John Carpenter is again within the director’s chair…or sofa.
The legendary horror auteur revealed through the Texas Frightmare Weekend (by way of the Prague Reporter) that he remotely directed TV sequence “Suburban Screams,” which was filmed in Prague. Nevertheless, Carpenter helmed the present from his residence in Los Angeles.
“I simply completed directing, remotely, a TV sequence known as ‘Suburban Screams’ – ‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,’” Carpenter stated. “It was filmed in Prague, and I sat on my sofa and directed it. It was superior.”
The upcoming “Suburban Screams” sequence marks his first directorial effort in over 5 years. Carpenter’s final movie was 2010’s “The Ward.” In 2017, he launched a sequence of remake music movies together with “Escape from New York” and “Christine.”
In the course of the panel dialogue, Carpenter teased a sequel to “The Factor” and introduced he’s engaged on one other Misplaced Themes studio album.
“I’ve been sworn to secrecy, OK, as a result of there could also be, I don’t know if there might be, there could also be a ‘Factor 2,’” Carpenter stated.
Sci-fi horror movie “The Factor” premiered in 1982 and landed a 2011 remake.
Final 12 months, Carpenter weighed in on remakes of his movies normally.
“There are two sorts of remakes for me,” Carpenter stated. “One is the place I’m the originator of the fabric. I wrote the screenplay. Two: It was an project from the studio. ‘We wish you to do that.’ If it’s an project from the studio, they don’t pay me after they do a remake. They personal the fabric. If I’ve generated the screenplay, they must pay me. That’s the type of sequel I like. My film exists. Make your personal. You need to pay me a bunch of dollars, effective. Have a good time.”
Carpenter additionally addressed the presumed finish of the “Halloween” franchise starring Jamie Lee Curtis, a half-century after Carpenter’s 1978 “Halloween” movie debuted.
“I actually don’t care [about the franchise legacy],” he stated. “The ‘Halloween’ film I like essentially the most is the one I made again in 1978, the one I directed. Others are different folks’s visions. That’s the way in which it goes. That’s what occurs whenever you surrender. I didn’t need to direct sequels. I didn’t assume there was story left. Boy, was I flawed, huh?”
