John Carpenter has announced his surprise return to directing after more than a decade. The director is best known for his works in the horror genre, including 1978's Halloween, 1982's The Thing, Christine, and The Fog, among many others, in addition to writing and scoring many of those movies. However, after many years of creating iconic movies, he stepped away from directing after his 2010 outing The Ward.

Per The Prague Reporter, John Carpenter has announced his triumphant return to the director's chair 13 years after The Ward. During a panel at the Texas Frightmare Weekend convention, the director revealed that he has helmed a production in Prague remotely from his couch, a TV series entitled John Carpenter's Suburban Screams. Read his full quote below:

I just finished directing, remotely, a TV series called Suburban Screams – John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. It was filmed in Prague, and I sat on my couch and directed it. It was awesome.

Everything John Carpenter Has Done Since He Stopped Directing

In spite of his de facto retirement as a director, Carpenter never spent long away from the movie industry. However, he has largely embraced his musical side to become a legitimate recording artist after years of composing scores, compiling several Lost Themes albums that included music he wrote that never ended up in his movies. Carpenter also went on tour to perform his iconic themes in venues around the world.

His behind-the-scenes career also experienced a resurgence with Blumhouse's legacy sequel Halloween trilogy, which ran from 2018 through 2022. The movies, which were directed and co-written by David Gordon Green, featured Carpenter as a producer and as a composer. He and his co-composers, his son Cody Carpenter and his godson Daniel Davies, reinterpreted his iconic themes from the original film along with creating thrilling original tracks.

John Carpenter would continue his collaboration with Blumhouse by providing the score for their 2022 Stephen King remake Firestarter, which largely failed in comparison to the Halloween trilogy. It is currently unknown if he is involved in the music for John Carpenter's Suburban Screams, though the fact that the director has found a way to bring his vision to the screen once more is an intriguing prospect regardless.

Source: The Prague Reporter