Whether it’s Jason Blum‘s hand or head, the producer is betting his life that the new Halloween movie will be in theaters by next October.

“You can kill me. You can behead me. You can chop my hand off,” he told The Wrap when asked about Michael Myers’ return to theaters by next year. “That’s on the record.”

David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are scripting the film, due on Oct. 19, 2018, and Green is directing. John Carpenter, master of the original 1978 Halloween, is executive producing and could still score the film.

Blum obviously understands fans’ frustration when it comes to their horror heroes. His hyperbole shows the urgency behind-the-scenes to deliver a new Halloween film to the fans who have been patiently waiting for years now.

So, with that, filming should indeed begin this fall if they’re going to make their 2018 date. If not, there will be a beheading, at least on social media.