Hush’s Mike Flanagan is already in talks for the new Halloween
Less than 24 hours ago, director John Carpenter announced he’s executive producing a new installment in his Halloween franchise, an announcement met with the sort of unfettered enthusiasm horror fans usually reserve for an especially goopy exploding head. And it looks like the new movie already has a director in its sights: Mike Flanagan, whose home-invasion slasher Hush recently hit Netflix and who has another movie, Before I Wake, coming this fall.
Although he’s perhaps not the biggest or most exciting name working in the genre today, Flanagan would be a logical choice for the job. After all, Hush is about a masked killer with no motive or backstory, an aspect Carpenter says he wants to emphasize in the new movie. And Flanagan further outlined his philosophy on horror on Facebook recently, saying: