Even before I hit my teens, I found myself fascinated with rumored or alternate sequels that never made it to the big screen for franchises like Alien and Predator, and often wondered what other franchises had lost sequels. Of course there are famous abandoned movie ideas, but authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins did an incredible amount of research for Taking Shape, and now they're back with Taking Shape II, detailing 24 (!!) Halloween sequels that never saw the light of day!
"Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at TWENTY-FOUR lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before. At 600 pages, TAKING SHAPE II is brimming with untold franchise history. The journey begins with an insightful foreword by Halloween: 25 Years of Terror producer Anthony Masi. So, what are you waiting for? Grab the candy corn and settle in for THE LOST HALLOWEEN SEQUELS!
TAKING SHAPE II covers:
- An alternate Halloween III pitched decades after the first one!
- Three unused versions of Halloween 4 – one with Laurie Strode!
- Exclusive details on an early Halloween 5 – with evil Jamie Lloyd!
- The Halloween 6 nearly produced by Quentin Tarantino!
- An early version of Halloween 7 before it became H20!
- Three different sequels to Halloween: Resurrection!
- Insight into how a crossover with Hellraiser almost came to be!
- Two different stabs at a 3D sequel in the Rob Zombie era!
- A reboot with TWO Shapes! (And another with one hundred!)
- A reboot that introduced the Halloween Multi-verse!"
To learn more or purchase the book for yourself, visit: https://www.harkerpress.com/halloween
After spending more than 10 years as a consultant in the tech and entertainment industry, Jonathan James launched Daily Dead in 2010 to share his interest in horror and sci-fi. Since then, it has grown into an online magazine with a staff of writers that provide daily news, reviews, interviews, and special features.
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