Classic movie boogie man Michael Myers has been terrorizing teenage babysitters on Halloween night since 1978, back when a screeching Jamie Lee Curtis kicked off a new wave of horror films with the original Halloween. Malek Akkad, meanwhile, has been producing Halloween movies since 1995 — his latest is the simply named Halloween, which will feature Curtis back in the role that launched her career. And if he has anything to say about, Myers will soon terrorize babysitters on the small screen. In fact, Akkad told Bloody Disgusting that the idea for a Halloween TV Series has been in development for a long time:
"When we started doing it… this was in development about a decade ago. At the time, I think the thought was we don’t want to cannibalize the theatrical. Let’s keep it as a theatrical event movie. If that starts flowing down, we would address TV. Nowadays, we all know, TV is pulling out ahead of theatrical in a way that surprised everybody, certainly me."
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Akkad says the script he’s been developing most definitely features Michael Myers, which…well, we’re a little curious why he felt he had to confirm that but it’s good to hear. “I still feel very strongly about, he’s involved in it,” Akkad said. “That’s really all I can say about it now. It wouldn’t look anything like your traditional Halloween movie, but he’s in there as are a lot of other characters but used in different and interesting ways.”
"Just getting across the finish line for this one, that’s the goal right now. We’ve got the wind at our back, everything looks good. Before we start talking about anything else, it’s all about the movie. [The show] is something that there’s been some discussions. I wish I could talk more about it but it’s something we’re looking at very closely."
Halloween 2018 is being billed as a direct sequel to the 1978 original, set some 40 years later. Per Universal Pictures, every other movie released between then and now is getting retconned. Sorry, Josh Hartnett.
Halloween 2018 hits theaters on October 19.
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