Despite claiming he had no interest in directing another HALLOWEEN movie (you may remember he said the same thing about ever doing a remake), Shock Till You Drop are now reporting that Rob Zombie is expected to be announced as the director of HALLOWEEN 2 for Dimension Films this week.
The sequel is expected to film in March (previous reports of January were ambitious) and it’s an easy gig for Zombie who has struggled to get his pulp movie TRYANNOSAURAUS REX off the ground…
Last year’s remake made $58 million domestic, more than enough for a sequel to be a financial probability but despite the attachment of several other directors (including Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, directors of INSIDE), The Weinstiens always wanted Zombie to return. It would appear he had been hounded for a year about this project and finally relented and has agreed to return to Haddonfield along with Tyler Mane (the man behind the Shatner mask).
If Zombie does accept the gig in will be the first time in the franchise history that a director has returned for a consecutive movie in the series and only the second time a director has come back to helm Michael Myers again, after Rick Rosenthal did HALLOWEEN II (1981) and HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION (2002).
To give Zombie some credit. He used the actual killer character of Michael Myers better than anyone since John Carpenter. Without the “remake” restrictions, he might just have a good HALLOWEEN movie in him.
Wonder if he is writing the script too?
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I completely agree; Carpenter and Zombie are the only two directors that have produced Halloween films that are worthy of anyone’s attention. The rest of the franchise has been built around stale slasher film conventions and money-grabbing.
In some respects I think that the perpetuation of the franchise is completely unecessary and annoying, but on the other hand; Zombie did a better job than most people were willing to give him credit for. I’ll watch a sequel if it’s written and directed by Zombie because I think he’s one of the few American directors that truly understand the horror genre. If someone else signs on, I’ll sign off.
Zombie’s version of Carpenter’s classic failed. He was way too obsessed with the Myers character and could care less about the heart of the story, which is the Laurie Strode character. She was an underwritten after thought in his reamke. To me this is bad news! Plus even for the genre the guy is way to vile for this franchise!
Chuck
so not interested…i thought the first one was crap.i think rob zombie is able to make a better movie than a sequel to a remake.its time for him to bring us something a bit different.maybe they’re throwing a bunch of money at him.
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