SlashersNo. 6422 · The 2026 edition
Everything We Know About David Gordon Green's 'Halloween'
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at bloody-disgusting.com.
About this
A Bloody Disgusting editorial rounding up everything known as of September 2017 about the then-upcoming David Gordon Green film Halloween (2018), covering the rights deal, John Carpenter's involvement, the writers, the timeline and Jamie Lee Curtis's return as Laurie Strode. It explains that the film is a continuation rather than a remake, carving a new path from the 1978 original. The page also carries a second editorial ranking six dark fantasy films that horror fans might enjoy.
The list
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06
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2013
Tommy Wirkola directs this fun, CGI-heavy action-thriller reframing the fairy tale as monster-slayer origin story.
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05
The Wolf House 2018
Chilean animated film (La Casa Lobo) framed as faux propaganda from a death-cult leader inspired by Colonia Dignidad.
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04
The Brothers Grimm 2005
Terry Gilliam reimagines the brothers as con-artists; stars Heath Ledger and Matt Damon; not a masterpiece but fun.
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03
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic 2010
Six studios animate the nine circles of hell; gory, loose adaptation recommended to Castlevania fans.
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02
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009
Patrick Tatopoulos prequel; doomed werewolf-vampire romance amid a medieval uprising; more Michael Sheen as Lucian.
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Solomon Kane 2011
MJ Basset's underseen Robert E. Howard adaptation, horror-steeped; James Purefoy as a puritan John Wick; planned trilogy never finished.
Facts from the original
- On May 23, 2016, it was announced that Blumhouse, Miramax and Trancas International Films were partnering to revive the Halloween franchise after Dimension lost the rights.
- John Carpenter came on board as executive producer, creative consultant and potential composer.
- Carpenter said the film would arrive 38 years after the original Halloween and that he would help make the 10th sequel the scariest of them all, adding that Halloween needs to return to its traditions.
- Carpenter described Michael Myers not as just a human being but as a force of nature, like the wind.
- On February 9, 2017, David Gordon Green was announced as director of the new Halloween, co-writing the Carpenter-approved script with Danny McBride.
- Also on February 9, 2017, the film's release date was announced as October 19, 2018, which remained unchanged.
- In a February Facebook statement, Carpenter praised the vision Gordon Green and McBride presented with Jason Blum.
- McBride said he and Gordon Green were thrilled to step outside their comedic collaborations and dive into a dark and vicious horror, and that nobody would be laughing.
- McBride told CinemaBlend the film is not a remake but would continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way.
- McBride said their mythology focuses mainly on the first two movies and what that sets up, then where the story can go from there.
- McBride said they wanted to recapture the simplicity and efficiency that made the original so effective.
- McBride strongly suggested Michael Myers would not be a supernatural being who cannot be killed.
- McBride argued it is more horrifying to be scared by someone standing in the shadows than by someone who cannot be killed pursuing you.
- McBride suggested that making Michael scary again may mean erasing his familial connection to Laurie Strode, saying making them siblings made the story not quite as scary.
- It was assumed the new film would pick up sometime after Halloween 2 (1981), proceeding as if the franchise never continued past that point.
- Jamie Lee Curtis was confirmed to reprise the role of Laurie Strode in the new film, revealed to be simply titled Halloween.
- Jamie Lee Curtis tweeted: 'Same porch. Same clothes. Same issues. 40 years later. Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween.'
- A press release gave the first plot details: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
- The press release stated that inspired by Carpenter's classic, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film.
- The author concludes that only the original 1978 Halloween likely happened in this alternate timeline, which would explain how Laurie Strode is still alive.
- The author expects Halloween 2018 to be set in Haddonfield on Halloween in the present day, centered on the final clash between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers.
- There was still a good chance John Carpenter would score the film, though nothing had been confirmed at the time of writing.
- The article was published September 18, 2017.
From the original
The piece traces the road to the 2018 Halloween. In May 2016, Blumhouse, Miramax and Trancas International Films announced they were reviving the franchise after Dimension lost the rights, with John Carpenter aboard as executive producer, creative consultant and possible composer; Carpenter promised a return to the series' traditions and called Michael Myers a force of nature, like the wind. In February 2017, David Gordon Green was announced as director and co-writer with Danny McBride, and an October 19, 2018 release date was set and held. Carpenter publicly praised their vision, while McBride stressed the film would be a dark and vicious horror rather than a comedy, and insisted it was not a remake but a grounded continuation of Myers' story drawing mainly on the first two movies. McBride also hinted Michael would not be a supernatural, unkillable being and suggested the sibling link between Michael and Laurie Strode might be erased as something that made the idea less effective. In September 2017, Jamie Lee Curtis was confirmed to reprise Laurie Strode in a film simply titled Halloween, and a press release described her final confrontation with Myers while saying the story carves a new path from the 1978 original. The author concludes that the new film likely ignores everything after the 1978 movie, which would explain Laurie still being alive, and speculates it will be set in present-day Haddonfield. John Carpenter scoring the film remained a possibility, but unconfirmed.
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