Halloween Kills: John Carpenter officially announces return of original characters in horror sequel
New film is a must for fans of the 1978 original
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Your support makes all the difference.John Carpenter has revealed some exciting news about the new Halloween film, with its new trailer explains one big Michael Myers mystery.
While announcing that Halloween Kills has been delayed by an entire year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the filmmaker also officially announced that the sequel will see the return of some familiar names.
In what he described as “a cast of legacy characters”, Carpenter and director David Gordon Green said that the new film will not only see the return of Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode, but Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews), the young boy she babysits in the 1978 original.
Others to appear include Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens), the nurse who works with Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance), high school bully Lonnie (Brent Le Page) and Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cypher), best known for his quote, “It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.”
Also showing up in Halloween Kills will be Tommy’s friend, Lindsey Wallace (Kyle Richards). In the original, she is babysat by Annie, who is killed by Myers.
Stephens, Cyphers and Richards will reprise their respective roles. Anthony Michael Hall and Ronnie Longstreet will play the adult versions of Tommy and Lonnie.
Halloween Kills will be closely connected to the original, catching up with the first survivors of Myers’ original murderous rampage in Haddonfield, Illinois.
The first teaser for the film explains how Myers evades death once again – as fire engines rush to the burning building he’s stuck inside, Laurie begs the firefighers to “let him burn”.
Even if they don’t manage to save Myers in time, it’s no stretch to assume he’ll escape somehow considering his knack for getting out of seemingly fatal situations.
The film is a direct sequel to 2017’s Halloween reboot. It will be released on 15 October 2021.
“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,” Carpenter explained in a written statement.
“After weighing our options, we have chosen to push the film’s theatrical release by one year.”
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