Doctor Sleep's director, Mike Flanagan, reveals his pitch for his Halloween film that never happened. 1 / 8
He told Bloody Disgusting that he was first approached to direct the newest Halloween... 2 / 8
Although that honor ended up going to David Gordon Green instead. 3 / 8
Flanagan admits to having trouble with coming up with a pitch... 4 / 8
...and all he could come up with was 'Dr. Loomis is a woman.' 5 / 8
He said his version of Halloween would look a lot like Hush. 6 / 8
"They made the right call in not trusting the franchise to me,” he joked. 7 / 8
His current film, Doctor Sleep, is now in theaters. 8 / 8