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Lussier & Farmer Talk ‘Halloween 3’
During his visit to the set of director Patrick Lussier and co-scripter Todd Farmer’s Drive Angry 3-D in May, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen tried to get something – anything – out of them regarding the status of Halloween 3 (earlier reported to be a 3-D affair). Read on to hear what they had to say.
Farmer indicated at the time that the duo would still be interested in tackling the project:
“I think there’s not many who don’t know that we did ‘Halloween 3’ and we would still, Patrick and I both, would still very much love to do ‘Halloween 3’…We have written a first draft of that and so now it’s in the capable hands of the Weinstein Company.”
The subject still seemed a little raw for Lussier, though. When I asked him about it, his answer was very short and very curt:
“I know nothing about ‘Halloween 3’,” he snapped. “My last involvement with the project was Christmas. My last conversation with the Weinsteins was at that time. Beyond that I know nothing. You know as much as I do.”
Ouch. Sounds like it might be a long time before we see this one materialize.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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