TRICK ‘R TREAT director teases sequel, saying it has a ‘really great script’

Just yesterday I posted an article wondering where the hell Trick or treat the sequel was. It’s been almost 15 years since the first movie came out and I’ve been patiently waiting for the sequel to be made, but… for some reason, it hasn’t happened yet! I do not understand!

But today we have an update to share with you on Trick ‘r Treat 2! During a recent in-person Q&A about the film, director Michael Dougherty offered an update saying there is a “really cool” script. He explained:

“I will say this, because we said this last year at the Beyond Fest screening, the sequel is in active development with Legendary. I’ll go so far as to say we have several drafts of a script.

“I brought back the same storyboard artist I talked about before, Simeon Wilkins, so we have a stack of storyboards and also a nice stack of concept art done by Breehn Burns. So it’s moving slowly.”

Well hello! At least the project is still in active development! I’m happy that the project wasn’t shelved. Dougherty went on to talk about what the next steps will be in making this film, saying:

“I’m hoping to talk to Legendary. They’ve been wonderful, such great collaborators. But a lot of this is timing, and as you know, we just came out of a strike, so the next step, fingers crossed, would be, ‘I’ll look at the budget. , obviously, the schedule and everything… But we have a really, really great script for a sequel. And I brought my Krampus co-writer to do it with me. So Zach Shields and Todd Casey, who does Krampus with me, also helped me write Trick ‘r Treat Part 2.”

As a longtime fan of the original film (I watch it every Halloween night), this is an optimistic update and I really hope the studios move quickly once Dougherty picks up that conversation with Legendary. I would love to see this movie made within the next year or two. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Via: Collider