The Mountain Man came in forwarding the following interview with Kevin Williamson. Where the heck did it come from? I have no idea, but I'm assuming it's for something else, BUT it's got news on HALLOWEEN 7, and dang it, I'm gonna carry it. Though it would be nice to know where it came from. Read on, Kevin even talks about KILLING MRS. TINGLE!!! But nothing on the script he's doing for Robert Rodriguez. Maaaaan, I'm dying to read about that one!!! Here is the mysterious interview..
what can you tell me about the new one (Halloween 7)?
Kevin : "Well, as a favor to Bob Weinstein I wrote the treatment. It was a little trade-off; he’d let me direct ‘Killing Mrs. Tingle’ if I wrote the ‘Halloween’ treatment. My first script (‘Killing Mrs. Tingle’) was at another studio, and I asked Bob, if you can get that movie to direct, I’ll bare your children."
Did you say ‘bare’ or ‘bury?’
Kevin : (Laughs) "So I’m doing ‘Killing Mrs. Tingle,’ and I wrote the treatment for ‘Halloween.’ I’m pretty much done. I met with Jamie Lee (Curtis) a couple of times, and she had alot of insight on where her character is twenty years later, because she created it and she really wants to be a part of it. I don’t want to give too much of it away, because I haven’t cleared it with Bob (Weinstein), but the treatment is twenty years (after the original), and she (Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee’s character), in an effort to protect herself faked her death and did a series of things regarding Dr. Loomis, who has died, because Michael Meyers was after her. The setting of the situation is really cool, and it’s very interesting. Jamie is dying to do this; she loved the idea. Can’t you just imagine? There’s going to be a trailer in the theater like this coming summer, and it is just going to be a black screen, and all you will hear is (Kevin starts to mimic the music to ‘Halloween’)."
Is John Carpenter going to direct?
Kevin : "No, he’s not interested AT ALL. I think he is a wonderful director, and I think it is a big mistake, because you have all of these people (attached to it); you’ve got Debra Hill, Jamie Lee Curtis. They are going to get a top-notch director (regardless), and I think it is going to be fun, and it is going to be scary. They are going to concentrate on that."
Does your treatment ignore everything after ‘Halloween 2?’
Kevin : "No, no."
Because I think that we, or at least I, hate everything after part two!
Kevin : (Laughs) " There is sort of a little exposition going on where we explain Haddonfield, and the Haddonfield murders, although it doesn’t take place in Haddonfield. It takes place somewhere else. It’s quite different. Laurie Strode is now a school-teacher, and one of her students gets up and does a report on all of the murders in Haddonfield, so we explain all six films in one scene! (Laughs) It’s going to be a fun movie!"
Can you elaborate on your script for ‘Killing Mrs. Tingle?’
Kevin : "Well, it’s not a horror movie; it’s a dark-comedy. It’s like ‘Heathers,’ which I loved. It’s actually the best representation of who I am as a writer. It’s about a young girl who will stop at nothing to be the valedictorian of her class. It’s very dark and very wicked, but it’s got a great part for a kid, and a great part for an older woman."
Is there a possibility for a sequel to ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer?’
Kevin : "I’d love to have a sequel. There could be, I mean it is an urban legend."
Well, now you have to tell me everything about ‘Scream 2!’
Kevin : "Oh, it’s good, I saw it last week, and it’s funny! I swear to God, I was nervous, and I sat through it... we screened it to Bob Weinstein and he was jumping up and down! Oh, and one last comment; fuck the ‘Titantic!’ (Being released the same week as ‘Scream 2.’)
