John Carpenter To Executive Produce New "Halloween" Movie

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John Carpenter To Executive Produce New Halloween Movie
by Clark Collis
5/24/16


Legendary Master of Horror John Carpenter will executive produce a new movie in the Halloween series.

Carpenter began the franchise with his classic, Jamie Lee Curtis-starring 1978 slasher film Halloween, about a masked killer named Michael Myers. Miramax and Blumhouse Productions are co-financing development and production of the project.

Longtime series producer Malek Akkad – whose father Moustapha produced the original film – will oversee the project under his Trancas International Films banner.





“Thirty-eight years after the original Halloween I’m going to help to try to make the 10th sequel the scariest of them all,” said Carpenter in a statement.

“Halloween is one of those milestone films that inspired everyone at our company to get into the world of scary movies,” said Blumhouse chief Jason Blum. “The great Malek Akkad and John Carpenter have a special place in the hearts of all genre fans and we are so excited that Miramax brought us together. We cannot wait to find and collaborate with the right filmmaker to give Halloween fans the movie they deserve.”



The new movie will be the first Halloween film since 2009’s Halloween II, director Rob Zombie’s sequel to his 2007 remake.

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