Jamie Lee Curtis is back as Laurie Strode in David Gordon Green’s Halloween, which will take place after the original classic and disregard *all* of the sequels. With filming underway, the actress recently gave us our first look at Laurie Strode in 2018, and Curtis shares another image of Strode with us today, this one a self portrait.
In the image’s caption, Curtis labels Strode a “survivor” and “protector.” It seems that Strode has remained in Haddonfield all these years… and she’s ready for Michael.
Set self portrait. Survivor. Protector. @halloweenmovie #HalloweenMovie pic.twitter.com/ojVpQGQuB2
— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) February 12, 2018
Judy Greer plays Karen Strode, Laurie’s daughter, while Andi Matichak landed the coveted role of the film’s young lead (daughter to Greer and granddaughter to Curtis).
The cast also includes Virginia “Ginny” Gardner (Project Almanac, Marvel’s “Runaways”), Miles Robbins (Mozart in the Jungle, My Friend Dahmer), Dylan Arnold (Mudbound, Laggies, When We Rise), and Drew Scheid (“Stranger Things”, The War with Grandpa). They will be playing the friends of Matichak’s Allyson.
Nick Castle will return to the role of Michael Myers, while stunt performer and actor James Jude Courtney has also been cast to play Myers!
Will Patton has been cast to play a cop. Rob Niter will play a member of the Warren County Sheriff’s Department. Rhian Rees is playing a character named Dana.
In Halloween, co-written by Danny McBride, “Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.”
Michael returns home on October 19, 2018.