We have a press release, announcing Halloween: The Complete Authorized History. The book will cover the history of the Halloween franchise and is expected to contain hundreds of rare images, documents, and promotional materials from the Trancas archives:

"Trancas International Films is proud to announce HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE AUTHORIZED HISTORY by Justin Beahm is now in production, taking the iconic franchise from screen to page in what will be an exhaustive exploration of all ten films, as well as HALLOWEEN 3D, now in pre-production. Timed for release in October of 2013 in celebration of the series' 35th Anniversary, HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE AUTHORIZED HISTORY will tell the story of each picture via dozens of interviews with the people who made it happen, from directors to producers, composers to fx artists, writers to stunt personnel.

HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE AUTHORIZED HISTORY will be heavily illustrated, containing hundreds of rare images, documents, props, artifacts, and promotional materials, culled from the Trancas archives and personal collections of those involved. In addition, the book will feature historical genre magazine articles relating to each film's release, as well as new original artwork from some of today's most notable talents.

Justin Beahm is a contributing editor at Fangoria magazine, a senior writer at Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, and is now Editor-In-Chief of HalloweenMovies.com. In addition, Justin is Creative Director of Hip Bonz merchandise company, and Vice President of the sCare Foundation, a non-profit group of horror genre personalities dedicated to combating teenage homelessness and poverty (more at scareoundation.org).

Stay tuned to OfficialHalloweenBook.com and Facebook.com/HalloweenBook for the latest updates, exclusive content, contests, and more!"

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