New 'Halloween' Movies Set for 2020, 2021

The list

1. 01

   Halloween Kills 2020

   First of the two new sequels, opens Oct. 16, 2020; Green directs, Curtis stars.

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2. 02

   Halloween Ends 2021

   Second new sequel, opens Oct. 15, 2021; Green directs, Curtis stars.

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3. 03

   Halloween 2018

   Franchise's highest-grossing entry at over $250M worldwide; 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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4. 04

   Halloween 1978

   John Carpenter's original film, which the 2018 movie directly follows.

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Facts from the original

• Universal Pictures announced back-to-back Halloween sequels opening in 2020 and 2021.
• The 2018 Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by David Gordon Green, became the highest-grossing installment in the franchise at more than $250 million worldwide.
• The first new film is titled Halloween Kills and opens Oct. 16, 2020.
• Halloween Ends opens a year later on Oct. 15, 2021.
• David Gordon Green will direct both films and Jamie Lee Curtis will star.
• The 2018 Halloween was the 11th installment in the franchise, five of which included Curtis, and a direct sequel to John Carpenter's original 1978 movie.
• Nick Castle returns to portray Michael Myers, who escapes custody and heads for Haddonfield, Ill., for a final showdown with Laurie Strode on Halloween night.
• The 2018 film was produced by Trancas International Films, Blumhouse and Miramax and earned some of the best reviews for a series entry.
• The 2018 Halloween holds a 79% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Carpenter returned to executive produce and compose the score for the 2018 Halloween.
• Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions return as producers for the two new films.
• Green and McBride will write both new installments, the first along with Scott Teems and the second along with Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier.
• Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block are producers on both films.
• Carpenter, Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, McBride, Green and Ryan Freimann are executive producers.
• Ryan Turek is overseeing for Blumhouse.
• In the original film, Michael Myers has spent 15 years locked in a sanitarium under child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis.
• On the night before Halloween in 1978, Myers escapes and returns home to Haddonfield, Ill., where he stalks high-school student Laurie Strode, played by Curtis in her film debut.
• The original Halloween was directed by Carpenter from his own script and begins with six-year-old Michael killing his teenage sister on Halloween in 1963.
• In the 2018 film, Curtis' character has a final confrontation with Myers, who has haunted her since she escaped his killing spree four decades earlier.
• The 2018 film depicts Strode as a reclusive grandmother still traumatized, praying nightly for one more chance to dispatch Myers; after he escapes prison, she gets her wish.
• The 2018 film also starred Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton and Virginia Gardner.