Stifle your screams Halloween fans, Michael Myers is back in a new film. With a new director.
Legendary Halloween director John Carpenter announced the creative team who will make the new film. David Gordon Green will direct this horror film project. Green's credits include the films Pineapple Express and Our Brand is Crisis. To pen the script will be Danny McBride of HBO comedies Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals.
The film will be released on Oct. 19, 2018.
John Carpenter Announces New 'Halloween' Film
Director John Carpenter, who directed the first Halloween film in 1978, will serve as co-writer, executive producer, and creative consultant. The film will be co-financed by Blumhouse and Miramax, while Green and McBride will executive produce via their Rough House Pictures.
Carpenter announced the new film via his Facebook.
"So you say you want a Revolution? You want to shake things up and bring back Halloween and make it rock again? Well, so do I," he said in the post.
He then shared the new team composed of Green, McBride and himself. He also shared that he met with Jason Blum to seal the deal. Blum owns Blumhouse Productions, known for budget horror flicks such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Ouija.
"They get it. I think you're gonna dig it. They blew me away," Carpenter said. He added that he might compose the music for the film, something he did for the first three installments.
In 2016, "38 years after the original," Carpenter expressed his desire to create the"10th sequel the scariest" film in the franchise.
A New Creative Team Gets Onboard
David Gordon Green is well-versed in terms of his portfolio. He directed dramas such as George Washington, Snow Angels, and All the Real Girls. He had a hand in the thriller Undertow, a pedigree he can carry over to the new Halloween. He helmed serious films such as Our Brand is Crisis and Manglehorn. He also did comedies, directing Pineapple Express and Your Highness.
Green also collaborated with Danny McBride in the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down. This partnership will carry over for the upcoming Halloween. McBride also starred in another HBO comedy Vice Principals, where he played the titular vice principal who is in a rivalry with another vice principal for the position of school principal. McBride will lend his comedic gifts in the film as a screenplay writer.
