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Happy 72nd Birthday to The Master!

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From his 1978 groundbreaking masterpiece Halloween, a film which single-handedly introduced the slasher genre to general audiences worldwide (while simultaneously going on to become one of the most successful independent films of all time), to his early classic features The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing and Christine (and many more), John Carpenter’s unique and subversive work as a filmmaker has been instrumental in defining genre cinema as we know it.

As for his efforts as a musician and composer, he’s further created some of the most iconic melodies ever written for the screen (you’re humming the “Halloween Theme” right now, aren’t you?) and he continues to do so to this day, as evidenced by his recent “Lost Themes” albums and live performances, and his score for Halloween (2018), among others.

In celebration of the man and his incredible and still growing body of work, everyone here at HalloweenMovies.com would like to wish Mr. Carpenter a very happy 72nd birthday!

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Halloween (1978)

The Fog (1980)

Escape From New York (1981)

The Thing (1982)

Christine (1983)

John Carpenter 2018 Tour Promo

Jamie Lee Curtis Wishes You ‘Happy Halloween’ with First Footage!

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Halloween series star and scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis took to Twitter this morning to offer up the first footage from director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, which is currently shooting in North Carolina. Check it out below!

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

In addition to Curtis, series cast members returning for Halloween Kills include Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak, who are joined by newcomers Robert Longstreet and Anthony Michael Hall.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers.

Happy Halloween!

Sheriff Leigh Brackett Returns in Halloween Kills

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We’ve been sitting on this news for a while here at HalloweenMovies.com, but today we’re happy to confirm Twitter account @Halloween_Fans’ tweet that another original cast member from John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween has returned for David Gordon Green’s currently shooting feature Halloween Kills: actor Charles Cyphers.

Cyphers, who portrayed ‘Sheriff Leigh Brackett’ in the seminal film (as well as the 1981 follow-ups Halloween II) will reprise his role in Green’s sequel to last year’s hit film Halloween (in its new timeline), joining actresses Kyle Richards (as ‘Lindsey Wallace’) and Nancy Stephens (as ‘Nurse Marion’) and series final girl Jamie Lee Curtis as ‘Laurie Strode.’ Joining them are Anthony Michael Hall (in the role of ‘Tommy Doyle’, taking over for Brian Andrews) and Robert Longstreet as ‘Lonnie Elam.’

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser for the films below.

Halloween Spoilers: A Message from the Editor

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Film spoilers: many hate them, while others actively seek them out. Being lifelong film fans ourselves here at Trancas International Films, we can relate. Some of us here can even recall the days before the internet, in which Halloween fans experienced the latest entry with little knowledge of the film’s narrative, other than what had possibly been gleaned from the flick’s trailer, television and radio ad spots, or set visit within the pages of Fangoria magazine.

So with Halloween Kills in production, and the start of Halloween Ends right around the corner, how do we balance both, in order to deliver an exciting and unspoiled cinematic experience for the fans who’d like it, but also satisfy the fans hungry for information? It’s a bit of a conundrum, and while Trancas won’t oversee in entirety either films’ marketing rollouts (amazing distributor Universal Pictures will be handling that, along with input from producing partners Blumhouse and Miramax, as they did with last year’s Halloween), we do also feel that we have some responsibility to you, the fans, many of who have been with us since the very beginning, when Michael first came home in 1978 (and thank you sincerely for continuing on this bloody journey with us).

So what’s our approach? Here at HalloweenMovies.com, we’ll stay as spoiler free as possible, and while we’ll certainly be providing you behind-the-scenes peeks and more from both films (and exclusive info as it comes in), those peeks will hopefully be enough just to whet your appetite, but not to sate it.

Because after all, in our estimation, there’s nothing like the feeling of sitting down in a theater, a bag of popcorn in one hand and a Coke in the other as the house lights go down and the screen begins to flicker a story unknown. Stories of shock, fear and fright, and stories we would never dream of spoiling.

Nancy “Nurse Marion” Stephens Returns in Halloween Kills!

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We’ve been sitting on this news for a while here at HalloweenMovies.com, but today we’re happy to announce that another original cast member from John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween has returned for David Gordon Green’s currently shooting feature Halloween Kills: actress Nancy Stephens!

Stephens, who portrayed ‘Nurse Marion’ in the seminal film (as well as the 1981 follow-ups Halloween II and 1998’s Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) will reprise her role in Green’s sequel to last year’s hit film Halloween (in its new timeline), joining actress Kyle Richards (as ‘Lindsey Wallace’), and series final girl Jamie Lee Curtis as ‘Laurie Strode.’ Joining them are Anthony Michael Hall (in the role of ‘Tommy Doyle’, taking over for Brian Andrews) and Robert Longstreet as ‘Lonnie Elam.’

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser for the films below.

