Zombie plots new mayhem for 'Halloween'

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   Halloween 2007

   Planned Rob Zombie reimagining of the 1978 classic; Zombie writes, directs, produces, and music supervises.

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Facts from the original

• Rob Zombie is resurrecting Michael Myers for a new Halloween movie.
• Zombie will write and direct the film, described as a brand-new vision for the long-running horror series.
• Malek Akkad of Trancas International Films will produce along with Andy Gould of Vision Entertainment Group.
• Rob Zombie will also serve as a producer and music supervisor.
• Miramax Films will co-finance development with Dimension Films.
• The movie is not a sequel or a straight-ahead remake of the original John Carpenter film, but a reimagining.
• Zombie said the look and feel will be completely different.
• Zombie said Halloween started as a terrifying concept, but Michael Myers became a friendly Halloween mask over the years.
• Zombie cited cute Michael Myers dolls that played the Halloween theme as evidence the scare factor was gone.
• Zombie believes the story and situation are scary and needed a totally different approach to be scary again.
• The movie will not pay heed to the numerous sequels that followed the 1978 classic.
• The 1978 classic introduced masked psycho serial killer Myers and the famous piano theme.
• Zombie said everything that came before does not figure into this film and that series is done.
• Zombie aims to keep the scares and the character more real, but the mask will remain.
• Zombie called the mask an iconic image that cannot go away.
• Zombie wrote and directed House of 1000 Corpses and last year's The Devil's Rejects.
• The Devil's Rejects was extremely profitable theatrically and on DVD.
• Zombie was choosy about his third film despite many horror movies being offered to him.
• Zombie is a fan of the original Halloween and sought John Carpenter's blessing.
• Carpenter was very supportive and told Zombie to go for it.
• Zombie felt Halloween is Carpenter's baby and wanted to be respectful.
• An October 2007 release is being planned.
• Dimension president of production Richard Saperstein, senior vp production Matthew Stein, and director of development and production Alex Franklin will oversee the project for Dimension.
• Bret McCartney of Trancas International will oversee production for Trancas.
• Zombie is repped by Paradigm, manager Gould, and Myman Abell Fineman Greenspan & Light.