milestone within the enduring partnership between Miramax and Trancas, because the latter not too long ago produced a profitable Halloween trilogy for Miramax and Blumhouse.

Trancas Worldwide Movies expressed enthusiasm about extending their long-standing relationship with Miramax. “We sit up for working with Marc Helwig and your complete staff in creating this new chapter,” Akkad mentioned.

Unnamed trade insiders additionally revealed to Deadline that, reportedly, Miramax confronted fierce competitors from different horror-accomplished corporations like A24 and Blumhouse for Halloween TV rights.

The Halloween movie franchise spans 13 titles, with the unique 1978 film directed by John Carpenter and specializing in the infamously menacing Michael Myers. A direct sequel to the 2018 hit movie reinvigorated the sequence, adopted by the releases of Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends in 2021 and 2022, concluding Jamie Lee Curtis’s 44-year tenure within the sequence.

Carpenter has a brand new six-part unscripted horror sequence set to debut on Peacock beginning October 13. It’s in regards to the scariest place possible: the suburbs. John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams is impressed by real-life tales from precise survivors and horrible stuff that occurred close to the native mall and Purple Lobster.