Jamie Lee Curtis signs contract with Jimmy Kimmel promising she won't be in another 'Halloween'

On October 14, Jamie Lee Curtis is set to reprise her role as founding scream queen Laurie Strode on "Halloween Ends" for the final time. The film was billed as the final film in the long-running horror franchise, with Curtis making his final appearance in the role that marked his 1978 film debut.

While promoting the upcoming film on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday, Curtis promised the film would be her last. A skeptical Kimmel, who noted that the films were popular and that Curtis remains a beloved part of the franchise, presented her with a contract scroll promising that she would no longer be in the "Halloween" films, asking her to do so. sign.

"I declare this to be my final 'Halloween' film," Kimmel read in the contract as the iconic 'Halloween' theme music played in the background. "I, Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queen, daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, mother of Lindsay Lohan, [referring to her role in the 2003 film 'Freaky Friday'] hereby swear under penalty of perjury that ' Halloween Ends' will be the last "Halloween" movie I will appear in. Forever, in all sequels and multiverses, enforceable by the Haddonfield, Illinois Police Department."

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Although the crowd scoffed when Curtis went to sign the dubiously legal document, the actor simply joked that she should "call my lawyer first, before I sign anything," before writing his name on the paper.

Elsewhere in the interview, Kimmell and Curtis discussed his other film this year, March's "Everything Everywhere All at Once," and its Oscar potential. Curtis, who plays a grumpy tax auditor in the film, expressed his excitement to see the low-budget film receive so much recognition.

"I'm up for anything," Curtis said. "This movie is so beautiful, it was made for nothing two years ago in 38 days in Simi Valley...it will live a long time, it's a beautiful movie, because it's a movie about hope and 'love and family amid sex toys fights and butt plug trophies."

"Halloween Ends" will premiere simultaneously in theaters and on Peacock on October 14th. Watch Curtis' interview with Kimmel below.

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