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The 2018 Halloween from director David Gordon Green and horror mega-producer Jason Blum was a surprise hit with everyone and made a nice chunk of change as well. This led Universal and Blumhouse to make the obvious decision to greenlight not just one sequel, but two. The first, Halloween Kills, hit theaters and Peacock on October 15, proving to be a money maker for the studio.
The third installment, Halloween Ends, hits theaters very soon and after that massive cliffhanger ending in Kills, we’re dying to know what happens next in the story of Laurie Strode, Michael Myers, and the town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on July 21, to include the trailer.
When Does Halloween Ends Premiere?
Halloween Ends is scheduled to hit theaters on October 14, 2022. The film was originally given a release date of October 15, 2021, but after Halloween Kills was pushed back a year the threequel had no choice but to move as well.
On that date, the slasher sequel will be opening against Lionsgate’s Wonder spin-off White Bird: A Wonder Story starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson and Call Jane a film centering around the Jane Collective starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver.
What Is Halloween Ends About?
The official plot synopsis from Universal reads:
This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive. Icon Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the last time as Laurie Strode, horror’s first “final girl” and the role that launched Curtis’ career. Curtis has portrayed Laurie for more than four decades now, one of the longest actor-character pairings in cinema history. When the franchise relaunched in 2018, Halloween shattered box office records, becoming the franchise’s highest-grossing chapter and set a new record for the biggest opening weekend for a horror film starring a woman. Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell; The Hardy Boys, Virgin River), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.
Green let some plot details about the film slip. Unlike Halloween Kills which was set mere moments after the events of the previous film, there will be a four-year time jump. Halloween Ends will be set four years after the events of the previous film and will address real-world events that have happened since 2018 including the COVID-19 Pandemic and what Green called in an interview with Uproxx “peculiar politics.” What exactly Green means by that remains to be seen, but bringing social and real-world issues into the franchise is not entirely out of left field, even looking back at the last two films.
Green has let it be known that Laurie Strode may not be the main driving force of the next film, instead he teased to Fandom that it will be her granddaughter Allyson who will be the main driving force of the movie along with her “considerations and psychology.” It is a bit obvious looking at everything she lost during the last two movies from her father, then her boyfriend, and then her own mother.
Who Will Be In Halloween Ends?
Jamie Lee Curtis will once again return as Laurie Strode and Andi Matichak will be back as Allyson. Unfortunately for those two characters, most of the ensemble of the last two films have been killed by Michael Myers, including Judy Greer’s Karen, Anthony Michael Hall’s Tommy Doyle, Dylan Arnold’s Cameron, and Robert Longstreet’s Lonnie, among others.
Other characters returning that survived the events of the last film include Will Patton’s Deputy Frank Hawkins, Omar Dorsey’s Sheriff Barker, and Kyle Richards’ Lindsey Wallace. Newcomers to the franchise include Rohan Campbell as Corey Cunningham, a young man who has been accused of murdering the kid he was babysitting and serves as the fuse that lights the carnage, and Michael O’Leary as Dr. Mathis.
Did They Film Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends Back-To-Back?
Initially, that was the plan for the slasher sequels, but it didn’t work out that way. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Andi Matichak revealed that the shooting schedule for Halloween Kills was so intense and so ambitious that it would not have been possible had they shot the two films back-to-back.
James Jude Courtney, one of the actors who plays Michael Myers, revealed that filming is planned to start in January, which would give the final film a tighter turn-around than the previous two installments.
By early March, filming for Halloween Ends had wrapped.
Will David Gordon Green Return To Direct Halloween Ends?
Yes, Green will be indeed returning to direct and co-write the sequel alongside Danny McBride. There will also be two new talents joining the pair in scripting the film with Paul Brad Logan (Manglehorn) and Chris Bernier (The House: A Hulu Halloween Anthology). Series creator John Carpenter will also return to produce the film and will once again provide the score.
Will There Be A Sequel To Halloween Ends?
Nope, at least not one with this same team involved. Green sees his three films as three parts of a four part story, with Carpenter’s 1978 original being part one. Green has stated that he hopes Hollywood will let Michael Myers and Laurie rest before resurrecting them once again. Here’s what he told Collider:
“My ego says create something that is a four-part series beginning with Carpenter’s, 1978 film, and then our follow-up trilogy. I’m sure the mythology takes over and Michael and Laurie will emerge in some new capacity with some new filmmaker, storyteller behind them. But for me, I’ll be done. I hope they’ll take a little time off before they resuscitate it. But that’s just my ego.”
Green will be quite busy for the next few years, he’ll be spearheading a continuation of another beloved horror franchise for Blumhouse with a sequel trilogy to The Exorcist with Academy Award nominee Leslie Odom Jr starring and Ellen Burstyn reprising her iconic role as Chris MacNeil. Green also will be working on yet another horror reboot as he will be directing the pilot of the still in development Hellraiser HBO series. He also directed the pilot episode of the Mindy Kaling-produced HBO Max series The Sex Lives Of College Girls and most recently he directed several episodes with his Halloween co-writer McBride for the second season of the popular HBO series The Righteous Gemstones. Green signed on to direct a feature film about the creation of Disneyland for Disney+. So if you are already a fan of Green as a director, you will surely have enough content to satisfy your hunger long after Halloween Ends hits theaters and even beforehand!
Is There A Trailer For Halloween Ends?
The first official trailer for Halloween Ends hit the web on July 19, giving fans their much anticipated first look at the final chapter in David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy. The trailer begins with a first-person view of Michael Myers walking into a house, similar to the opening scene in the 1978 original, only to be greeted by Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie readily pointing a gun at her longtime adversary. What comes next is a montage of Strode wrestling with Myers, paired with clips of the previous two installments and the 1978 film, before ending with a tense sequence involving Laurie, Michael, and garbage disposal, which is very reminiscent of a particular scene from the now non-canon Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.
Will Halloween Ends Be Available To Stream Day & Date On Peacock?
It’s too soon to say, but we wouldn’t be surprised either way if it’s a theater exclusive or if it premieres on Peacock the same day it goes to theaters. As of right now Blum would like the final film to be a theater exclusive, but due to the unpredictable nature of everything, nothing has been set in stone.
“I want to go back to traditional windows, but COVID is incredibly unpredictable, and I didn’t want to risk it again. I felt like I did that with Freaky, and it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. So I don’t want to repeat that experience,” Blum told Collider in an interview for Amazon Prime Video’s anthology series of TV films Welcome To The Blumhouse.
