Last week came the surprising news that David Gordon Green had been tapped to helm the long brewing “Halloween” remake, that this time around, has franchise creator John Carpenter involved as an executive producer and quality control measure. But *record scratch* — the movie won’t be a remake. That’s right, according to Green’s bud Danny McBride, who will be co-writing the horror picture, the duo won’t be yet again rebooting the narrative of Michael Myers, but instead, they’ll essentially be picking up where “Halloween II” left off.
“… it’s not a remake. It’s actually, it’s gonna continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way. And for our mythology, we’re focusing mainly in the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there,” McBride told Cinema Blend.
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And that approach is perhaps not a surprise. “Halloween II” is the last movie in the series to have Carpenter credited as a screenwriter (he was a producer on “Halloween III“), and he’s long voiced his disapproval of the recent versions, so it might explain why he’s so jazzed on Green’s take. And despite McBride and Green previously teaming on broad comedies like “Your Highness” and “Pineapple Express,” they promise there will be no laughs with this project.
“Green and I are definitely going to [do] a straight-up horror. ‘Halloween’ has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. There’s a simplicity and an efficiency to that first one that I think allows the movies just to be scary as hell. And so Green and I, our approach is to get back to that,” McBride added.
Thoughts? Let us know below. “Halloween” opens on October 19, 2018.