On the press tour for his latest micro-budget high grossing horror movie Truth or Dare [read our review here], super producer Jason Blum revealed that he’d recently watched a first cut of David Gordon Green’s Halloween sequel, and here’s what he had to say to Digital Spy about it: “I feel really good about it, I […]
Halloween Returns director Marcus Dunstan explains the significance of the film’s title
Marcus Dunstan, director of franchise reboot Halloween Returns, has revealed the meaning of the horror film’s title in an interview with Youtuber The Myers Fan. SEE ALSO: Halloween “recalibration” coming from Saw writers Dunstan, who will also write the film with his Saw collaborator Patrick Melton, elaborated on the lack of punctuation in the title […]
Dimension loses Halloween movie rights, Halloween Returns reportedly scrapped
Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Dimension has lost the rights to the Halloween franchise, with Miramax said to be shopping the property around in search of a new distributor. The report goes on to state that Marcus Dunstan’s “recalibration” of the slasher series, Halloween Returns, is likely to be scrapped, with Miramax starting over on […]
Michael Myers heading back to the big screen for Halloween Returns
It looks like Michael Myers is heading back to the big screen for a “recalibration” of the Halloween franchise post-Rob Zombie, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Marcus Dunstan (The Collector) is set to direct Halloween Returns from a script by himself and regular collaborator Patrick Melton (Saw IV – The Final Chapter). Here’s the plot […]
John Carpenter rebooting Halloween once again for 2018 release
It’s been rumoured and developed for some time, but the Halloween franchise is finally making its way back to the silver screen with original director John Carpenter serving as executive producer. The horror maestro announced the project via Facebook. “David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are joining the project to complete the creative team,” he […]
Halloween “recalibration” coming from Saw writers
With many of horror’s classic big-bads being rejuvenated and renewed many times over, it seems that one of the genre’s biggest figures, Michael Myers, is set to return in a new film from Dimension Films. The Hollywood Reporter is today reporting that a new chapter of the Halloween franchise is set to go before the […]
Michael Myers will be played by a new actor in the upcoming reboot, with original Michael actor making a cameo
When news first started trickling in about the Halloween reboot, we learned a few things right away. One: John Carpenter would be back to compose the score. Two: That Jamie Lee Curtis would be returning in a film that would be a retcon of the sequels that came after. Three: That original Halloween actor Nick […]
Exclusive: Danny McBride says the new Halloween references every other Halloween movie
Back in February of last year, it was announced that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride were developing a brand new instalment in the Halloween franchise, which would see John Carpenter returning to the series as executive producer, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode. It was subsequently revealed that the […]
SXSW Exclusive Interviews – Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Josh Brolin on The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
The new Netflix comedy The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter premiered at SXSW yesterday, and Flickering Myth’s Rafael Motamayor was lucky enough to catch a few words with director Jody Hill and stars Danny McBride and Josh Brolin. In addition to the new movie, McBride also spoke about his recent faux movie Dundee: The […]
Jamie Lee Curtis hints that she has finished shooting Halloween
It was only a couple of weeks ago that the returning Laurie Strode shared her first picture from that famous Haddonfield porch. Now Jamie Lee Curtis has posted the following image that appears to suggest her time on the Halloween sequel is at an end. Does this mean that the original scream queen’s role is […]
