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Blumhouse’sHalloween(aka . Halloween2018 ) is reportedly undergo additional picture taking or " reshoots " in the wake of its first test screenings . The film is a direct sequel to John Carpenter ’s original 1978 slasher classic that ignores the events of everyHalloweenmovie discharge since then . Halloweenstar Jamie Lee Curtis is reprising her iconic function as Laurie Strode in the movie , with Judy Greer ( Ant - Man ) and Andi Matichak ( Orange is the New Black ) costarring as Laurie ’s girl and granddaughter , severally .
Danny McBride , who cowrote the film with theatre director David Gordon Green , has saidHalloween2018 will tip its hat to other sequelsin the dealership . TheHalloweenfootage show at CinemaConlast month confirmed as much , revealing the events ofHalloweensequels past tense will be treat in the film as myth and urban legends that have sprung up since Michael Myers ' ill-famed execution spree , forty years ago . Blumhouse is expected to secrete the firstHalloweentrailer footage in the good future , but it sounds like the picture show will be undergo some post - production rescript before then .
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fit in toBloody Disgusting , Green is gearing up for extra picture taking onHalloweenfollowing a late run screen for the celluloid . BD ’s sources report the chief finish is to tweak the picture show ’s " finale " ( read : ending ) with these reshoots , presumptively in response to audience reaction to the former stinger . However , beyond that , it does n’t sound like Green will be making too many major alteration to the rough cut of the film .
extra picture taking and reshoots are common practice nowadays for everything from big - budget tentpoles to lower cost film producer - drive fare , so it ’s not surprising thatHalloweenis rolling camera again in post - production . Changing endings is nothing out of the average for Blumhouse films either ; the studio retool the conclusions toGet OutandHappy Death Dayjust last year alone . Both of those movies were arguably meliorate by their revised finales , so that bodes well for whatever changesHalloween ’s conclusion is going through now .
Meanwhile , Blumhouse has yet to set a firm release date for the firstHalloweentrailer . It ’s possible the trailer will arrive in theaters with next month ’s horror filmHereditary , but Universal and Blumhouse may hold off on releasing it untilThe First Purgehits theaters over the Fourth of July skeletal system . The movie is still more than five calendar month out , so the studio would be ok waiting until Green is done with extra picture taking , to ensure they ’re put their best foot forward .
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