Halloween Ends Script Is Complete, Confirms Director

Director David Gordon Green revealed that the script for Halloween Ends is complete. The film will be based on events that originally unfolded in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic slasher Halloween, wherein Michael Myers terrorized teenager Laurie Strode and the townspeople of Haddonfield, Illinois. With Carpenter’s blessing, a direct sequel to the original film was released in 2018. Simply titled Halloween, an older but still post-traumatic Laurie prepares to face her would-be killer. Michael’s reign of terror continues on October 15 when Halloween Kills, the terrifying sequel to the 2018 film, hits theaters.

The revived Halloween trilogy is the brainchild of longtime writing partners Green and Danny McBride, with co-writing credits from Jeff Fradley for the first installment and Scott Teems for Halloween Kills­. Green and McBride first worked together on the Green-helmed Pineapple Express in 2008, then teamed up again for Your Highness in 2011. Green has directed episodes of McBride’s comedy series Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, and the ongoing The Righteous Gemstones, on all of which he also served as executive producer.

Now Green and McBride’s script for Halloween Ends is officially complete, the director told Bloody Disgusting. Chris Bernier and Paul Brad Logan also share writing credits on the forthcoming horror film. The writing team penned a first draft two years ago, with the final installment of the trilogy scheduled for release on October 14, 2022. Before moving ahead with the completed script, however, Green is waiting on notes from Halloween honcho John Carpenter. Read the director’s quote below.

“Halloween Ends is complete, and actually, I’m getting John Carpenter’s notes on the new draft later. So, I’m excited about that. There is resolve. Like any trilogy, you want it to have a beginning, middle, and end. We had a concept of the ending, and two years ago, we wrote the first draft of it. So, we had it all mapped out before we went into production on Kills. We knew where it was going, and we wanted Kills to be a symphony in the middle of the book of the Strode saga.”

Green notes that he and the writers conceptualized Halloween Ends before starting production on Halloween Kills. As fans eagerly await the release of Kills, Green has remained tight-lipped on any details regarding the trilogy’s conclusion. That said, the director did admit that there would be a break in the action before part three. While Kills begins where the first installment left off, Halloween Ends will involve a “time jump” for the members of Haddonfield’s vigilante mob, who will likely deserve a much needed respite.

Green’s interview definitively confirms that Halloween Ends will be the final installment of the trilogy, with the director asserting that “there is resolve.” While that may mark the end of Green’s involvement in the Halloween franchise, it doesn’t mean Michael Myers won’t rear his ugly masked head again. Even Danny McBride said that Halloween could continue to be adapted by a devoted cadre of filmmakers, writers, and actors. Ultimately, John Carpenter has the final say over who creates new stories for Michael and Laurie. Hopefully the final draft of Halloween Ends receives the Carpenter seal of approval.

Source: Bloody Disgusting