Jamie Lee Curtis Working on New 'Halloween' Movie
by EG
It's been 15 years since Jamie Lee Curtis played Laurie Strode, the character she originated in 1978's Halloween. She'll reprise the role, however, in a new installment in the franchise due out next year. There's been no shortage of Halloween movies, both with and without Curtis involved, and the franchise has been plagued in recent years by subpar remakes and reboots. This time around, though, original director John Carpenter is on board as executive producer, and the movie is being directed by David Gordon Green, creator of Eastbound and Down.
Cue the iconic piano notes.
Jamie Lee Curtis is returning to Halloween, the horror franchise that helped to launch her career.
"Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN, released by Universal Pictures October 19, 2018. #HalloweenMovie," Blumhouse Productions tweeted Friday.
"Same porch. Same clothes. Same issues. 40 years later. Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween," Curtis tweeted.
David Gordon Green, the co-creator of HBO's Eastbound and Down and director of movies such as Pineapple Express and Our Brand Is Crisis, will helm a new movie that will have a script co-written by him and frequent collaborator Danny McBride. That announcement was made in February by John Carpenter, the co-creator of the franchise and director the 1978 original.
Blumhouse, Miramax and Trancas are the production entities involved. Carpenter will executive produce along with Gordon Green and McBride’s Rough House Pictures.
"David and Danny both came to my office recently with Jason Blum and shared their vision for the new movie and … WOW. They get it. I think you’re gonna dig it. They blew me away,” Carpenter wrote then. "I might even do the music. Maybe. It could be kind of cool. And you’ll get to see it in theaters on October 19th, 2018."
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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