Halloween Producer Is 'Dying' to Make a Sequel

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By Sam Stone

Published Oct 24, 2018

Blumhouse Productions founder Jason Blum and producer Ryan Turek both express interest in making a sequel to Halloween.

After a record-breaking opening weekend at the box office, Halloween producers Jason Blum and Ryan Turek are both keen on making a sequel to slasher revival.

The eleventh installment of the horror franchise earned $77.5 million at the domestic box office over the weekend becoming the highest earning opening in the series' history, the best horror opening with a female lead, and best opening of film with a female lead over the age of 55. Already the highest earning entry in the longrunning slasher franchise without adjusting for inflation, a sequel is virtually guaranteed.

"Of course we would want to make a sequel, in fact, we’re dying to make a sequel, but we’re guests in Malek Akkad’s house so there are a lot of people that have to be in the same mindset as us," explained Blum in an interview with The Wrap. "Nothing’s been set in stone but we’re certainly going to try."

Akkad has been the producer on the Halloween films since 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later after the franchise was first produced by his father, financier Moustapha Akkad in 1978. After filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill sold their stakes in the franchise to Trancas International Films prior to 1988's Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, the studio became the primary copyright holders of the franchise. When Dimension Films lost the cinematic licensing to Halloween after failing to put a new film into production after 2009's Halloween II, it was producer Ryan Turek that brought the property to Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions.

"Of course I would like to make another one but Jason always told me, focus on the one movie and then we’ll talk about a sequel after," confirmed Turek. "We would need to have a great story to tell, it has to feel relevant, it has to be scary, it has to have meaning."

Now in theaters, Halloween is directed by David Gordon Green from a script written with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak, with Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney sharing the role of Michael Myers. The film is executive produced and scored by John Carpenter.