Halloween Returns Put On Hold Again, But This Time It May Be Permanent
We’ve be waiting for news about the new Michael Myers film, Halloween Returns, and news has finally come, unfortunately it’s not good news. Halloween Returns has been put on hold. The reason for it’s second delay, Dimension Films has lost the rights to the Halloween franchise. Miramax is currently eyeing the rights. Until someone purchases the rights the movie will be in limbo, if not discarded completely. Marcus Dunsten was to direct the film, based on the script penned by Patrick Melton, and had planned to start production in July. Malek Akkad, long term producer for the franchise and the son of the original Halloween’s producer Moustapha Akkad, told Daily Dead that the previous delay was for the good of the film. In the current Halloween Returns script the 18-year-old kid of one of Michael’s victims and the kid of a cop, obsessed with the murders, arrive at the prison along with their friends, where Michael is held on death
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