It was released theatrically on october 19, 2018 and is. The new halloween will be released in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the franchise, which kickstarted the modernday slasher trend. How did you feel about that plot point when it was introduced in the sequel in 1981 and are you glad to see it go in the new movie. I n making the decision to carve out a new halloween timeline in whats arguably become the most messily handled franchise. Read the leaked script for halloween 2018 with the new. Halloween 2018 interviews jamie lee curtis, john carpenter, david gordon green, jason blum duration. Trailer for halloween to drop this week, and new pics. Some of it still remains as presented, but plot details for the halloween movie have been taken down. Jamie lee curtis and david gordon green in halloween 2018 charlie benton in. Yes thats right, the final showdown between laurie strode and michael myers will take place in 2018s halloween. Halloween kills release date, cast, plot digital spy. Jamie lee curtis reveals halloween reboot movie plot. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing halloween 2018 near you.
The trailer for one of the most anticipated horror movies of 2018 is dropping this week, halloween. Laurie strode confronts her longtime foe michael myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on halloween night four decades ago. That said, its still a good idea to rewatch the 1978 film before going into the 2018 one. Any franchise that spawned that much iconic imagery, along with almost a dozen sequels and remakes, has to be. Jamie lee curtis returns to her iconic role as laurie strode, who comes to. Halloween 2018 follows on from the original movie, picking up decades later. You know a horror flick is huge when a teaser for a trailer is released, and thats exactly what the official halloween 2018 twitter account posted on wednesday morning. While much of the story behind the movie is still a mystery, director marcus dunstan has given some halloween returns plot background and other info. Forty years after his killing spree michael myers escapes while being. The plot of 2018s upcoming halloween movie has been revealed, and it definitely sounds like itll be an interesting return for michael myers. This article is about the sequel to the original film.
Jamie lee curtis screams new life into halloween 2018. Weve seen the new movie halloween, and were telling secrets. Halloween kills cast, plot, release date, and all the. Jason blum will bring a new halloween to the big screen. Halloween was released digitally on december 28, 2018, and was released on 4k ultra hd bluray, bluray, and dvd on january 15, 2019. Halloween kills cast, plot, release date, and all the latest news. When does the new halloween movie come out in cinema in uk and usa. This movie appears to be a direct sequel to the original halloween, and will follow the films heroine laurie strode and her. Update the majority of this story has been removed at the request of universal studios. The story was eventually fleshed out so that all of the sequels were ignored from the new films continuity, and the ending of the first film was retconned in what. The new halloween movie is ignoring the sequels and heres why. The new halloween, which is confusingly and frustratingly titled just halloween, ignores all of the failed followups to the original slasher classic. The fact it works as both means that green who flirted with the idea of directing the suspiria remake. As much i hate to say this, im not sure that david gordon green, danny mcbride and the people behind a new sequel to john carpenters halloween really understand what made the first film a masterpiece.
Halloween was released in 2018 on friday, october 19, 2018 in nationwide movie theaters. New plot details revealed for blumhouse halloween dread. The film broke various records, including biggest movie opening with a female lead over 55 years old, the. Blumhouse head jason blum says halloween kills is big, which means we could be in for.
The first plot details for halloween 2018 have been revealed after the first trailer premiered at cinemacon. I just got off the phone with him and he confirmed to me that ben is coming back. It was just the other day that we shared new firstlook images from blmuhouses upcoming direct sequel to john carpenters halloween. Samuel loomis shot him off of the doyle house balcony at the end of the movie. Birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one harley quinn downhill 2020 sonic the. New halloween trailer reunites michael myers and laurie. Its the 11th film in the halloween franchise, but only the second in the story it. How does this film fit into the halloween franchise. Ranbir sartain, michaels new psychiatrist after dr. Halloween is a great update to the 1978 original, but it comes with its fair share of glaring plot holes. But halloween rises above mere fanservice nostalgia. The new film also echoes the originals ending, in which michael falls from a balcony window after getting shot by dr. Loomis death, inform them that michael is able to speak, but chooses not to.
The new halloween movie is ignoring the sequels and heres. The new halloween is a slasher movie with an actual message. Halloween is the 2018 sequel to halloween 1978 written by david gordon green and danny mcbride, with green also directing the film. The new halloween is everything youd want out of a new. The films primarily focuses on serial killer michael myers who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, judith myers. Test screening for new halloween movie reportedly went.
This is what the new halloween movie will be about. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The film also marks the return of jamie lee curtis to the franchise, reprising her iconic role as laurie strode. It might have been difficult for green to let go of halloween ii as part of the films plot.
Ill admit that pointing out plot holes in a movie like halloween, which defies the laws of physics and basic human. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of haddonfield, illinois. Along with the confirmation of dustan comes the first plot synopsis for the film. He told me earlier about leaked halloween scripts going around the office. That makes this new halloween an act of fan service disguised as a horror movie.
New photos and plot points were also revealed, and halloween looks to be one of the creepiest horror movies of 2018. Nick castle pulls the mask off michael myers in exclusive. New halloween movies dated for release in 2020, 2021. The plot of 2018 s upcoming halloween movie has been revealed, and it definitely sounds like itll be an interesting return for michael myers. Laurie strode and michael myers are battling out one final time in the halloween 2018 movie. Their highly anticipated take on the legend of michael myers is admirable in its thematic relation to carpenters vision, but the nononsense, tightlydirected aspect of the. Halloween kills is a very big movie with a large canvas teases blumhouse boss ryan scott feb 18, 2020. Halloween is yet another reboot, revival, whatever, that once again fails to recapture the thrill and horror of the original. A variety of reports have surfaced about the plot of this years halloween sequel, which features the return of jamie lee curtis as laurie strode. Halloween debuts in both the uk and usa on the same date friday, october 19, 2018. The new halloween, treated as a direct sequel to john carpenters noteperfect 1978 original, is built on callbacks.
The new halloween is a slasher movie with an actual. Furthermore, word is that this is the main plot point that got john carptener on board. Laurie strode has cut herself off from haddonfield in a trickedup. Michael myers returns for the second part of david gordon greens new halloween trilogy. But is it possible that the new halloween 2018 movie, which picks up where the original john carpenterdirected film left off, actually kills michael myers once and for all. The new halloween is a satisfying showdown that belongs. While the movie will be the 11th installment in the series, the story will ignore all prior entries besides the original.
But the addition of a postcredits plot twist that teases a sequel undercuts its quality. Halloween is an american horror franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as novels, comic books, merchandise, and a video game. With jamie lee curtis, judy greer, andi matichak, james jude courtney. Halloween returns is said to be a standalone movie in the. Everything you need to know about halloween kills, the sequel to the 2018 halloween reboot, including release date, cast and plot. And thats one thing you could never say about the original. The halloween 2018 release date is fast approaching, as fans prepare for the eleventh installment in the franchise and sequel to the classic 1978 movie. Yes thats right, the final showdown between laurie strode and michael myers will take place in 2018 s halloween. Yep, ignore all of the halloween movies that were released after 1978 and there were. The movie is to be released on october 19, and picks up from where the original halloween left off. On or about august 31, 2009 the film was in development status. It has been revised for the films wide theatrical release.
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