Jamie Lee Curtis Wins Best Actress for Halloween (2018) at the Saturn Awards

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With the 45th annual Saturn Awards having taken place this past Friday night at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films honored many for their excellence within the genre, one of which was actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who won the award for ‘Best Actress in a Film’ for her portrayal of Laurie Strode in last year’s smash hit, the David Gordon Green-directed feature film Halloween.

“It’s Friday the 13th, it’s a full moon, and I’m the luckiest girl in the world,” Curtis said during her acceptance speech in which she accepted the award from presenter Jon Cryer, and sang the praises of many, including Green and filmmaker John Carpenter, who originated the horror series in which she’s become a staple via 1978’s Halloween.

“There are millions of people responsible for this (award),” she continued, “and those are the fans of this beautiful genre that has given me my creative life.”

You can watch her speech from the Saturns below.

Curtis returns to the Halloween universe next year in Halloween Kills (a direct sequel to last year’s Halloween), which is slated for release on October 16th of 2020. Produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, filmmaker Green returns for Kills to direct from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

Based on characters created by series originator Carpenter and Debra Hills, Halloween Kills and its impending 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

Our congratulations to Jamie Lee!

Lonnie Elam Returns in Halloween Kills!

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While Halloween’s final girl may have felt that Lonnie Elan probably wouldn’t get out of the sixth grade, HalloweenMovies.com is happy to report that the adult version of the school bully (who was first referenced in John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 film classic Halloween, and played by Brent Le Page) apparently did graduate, and will return in director David Gordon Green’s upcoming Halloween Kills, with actor Robert Longstreet assuming the role.

Longstreet, best known to horror fans for his turn as ‘Mr. Dudley’ in “The Haunting of Hill House,” will join original Halloween alumna Jamie Lee Curtis (as ‘Laurie Strode’) and Kyle Richards (as ‘Lindsey Wallace’), as well as Anthony Michael Hall (in the role of ‘Tommy Doyle’, taking over for Brian Andrews) in Green’s sequel to his hit film, last year’s recalibration Halloween.

Further casting news is of course forthcoming, but we’re fairly certain that fans of the franchise can expect the return of some more familiar names, and with them, some familiar faces, in the coming weeks.

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser for the films below.

Exclusive: Little Lindsey Wallace Won’t Know What Hit Her!

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HalloweenMovies.com is happy to report that actress Kyle Richards will return to Haddonfield!

Richards, who portrayed the character of Lindsey Wallace in John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 film Halloween is set to reprise her role in David Gordon Green’s upcoming feature Halloween Kills, coming to theaters October 16th, 2020.

No stranger to the genre, Richards previous roles include (in addition to Halloween) the horror flicks Eaten Alive (1976), The Car (1977) and The Watcher in the Woods (1980), although fans of reality TV may more recognize her from her appearances in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in which she portrays herself. The 50-year old actress, producer and author joins the previously announced Anthony Michael Hall (in the role of ‘Tommy Doyle’, taking over for Brian Andrews) and series star and lead Jamie Lee Curtis as Final Girl ‘Laurie Strode’ in director Green’s sequel to his hit film, last year’s recalibration, Halloween.

Said Halloween series producer Malek Akkad of Richard’s casting, “We couldn’t be happier, and are so excited that Kyle is coming home to her Halloween roots.” 

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser for the films below.

Anthony Michael Hall Joins Halloween Kills

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Word is in! Actor Anthony Michael Hall has joined the cast of Halloween Kills, essaying the role of Laurie Strode’s now grown-up ward Tommy Doyle!

Originally portrayed by actor Brian Andrews in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, and then by Paul Rudd in 1995’s Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers, Hall will step into the character’s shoes for the latest in the franchise, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, which is slated for release on October 16th, 2020.

Hall is best known for his work in the 80’s films Weird Science, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, with some of his later work comprised of The Dark Knight and Netflix’s The War Machine.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills (and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends) will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, Danny McBride, Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both films for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser!

Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends Coming 2020 & 2021

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The net’s been buzzing for months with speculation and rumor surrounding the potential continuation of the Halloween franchise, which was given new life last October via director David Gordon Green’s smash hit feature Halloween, a film which went on to make over $250 million worldwide at the box office.

Well, today the wait is over, as Universal Pictures has announced release dates for two new feature films in the iconic franchise from Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions: Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.

The first, titled Halloween Kills, is set for theatrical release on Friday, October 16th, 2020, with Green returning to direct from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and newcomer Scott Teems.

The second, Halloween Ends, intended as the finale of the saga, will be released on Friday, October 15th, 2021. Green will direct as well, from a script he co-wrote with McBride and writers new to the series, Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hills, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

The announcement comes on the birthday of late Halloween series producer Moustapha Akkad, of who his son Malek Akkad says, “No one would be more happy or more proud than my father, to see Halloween continue to resonate with fans all over the world.”

Check out a teaser!