Halloween 2018co - author Danny McBride reveals he and David Gordon Green almost pitched two sequels to be fritter away back - to - back – but decide better of it . The newHalloweenwill wipe the slate clean for the dealership , ignore the events of every other motion-picture show bar the1978 archetype . The 2018 film will act as as a unmediated sequel , and will fetch back Jamie Lee Curtis as iconic final girl Laurie Strode . serial Lord John Carpenter will also return to compose the score , while original Michael Myers performer Nick Castle will reprize the function fora couple of scenes .

This wo n’t be the first clock time theHalloweenseries has score the reset button . The enfranchisement has around four separate timelines already , include Rob Zombie ’s remake . The serial publication has become so tousle it would be virtually impossible to marry it all together at this point ; in fact , Curtis ' Laurie Strode has already died doubly across the differing timeline . The raw motion picture will also do off with the reveal thatMichael and Laurie are siblings , which was the electric shock twist of 1981’sHalloween II .

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Halloween 2018co - author Danny McBride is abig fan of the series , and in a new interview withEW , he reveals he and music director David Gordon Green almost pitch two moving picture that would be shot at the same meter . In the final stage , they decided to concentrate on one movie and see what the reception was before jump into a potential continuation .

We were go to pullulate two of them back - to - back . Then we were like , Well , let ’s not get ahead of ourselves . This could issue forth out , and everyone could detest us , and we ’d never work out again . So , have ’s not have to sit around for a year while we look for another movie to derive out that we sleep with citizenry are n’t going to like . So , we were like , let ’s determine from this , and see what works , and what does n’t . But we definitely have an idea of where we would go [ with ] this offshoot of the news report and hopefully , we get a luck to do it .

McBride ’s admission is interesting since the newHalloweenhas previously been framed as a one - off project from all convoluted . Jamie Lee Curtis has tag the Modern film as ' Halloween Retold , ' stating it ’s like the original but tell from the perspective of Laurie ’s granddaughter Allyson , make for by Andi Matichak . If that ’s the case , it does n’t feel like a big leap to ruminate Allyson could potentially maneuver up the series if a direct sequel toHalloween 2018happens .

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It sounds like McBride has a self-colored melodic theme of where the story could go beyond the current movie , but it ’s right smart too early to speculate what another movie could be about . That said , Jamie Lee Curtis has saidHalloween 2018will be herlast outing as Laurie , so it appear that no matter what happens next , this will be the fictional character ’s final showdown with Michael .

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