This past October Miramax landed the TV rights to the Halloween franchise, joining forces with Malek Akkad’s Trancas International Films. Miramax will be developing and co-producing the Halloween saga’s first ever TV series, and Miramax head Marc Helwig spoke with Deadline regarding the project:

“The foundation of it is the original film, the John Carpenter movie, the characters of that film, and perhaps a group of characters that we haven’t really focused on that much in recent film versions or even in a number of them.”

“It’s a creative reset completely and going back to the original film, as opposed to spinning out of any of the more recent film adaptations.”

Helwig continues by saying that, “We’re on a fast track, it’s a big priority for us. We’ve had lots of exciting conversations in recent months with a number of really talented people, and I think we’ll have a pretty good idea of what we’re going to be doing very soon. We’re hoping to lock down the creative team very soon.”

Are you excited for the Halloween series?