The knife has finally dropped, cutting ties on Blumhouse’s Halloween era. After resurrecting one of horror’s most enduring franchises with its modern trilogy, the studio has officially lost the rights to the property. In doing so, closing the curtain on its chapter of terror for good.
In a new interview with Variety, Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum confirmed that Halloween Ends (2022) marked the end of the studio’s deal to produce films in the legendary slasher series.
“We don’t own the rights anymore…I had a three-picture deal. But I would do another Halloween movie” Blum said.
The comment cements what fans have speculated since the credits rolled on Halloween Ends — that there will be no Michael Myers-style resurrection for Blumhouse’s version of the saga.
According to reports, the rights reverted back to longtime producer Malek Akkad following the release of Halloween Ends. When television rights later went up for grabs, Miramax swooped in. Outbidding both Blumhouse and A24 to secure them. The company has since announced plans for a new Halloween TV series, which is said to reboot the franchise entirely, erasing the continuity of Blumhouse’s trilogy.
Still, the future of that series is shrouded in mystery following the June exit of Miramax TV executive Marc Helwig, who was overseeing the project. Even franchise creator John Carpenter seems in the dark — quite literally. When asked about the show during a 2023 NYCC panel, Carpenter dryly quipped:
“See if you can get me a job on it”.
Carpenter, who directed the original Halloween (1978), returned to contribute music and serve as an executive producer on Blumhouse’s trilogy, but historically kept his distance from the many sequels and reboots that followed.
Since its 1978 debut, the Halloween franchise has spawned 13 films across multiple timelines, creative visions, and studios. From Universal to Dimension to Blumhouse. The most recent reboot trilogy, helmed by David Gordon Green, reimagined the saga by wiping away decades of myths and serving as a direct sequel to Carpenter’s original. Beginning with 2018’s Halloween, the trilogy earned a combined $497 million worldwide, proving the Shape still had sharp box-office power.
Now, with Miramax carving a new path for Michael Myers, one era ends while another looms in the shadows. Whether the next iteration cuts deeper or fades into franchise fatigue remains to be seen. All that we do know is that evil never truly dies, it just changes studios.
