The currently in production “Halloween Ends” marks the third and final film in David Gordon Green’s recent trilogy of movies in a franchise that followed on from John Carpenter’s original, its seven sequels, and Rob Zombie’s two film reboot.
That makes it the thirteenth film overall for the franchise that began 44 years ago. However by the title, it does seemingly suggest it marks an endpoint of sorts – certainly for the recent trilogy, but maybe the franchise as well?
74-year-old Carpenter, who executive produced and composed the scores for the recent trilogy, spoke with ComicBook.com and says he’s uncertain about whether the franchise would continue after this film:
“Let me explain the movie business to you: if you take a dollar sign and attach it to anything, there will be somebody who wants to do a sequel. It will live. If the dollar sign is not big enough, no matter what, it will not live.
I don’t know, man. I don’t know. This time, I do not know. They really want to end. They’re going to shut it off, end it. It’s what David has in mind. That’s fine.”
Producer Jason Blum indicated last year there are “currently no plans” for more “Halloween” after “Halloween Ends” is released on October 14th this year.
Separately, Carpenter spoke with THR to promote the 4K UHD release of “Escape from LA” and was asked if there was any film of his he’d like to revisit with a new sequel. He says:
“I would like to do a sequel to ‘The Thing,’ or a continuation, something like that. But I don’t know. See, there are a lot of things in this world I don’t know.”
Back in 2020, Carpenter indicated he and Blum are eventually going to get around to something on that front, saying at Fantasia Fest: “We’ve talked about – I think he’s going to be working on ‘The Thing,’ rebooting ‘The Thing.’ I’m involved with that, maybe. Down the road”
Talk of new versions of Carpenter’s “Escape from New York” and “Big Trouble in Little China” have hit the trades in recent years but neither project seems to have made it out of development.
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