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‘Halloween Kills’ Has Officially Been Bumped to October 2021 [Teaser]
John Carpenter has taken to social media this afternoon to make the unfortunate (but expected) announcement that Halloween Kills is no longer releasing this Halloween season.
Instead, the sequel to 2018’s Halloween will now release on October 15, 2021.
An official statement penned by John Carpenter and director David Gordon Green reads, “If we release it in October of this year as planned, we have to face the reality that the film would be consumed in a compromised theatrical experience. After weighing our options, we have chosen to push the film’s theatrical release by one year.”
Read the full statement and check out a brief teaser for Halloween Kills below. The film is set to pick up directly after Halloween 2018, and the clip picks up where we left off…
In a perfect world, the plan was for Halloween Kills to release in 2020 and for trilogy-ender Halloween Ends to release one year later, in 2021. Alas, this world is far from a perfect one.
Halloween Ends will now release on October 14, 2022.
I know you all have been looking forward to an update on the status of “Halloween Kills”. Here it is: pic.twitter.com/EWivyipYgR
— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) July 8, 2020
— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) July 8, 2020
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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