Team Halloween Talk New Film – Stage Set by the Original Halloween 2
Steve Barton
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Shortly after John Carpenter’s Halloween announcement, Twitter lit up like the world’s brightest Jack-o-lantern with fans giving their various opinions to the news.
Some of the principals of the new film also hit various places on the Interwebs with their comments…
Director and co-writer David Gordon Green – “John Carpenter’s Halloween was a monumental horror film experience for me and millions of film fans. It’s an honor to be working with this creative team to carve a new path in the tale of Michael Myers.”
Co-writer Danny McBride: “David and I are thrilled to step outside of our comedic collaborations and dive into a dark and vicious horror. Nobody will be laughing.”
Cinemablend also caught up with McBride and got some great stuff out of him… “You know, it’s not a remake. It’s actually… it’s gonna continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way. And for our mythology, we’re focusing mainly [on] the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there. Green and I are definitely going to [do] a straight-up horror. Halloween has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. There’s a simplicity and an efficiency to that first one that I think allows the movies just to be scary as hell. And so Green and I… our approach is to get back to that.”
Halloween producer Malek Akkad: “It’s been a long journey with many starts and stops, but I can honestly say that I’ve never been more excited than by the team that we have assembled for the new Halloween. I truly feel this film will thrill fans, old and new, as well as being a high point in this legendary franchise.”
Then to cap things off Jason Blum shared the following image…
Halloween will return to theaters October 19th, 2018.
(L-R) Jason Blum, Malek Akkad, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride
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