User:Logan Lattina/Cancelled Halloween films

Cancelled Halloween Films ... The Halloween series is a series of horror films created by John Carpenter, with the first film being released in 1978. There were many sequels and a remake. However, there were many cancelled films, some of which are still being considered. Jason vs. Michael Before Halloween: Resurrection, there were plans for crossover with the Friday the 13th series. Not much is known about it, but it was to see released sometime in the 90's. It's cancellation was because of Deminsion Films failed to get the rights to the series and a story was never agreed on. Fans on YouTube have created fan films, depicting the battle between the two killers.

Halloween: In Space John Carpenter had the intentions of putting Michael into outer space. It was his return to the series. The studio thought that the idea was rather ridiculous and didn't fit right into the series up to that point. One supposed story was a space crew went into outer space to launch an unconsious Michael Myers into the sun, killing him for good. Michael awakens and starts killing the group off. The plot shares some similarites with Jason X.

Helloweeen In 2003, after the commercial success of Freddy vs. Jason, Clive Barker told Carpenter of a crossover he had wanted to do. It was a crossover of the Hellraiser and Halloween franchises. It was to reveal that Michael was possessed by a cenobite, promptly named Samhain, as a young child. Pinhead's role may have been to capture Michael and take Samhain back with him or kill Michael and Samhain at once. The film was to be written by Barker and directed by Carpenter. Bob Weinstein, not interested in the idea, rejected it. The film is mentioned on the Halloween: 25 Years of Terror dvd. Both Carpenter and Barker have still shown interest in doing the project some time in the near future, with speculation of it happening after the remake of Hellraiser.

Friday the 13 VII: The Halloween Nightmare Michael was to appear in a sequel to Freddy vs. Jason. The project had the plot of Freddy using Michael to kill Jason, who has been killing on both Elm Street and Crystal Lake. While Michael kills other citizens of Elm Street, he meets Jason. The two end up fighting, with the result of them knocking eachother out. They end up in Freddy's world, where Michael realizes he was tricked. Him and Jason team up against Freddy. The battle ends up in the real world, where Freddy is killed, but Michael and Jason continue their fight. The film, however, was cancelled due to New Line failing to obtain the rights to Michael.

Michael vs. Leatherface In 1986, after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Cannon Films, who currently held the rights to the series at the time, intended to create a crossover with Halloween. John Carpenter was not interested in the idea and the film was scrapped. However, in 2005, the idea was brought up again. Dimension Films wanted to use the original version of Leatherface, as oppose to the remake version. It was canned, due to New Line was currently working on Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.