Since the announcement of the now-cancelled Halloween Returns, fans have been posting their excitement via social media. However, last week, news began circulating that Dimension Films of Miramax/Weinstein Co. lost the rights to the Halloween franchise. The studio owned the franchise for over 20 years, developing 5 films, including a remake.
Since the badly received Halloween II (2009), the Weinsteins have been toying with fans of the Halloween series by greenlighting several films, but ultimately fulfilling the production.
The latest scrapped entry was to be helmed by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and titled Halloween Returns (or Halloween: Returns). The film was planned to be a stand-alone film and a direct sequel after Halloween II (1981) ignoring all events after the original sequel, including the ghastly Rob Zombie films.
The studio and producer Malek Akkad are shopping the rights to the franchise to other studios, which presents the possibility of crossover films, like Freddy vs Jason.
Fangoria Magazine reports that there are delays with the other horror films, including the sequel to Friday the 13th and the reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, Leatherface, is still set to be released in 2016.
A teaser for Rings, the sequel to The Ring, is currently being made and the film to be released April 1 2016. No word on a sequel to Hellraiser or Scream, both series that are under the Weinstein/Dimension roof.
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