SUBMITTED BY pimpjoe_esb

November 28, 2005 —

Matt Venne recently talked to Fangoria about his work with the latest Halloween sequel. here's a clip:

Yes, I wrote a draft of HALLOWEEN 9, entitled HALLOWEEN: ASYLUM. It was a very strong premise, but the Dimension split from Disney really threw a lot of projects into a type of limbo, and Im not sure exactly what the status of that project is. My fingers are certainly crossed, though! Whatever happens on H9, it was an awesome experience for two reasons. The first is that I finally got to work for Dimension and Bob Weinsteina man who is behind some of my favorite modern genre films. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, MIMIC, SCREAM and SIN CITY are all topnotch in my book.

But more importantly, writing H9 gave me a chance to meet Moustapha Akkad, whose passing is still mind-bogglingly sad, Venne continues. Mr. Akkad is the man whose name I have known for as long as I can remember, written in huge orange letters, accompanied by John Carpenters HALLOWEEN theme. I only met with him three times, but he was ultimately the man who gave me the go-ahead to write the script. Ill never forget how larger-than-life he wasso regal and wise behind his gigantic desk. He had such an endless well of experience gained from a lifetime of making movies and so much more. Yet amidst all of that knowledge and power and wisdom, there was constantly a mischievous little twinkle in his eyesa spark of life and playfulness that will live on forever in the minds of anyone who had the privilege to meet him.

Click the link below for more of the interview.