| ‘Halloween’ Sequel Hires ‘Firestarter’ Scribe To Pen Script
As far as reboot-sequel hybrids go, David Gordon Green‘s Halloween is one of the best. The 2018 film paid respect to its 1978 predecessor by relying on familiar themes and tones original fans would recognize while also introducing its iconic horror figure, Michael Myers, to a new and much younger audience. Raking in $253.7 million at the box office last year, there was no doubt that a sequel was in order. Now that one has been confirmed, the creative pieces are being put together. New reports confirm that Firestarter writer Scott Teems has been hired to pen the script for the upcoming Halloween sequel. More on the report below.
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| Deal: ‘Halloween’: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Box Set
Amazon’s latest impossible-to-resist Blu-ray Deal of the Week is Anchor Bay Entertainment/Shout! Factory’s Halloween: The Complete Collection limited deluxe edition Blu-ray box set for only $81.49 (that’s 52% off the list price of $169.99). The 15-disc set contains the classic original Halloween, all eight of its sequels, and both Rob Zombie‘s controversial 2007 remake and its only sequel that followed two years. We also hours of new and vintage bonus features, including the television cut of Halloween II, the long-awaited official release of the “Producer’s Cut” of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers remastered in high-definition, and an exclusive bonus disc with even more extra features. A full list of supplements is provided below. Note: This deal expires at 12 AM PST/3 AM EST next Sunday, April 12th.
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| Scream Factory To Release ‘Halloween II & III’ Blu-ray Collector’s Editions |
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Among the great companies out there releasing vintage horror, sci-fi, action, fantasy, and cult films on high-quality Blu-rays and DVDs, Shout! Factory is by far the best in the business. In recent years they’ve put out some fantastic box sets of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and given many of the finest B-movies produced by Roger Corman a much-deserved digital makeover, and nearly all of those releases were packed with terrific bonus features. The company’s dedication to giving the films and television programs in their catalog top-notch treatment has earned them accolades from critics and fans and fine sales figures. Shout! Factor has just announced the creation of Scream Factory, a new label that will specialize in releasing classic horror and science-fiction cinema from the 1970s and 80s on Blu-ray and DVD. Many of their titles will be making their debut in high-definition and each will be presented in brand new anamorphic widescreen transfers, with select titles receiving the full Collector’s Edition treatment. The Scream Factory line will launch this Fall with the release of the first two sequels to John Carpenter‘s horror classic Halloween – Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. You can check out the Blu-ray cover art and bonus features lists for both movies here below.
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| Halloweekend of Doom: 13 Movies To Haunt Your Halloween |
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It’s that time of year again, boys and girls! The temperature has dropped, the leaves have turned from green to varying shades of orange and red; children dress in the guise of their favorite characters, and the flickering of candles show the yellow grins of the jack-o-lanterns adorning the porches of your neighborhood. It’s Halloween, folks, and while there’s plenty of people out there that like cute, plastic pumpkins on their doors, we here at Geeks of Doom like our Halloweens a little more horrifying. So, it’s with this, Halloweekend, that I will be bringing to you a series of horror-themed features that showcase the wicked side of geek entertainment. In the second installment of what I like to call the Halloweekend of Doom, I will be exploring 13 films that will completely fill your Halloween. Don’t want to stop watching horror movies all day? I’ve got your back, sunshine. From midnight to midnight, this list is chock full of frightening elements. Not all are what I personally consider horror, but they’re all perfect for Halloween.
...continue reading » Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Debra Hill, Edgar Wright, Halloweekend of Doom, Halloween, Halloween II, House of 1000 Corpses, Idle Hands, Jack Nicholson, John Carpenter, Nick Frost, Psycho, Rob Zombie, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Shining | |
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| Surprise! ‘Halloween 3’ Will Be Moving Forward Without Rob Zombie & In 3-D!
Bob Weinstein, head of The Weinstein Company with his brother Harvey, has announced to the LA Times that they are already developing a third chapter in the re-booted Halloween franchise, that they will be calling Halloween 3-D — a loving tip o’ the cap to ’80s horror threequels. Shock rocker turned film maker Rob Zombie directed the first two movies in the resurrected franchise, but decided a while back that Halloween II (which opened this weekend) would be his last work in this world. Not to waste any time at all, the Weinsteins say that they already have another director lined up and in-negotiations, who does have experience with horror movies, and has an entirely new vision for Michael Myers — which means this may already be an whole new reboot within the reboot.
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