Jamie Lee Curtis Confirmed for Halloween Sequel; Release Date Set

Jamie Lee Curtis is set to reprize her iconic theatrical role of Laurie Strode in next year’sHalloweensequel . The godfather of the slasher genre , John Carpenter’soriginal 1978 classicHalloweennot only introduced a templet for the faceless slasher killer in Michael Myers , it also introduced a fashion model for all future scream queens in Curtis ' resourceful yet frightened Laurie . Curtis would return for 1981 sequelHalloween II , in which the notorious reveal that Laurie was really Michael ’s sis occurred .

For those question how Curtis can return as Laurie in next year ’s David Gordon Green - channelise subsequence after being killed off inResurrection , the solution is that the serial persistence is being turn up inward yet again , with the Green / Danny McBride script film set to ignore everything afterHalloween II.Along with Blumhouse Productions ' proclamation of Curtis ' return come up check that the sequel ’s freeing date is still October 19 , 2018,contrary to a reportearlier this workweek that said the exit was being go to October 31 .

While Curtis ' return as Laurie can be explained away by the fact that the newHalloweensequel is a follow - up toHalloween II , less leisurely to explain is how Michael himself can rejoin after have his eyes shot out and being waste up by Dr. Loomis at the conclusion of that film . The Myers of the previous sequels was supernaturally perdurable , but co - author McBride has pronounce that theMyers will go back to being a human killerin this new picture show , albeit one who somehow survive six gunshots at the last of the originalHalloween . It will be interesting how he and Green manage to write themselves out of that recession .

As for aforementioned Myers nemesis Loomis , one assumes that he will have died in the explosion , as actor Donald Pleasance has long - since passed away , and a re - cast of the role seems improbable . Malcolm McDowell played Loomis in the Rob Zombie - directedHalloweenfilms from 2007 and 2009 , but his characterization of Loomis was quite different than the one played by Pleasance .