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‘Halloween’ Sequel Reportedly Filming This Fall With October 2020 Release Planned
We’ve been waiting on official word about a sequel to last year’s smash hit Halloween, and it looks like we’ve got pretty concrete confirmation today courtesy of Collider!
According to the site, multiple sources have indicated that Blumhouse’s sequel will film this coming Fall, “and that Universal will likely release the horror movie on October 16, 2020.”
Deals haven’t been finalized at this time, but Collider also notes that Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak are all expected to return as the Strode family.
Last we had heard, Scott Teems was in talks to write the script and nobody knew if Danny McBride and David Gordon Green would be back, but Collider does report that Gordon Green not only wrote the script but will indeed be returning to direct. Both Jason Blum and Jamie Lee Curtis, it’s worth noting, had been adamant about Gordon Green returning.
Will John Carpenter be back to provide a brand new score? For what it’s worth, he made it pretty clear last year that he was very open to heading back to Haddonfield once more!
Given the fact that Halloween made over $250 million worldwide last year on a $10 million production budget, none of this comes as any surprise. After all, Michael can never truly die.
Zazie Beetz must fight her way through a New York City high-rise serving as a temple to Satan in They Will Kill You, and it’s officially set to make its global streaming debut next week.
They Will Kill You begins streaming exclusively on HBO Max on Friday, June 12. The film will debut on HBO linear on June 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Beetz leads the cast as Asia, who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering. Patricia Arquette, Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, and Heather Graham also star.
Kirill Sokolov (Why Don’t You Just Die!) directs from a script he co-wrote with Alex Litvak (Predators).
IT filmmaker Andy Muschietti produces alongside Barbara Muschietti and Dan Kagan. Executive producers include Sokolov, Litvak, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, and Carl Hampe.
The raucous action horror comedy delivers on blood-splattery fun, but was overshadowed by high profile sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. It’s worth a watch for the talented cast, who commit to Sokolov’s zany action horror beats, include a rogue eyeball.
I wrote in my SXSW review, “Sokolov’s striking composition, dedication to carnage-fueled stunts and fight choreography, and an all-too-game cast anchored by a dedicated and fierce Zazie Beetz prevent this slight but energetic crowd-pleaser from careening off the rails.” And, “it’s so brazen and unabashed in its pursuit of cinematic thrills and splatstick chills that it succeeds in its aim, which is to deliver a riotously great time at the theater.”
More of a physical media fan? On June 30, 2026, They Will Kill You will be available to own on 4K UHD™, Blu-ray™, and DVD from online and physical retailers.
New Line Cinema/Nocturna’s “They Will Kill You,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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