Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills
Directed by	David Gordon Green
Produced by	Malek Akkad Jason Blum Bill Block
Written by	David Gordon Green Danny McBride Scott Teems
Based on Characters by	by John Carpenter Debra Hill
Starring	Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Kyle Richards Anthony Michael Hall Dylan Arnold Robert Longstreet Charles Cyphers Nancy Stephens James Jude Courtney Nick Castle
Casting by	Sarah Domeire Terri Taylor
Music by	John Carpenter
Cinematography	Michael Simmonds
Editing by	N/A
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Production studios	Blumhouse Productions Miramax Trancas International Pictures Rough House Productions
Release	October 16, 2020 (United States)
Running time	TBA
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Halloween (2018)
Followed by	Halloween Ends (2021)

Halloween Kills is a forthcoming film in the Halloween franchise. Announced on July 19, 2019, by John Carpenter, Halloween Kills is followed by Halloween Ends. The film continues the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. The film will be released on October 16, 2020

Cast

• Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
• James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle as Michael Myers
• Andi Matichak as Allyson Nelson
• Judy Greer as Karen Nelson
• Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace
• Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle
• Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam
• Robert Longstreet as Lonnie Elam
• Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers
• Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett
• Donald Pleasence as Samuel Loomis (archive footage/CGI)

Premise

40 years ago, Michael Myers (Nick Castle) murdered three teenagers on a Halloween night in 1978 40 years later, Michael (James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle) returned and began a storm of horror in Haddonfield Exactly two years after the events of the previous film, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), now trying to have a new life with her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak), returns home to Haddonfield. Unfortunately, on a Halloween night, Laurie's appearance also brings about the return of Michael Myers, putting Laurie, Karen, and Allyson, along with Allyson's friends, and the whole town of Haddonfield in danger

Production

Pre-production

In June 2018, McBride confirmed that he and Green had originally intended to pitch two films that would be shot back-to-back, and then decided against it, waiting to see the reaction to the first film stating that: "We were going to shoot two of them back-to-back. Then we were like, 'Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. This could come out, and everyone could hate us, and we'd never work again. So, let's not have to sit around for a year while we wait for another movie to come out that we know people aren't going to like.' So, we were like, 'Let's learn from this, and see what works, and what doesn't.' But we definitely have an idea of where we would go [with] this branch of the story and hopefully we get a chance to do it."

In September 2018, producer Jason Blum said that "we will do a sequel if the movie performs". By October 2018, after the film's opening weekend, McBride confirmed that early development on a sequel had begun.

In February 2019, Collider exclusively confirmed Scott Teems was in talks as the screenwriter, having collaborated with Blumhouse Productions on several projects in development. Teems had also written a story treatment for the film prior to the negotiations. Blum, Akkad, and Block will return as producers, while Curtis, Greer, and Matichak are expected to reprise their roles.

In June 2019, it was reported that a sequel will begin filming in September 2019, with Green returning to write the script and direct and Curtis, Greer, and Matichak reprising their roles from the 2018 film. In July 2019, the titles and release dates of two sequels were announced: Halloween Kills, set to be released on October 16, 2020, and Halloween Ends, set to be released on October 15, 2021. Green will direct both films and co-write the scripts with McBride, and Curtis will reprise her role in both films. Teems was confirmed as a co-writer for Halloween Kills, while Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier were announced to co-write Halloween Ends.

Casting for extras were announced in late August, 2019.

Casting

On July 26, 2019, it was confirmed that Nick Castle will return for both sequels for some scenes as Michael Myers with James Jude Courtney again playing Myers for the majority of the films.

On August 26, 2019, it was announced that Anthony Michael Hall would join the cast as Tommy Doyle, a character originally portrayed by Brian Andrews in the first Halloween film.

At some point, it was reported that Paul Rudd, was approached to reprise his role, but declined due to his commitments to the Ghostbusters film also coming out in 2020.

On August 30, 2019, it was announced that Kyle Richards would reprise her role as Lindsey Wallace from the original film.

On September 5, 2019, it was reported that Robert Longstreet would play a character named Lonnie Elam. Tristian Edgerling would later be cast as a young Lonnie, following his appearance in the Halloween Kills teaser.

On September 27, 2019, Nancy Stephens, who portrayed Nurse Marion Chambers in the original film and its sequels Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, was cast to reprise her role.

Jibrail Nantambu is set to reprise his role as Julian from the previous film; while Victoria Paige Watkins and Brian F. Durkin joined the cast.

Filming

In July 2019, a spokesperson for Blumhouse Productions confirmed that Halloween Kills and its sequel Halloween Ends will commence production and filming in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time.

The movie commenced filming September 9, 2019.

According to a film permit obtained from the city, there will be a news reporter scene giving updates on the events of the 2018 film. Filming in Wilmington on September 20 to 21 involved a car wreck scene.

Additional filmography will include simulated gunfire occurring on September 27, September 30, and October 1.

On November 1, 2019 Jamie Lee Curtis unveiled through her personal Twitter account a First look at the mayhem David has created for this film.

On November 2, 2019, filming wrapped.

Promotional Videos & Trailers

Halloween Announcement

HALLOWEEN KILLS Official Trailer TEASER (2020) Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers Movie HD

External links

• Halloween Kills on Wikipedia
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