Summary
- The Halloween franchise, known for its impact on the slasher genre, is finally making its way to television after dominating the theatrical horror scene for decades.
- Miramax won the bidding war for the TV rights to the franchise and intends to create an interconnected universe of shows and movies that will revitalize the iconic franchise.
- Despite facing competition, Miramax and Trancas International Films are excited to work together to bring the classic Halloween horror franchise to a new generation of fans, with the focus still on the iconic character, Mike Myers.
The Halloween franchise finally heading to the small screen for the first time in a decades-long history of dominating the theatrical horror scene and inspiring a lengthy list of similar works.
Starting with the first film in 1978, the Halloween franchise has proven that it’s not a Halloween movie for the whole family. Most recently, the franchise saw a reinvention with a new film trilogy that picks up from the original film and ignores the rest of the franchise’s sequels and remakes.
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Deadline reports Miramax, who has previously facilitated a wide range of media, including a Jason Statham-led thriller titled The Bee Keeper, came out victorious in an intense bidding war for the TV rights to the Halloween franchise from Trancas International Films with intentions to co-produce a TV series set within the franchise and related projects. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring Halloween to television,” Miramax’s Head of Global TV Marc Helwig said when addressing the deal. “We are thrilled to expand our long and successful partnership with Trancas and the brilliant Malek Akkad in introducing this iconic franchise to a new form of storytelling and a new generation of fans.” The plan is for both companies to work with the TV and Film rights to make an interconnected universe of shows and movies to revitalize the iconic franchise.
The partnership wasn’t smooth sailing. Miramax had to overcome many competitors, notably A24, to secure the right to put the classic Halloween horror franchise on TV for the first time despite co-owning the movie rights to the IP alongside Tracas. Malek Akaad, who runs Trancas, also released a statement detailing their attitude towards the deal, saying, “Trancas International Films is extremely enthused to be expanding our long-standing relationship with Miramax, and we look forward to working with Marc Helwig and the entire team in creating this new chapter.”
With the main antagonist of the series, Michael Myers, being one of the best classic Halloween monsters and the central focus of almost every single installment in the Halloween franchise, there’s no doubt that the ambitious plans by the partnered companies spell even more of everyone’s favorite serial killer scaring up a storm.
Source: Deadline