Halloween [expect an addition to the title] is a 2017 American reboot of the slasher horror film series that director John Carpenter began in 1978 and that has generated a total of nearly $400 million in worldwide box office.
This new project replaces Halloween Returns, which had been announced for 2016 by Dimension Films and was due to be directed by Marcus Dunstan (Feast and sequels; The Collector; The Collection).
The 2017 film will be a joint production between Blumhouse, Miramax, and Trancas International Films, with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Trancas’ Malek Akkad (Halloween: Resurrection; Halloween [2007) and Halloween II [2009]) acting as producers. Announcing the new movie to the press, executive producer John Carpenter said:
“Thirty-eight years after the original Halloween I’m going to help to try to make the tenth sequel the scariest of them all.”
Jason Blum added: “Halloween is one of those milestone films that inspired everyone at our company to get into the world of scary movies. The great Malek Akkad and John Carpenter have a special place in the hearts of all genre fans and we are so excited that Miramax brought us together. We cannot wait to find and collaborate with the right filmmaker to give Halloween fans the movie they deserve.”
Source: The Wrap
