The masked murderer Michael Myers is intrinsically linked with the Halloween franchise, as he serves as the villain in all but one installment in the series, but a well-known fact about the series is that co-creator John Carpenter never wanted to make a series focusing on the character, only begrudgingly agreeing to co-write 1981’s Halloween II after knowing that the studio would move forward on it regardless of his involvement. Halloween III: Season of the Witch pivoted away from Myers entirely to tell a standalone story about a villainous mask maker, resulting in confusion from audiences who expected to see another Myers story. With the current trilogy of films from director David Gordon Green set to conclude with Halloween Ends, producer on the trilogy Ryan Freimann recently teased that films following Ends might be exploring concepts that don’t connect with Myers.
