This just in...“HALLOWEEN ENDS” opened this weekend to $43.5M at the box office. The “Halloween” franchise is 45 years old. The first one debuted back in 19f’ing78...before you were born. This is the first of three TBT's to a shoot for Entertainment Weekly from four years ago, back when it was a magazine and magazines had budgets that allowed for elaborate set building. Don’t get me wrong. In 2018 the budget was good...but we built, pre lit, shot and tore down four set pieces all in one day. A word about Jamie Lee Curtis. JLC is a screen legend from a family of screen legends. She is an icon. She is gracious, lovely, wiling and appreciative. And if you check out her Instagram feed, you’ll find that she is fearless (see More Magazine, September 2002 or last week's New York Times). She is incredibly supportive of multiple social causes, her family and her friends (especially those in the business). And...she is determined to do good work, which makes working with her pure, collaborative joy. And now...a word about the GENIE-USS of Michele Romero. @micheleromeronyc is a living library of historic photography and brought all kinds of image reference to the party. She found the little known Richard McCaffrey portrait of Patti Smith...among other things. Check out the wall of reference. On this set, the main is an @elinchrom_ltd Octobank and the fill is a large @chimeralighting soft box right underneath it. The backdrop is from @schmidlibackdrops. The crew that day featured @belioff and @jeremyjacksonphoto putting up and tearing down the lights as @kristineilson oversaw their progress and played with sharp objects. @pollycpics attempted to make sure that all of my gear got into the right bags. @luvlouella filled out time cards for kids wearing Michael Meyer masks while @evanmullingphoto tried on the masks. @evlasic pushed his cart back and forth over the length of the studio multiple times, chasing me from one set piece to the other. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all involved. @entertainmentweekly @halloweenthemovie @jamieleecurtis @milkstudios #halloween #jamieleecurtis