Longtime Halloween movie producer Ryan Freimann revealed there's one thing he hates about the 2018 installment in the slasher franchise.
In an exclusive interview with CBR, Freimann talked about Blumhouse's original plan to shoot the sequels to 2018's Halloween, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, back-to-back. "At first, it was a thought of an economy of filmmaking where we could shoot both at the same time but, remember, that decision was made pre-COVID. We had monkey wrenches thrown at us left and right," he explained.
Freeman went on to reveal the element he didn't like about 2018's Halloween, a film that partially reboots the franchise by ignoring the events of all but the original 1978 Halloween. "Our goal is to still continue with the storyline but, as we've seen -- I'm going to go on record and say I was never a fan of the Sartain twist from 2018, fought that one tooth and nail but sometimes you get outvoted -- but fans react to certain things then it causes us to pivot certain storylines certain ways."
Halloween 2018's Dr. Ranbir Sartain (Haluk Bilginer) is Michael Myers' psychiatrist and a former student of Michael's original psychiatrist, the late Samuel Loomis. Although he feigns interest in recapturing Michael after the latter escapes while being transferred to a maximum security prison, Sartain eventually reveals he orchestrated Michael's breakout in order to study the enigmatic serial killer out in the world. He even murders Deputy Frank Hawkins in order to prevent him from slaying Michael, only for the latter to repay Sartain by stomping his head in.
"I think it's been good to have time to reflect on what has worked and what hasn't worked and we're definitely hot-and-heavy on production of Halloween Ends," added Freimann. "I like keeping the timelines tight on these films. We went from the last [Rob] Zombie film in 2009 and that was the biggest hiatus between Halloween films in forever. To have this close but not on top of each other spacing is the proper way to go."
Halloween 2018 director David Gordon Green returns for Halloween Kills, with Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak reprising their respective roles as Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson. The film premieres day-and-date in theaters and on Peacock on Oct. 15.
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