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Monday, August 31
Despite Halloween II's box office returns only taking third place during its opening weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports that Halloween 3D is in development. Considering Halloween II was beaten by another horror movie, The Final Destination, which was shot in 3D, the Weinstein Co.'s decision to make a third Halloween in 3D is no surprise.
Rob Zombie, who wrote and directed both of the Halloween remakes, claims he will "never" return for a third, and Weinstein Co. co-chairman Bob Weinstein says that they're negotiating with an experienced horror director to take over Halloween 3D who will bring a "different take" to the franchise. However, if Zombie hates the unnamed director's "take," Zombie's history shows that he may return anyway.
Next Showing: Halloween 3D is scheduled to arrive in theaters summer 2010.
Posted 8/31/2009 by Ryan
Related: Robert Weinstein | Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II | Halloween 3
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Thursday, August 27
Originally, Rob Zombie was happy to sit out of the sequel to his remake of Halloween, but when directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury dropped out, and Zombie heard what other prospective directors were planning for Halloween II, he finally stepped in.
Zombie explained to MTV why he couldn't stay away from Halloween II.
I just got protective of the series, because I had spent so much time trying to revive the whole thing that it looked like they were just going to go back in and destroy it.
Zombie didn't want the new Halloween movies to end up like the original series where "every one had a different director, a different guy playing Michael Myers, a different story line" and seemed, to Zombie, to be "shooting off in all different directions." Working on Halloween II, Zombie felt more freedom, claiming the sequel had "less baggage" than the 2007 remake. The results have Zombie pleased.
Everybody liked the stuff that was different, new. There was nobody raising their hand going, "Yes, please give me more of the same old crap! I love seeing the same old crap!" Even though studios seem to think that's what everybody wants, nobody wants it.
Zombie may have felt "protective" for Halloween II, but claims he will "never" return for a third Halloween.
Posted 8/27/2009 by Ryan
Related: Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II
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Tuesday, August 4
When Rob Zombie decided to write and direct the sequel to his Halloween remake, he had less than a year to get it into theaters. Luckily, Zombie found the sequel was easier to work on. "The first one had a lot of ... baggage? I guess that's the word? Whereas this one had none," he told DreadCentral. "What's great about following up your own movie is now it's all new. The thought of past Halloweens hasn't even entered any of our minds."
One of the biggest changes Zombie has made was the look of killer Michael Myers, which hasn't been easy for fans of the original to appreciate:
Michael Myers is funny, because that's the character that nobody wants to see change. They always want him to be and look the same. For me one of the main things that interests me about making Halloween is making that character change. When approaching this film I was like, well, where did Michael go? Did he disappear into the shadows like a ghost and then suddenly reappear? What I thought would be cool and kind of scary would be if he were like right out there in plain sight and no one notices him anymore because he just looks like a homeless bum. When you see pictures of him it looks odd, but within the context of the film it makes perfect sense. It's interesting because that happens sometimes. I mean you see these homeless people, and you're like — who are they? They could be f**kin' serial killers for all you know. Maniacs. But you don't pay any attention to them. Michael is just living on the fringe of society.
Zombie has already stated that he will not do a third Halloween and the latest TV spot claims that Halloween II completes Zombie's "terrifying vision." Still, that doesn't mean that Myers won't be back:
[Halloween II] is a much darker, dirtier, nastier, and more psychotic world. After this there's nothing more we can do. That doesn't mean that there won't be more, there just won't be more involving me.
See the new, homeless look of Michael Myers in the trailer below:
Next Showing: Halloween II opens August 28, 2009
Posted 8/4/2009 by Ryan
Related: Halloween | Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II
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Tuesday, July 28
Rob Zombie dropped by MTV and was asked whether he would like to make another Halloween. Zombie kept his answer brief:
No. I could not see that in any shape, way or form. Never. If I told you [why], you wouldn't believe me.
Zombie did confirm an appearance by "Weird" Al Yankovic in the movie, though in what capacity Zombie would not say. "'Weird' Al was awesome," said Zombie. "I would get 'Weird" Al back before I would do Halloween 3."
Posted 7/28/2009 by Ryan
Related: Rob Zombie | Halloween | Weird Al Yankovic | Halloween II
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Tuesday, June 30
With almost every horror movie franchise being remade recently — Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre to name a few — Nightmare on Elm Street wasn't far behind. Robert Englund has been the only actor to appear in the series as Freddy, the dream-wandering psycho killer until Jackie Earle Haley was cast for the remake. In an interview with FearNet, however, Englund seems perfectly content to not be involved with the new Elm Street and sounds pretty excited about what director Samuel Bayer has in mind:
I really am looking forward to how they exploit the dreamscape with CGI and all of the new technologies that they have at their fingertips. That is something I think that is appropriate and that's what I'm looking forward to. My feeling is that [producer] Michael Bay — this guy has more money than God — would not put his name on this if he didn't have some real love for the franchise. He wants to reboot it and reimagine it, and I hope he wants to reimagine it and make it different.
Englund seems pleased with Haley wearing the knife glove this time around and is very taken with Haley's interpretation of the character;
I love Jackie's character. Jackie is not big, and I think that Jackie'ssize is gonna really work for him as Freddy Krueger. Because I've always in my mindset imagined… One of the metaphors or one of the images I've used for Freddy is a little rabid dog that just bites your ankle and holds on. A little yelping dog. And I think Jackie brings that, with his own physicality, to the role, without ever having to work it a little bit. He doesn't really have to work that. He brings that naturally with who he is, which I think is really part of the way I see it.
Englund hope Haley will be allowed to make changes as well:
I'd even like to see Jackie dressed a little differently. Jackie's a wonderful young actor. Let him make it his own. I always used to think of alternates to what I wore in that and I would say, after wearing that sweater for eight movies and a television series, "Maybe he would wear overalls, because he's a janitor." Maybe the hat could be different; maybe it could be a baseball hat or an old frayed baseball hat or something. Maybe the sweater is a vest or maybe it's an old thermal undershirt, those colors or something like that. I mean you've got to keep some of the mythology there. Obviously he's got to be burned and everything. But I sort of hope they avoid my silhouette, and I hope they alter the glove a little bit, rough it up a little bit or make it more [David] Cronenberg or something. I don't know. I just want them to liberate themselves.
Remakes can often not live up to the original, and Englund is sensitive to that fact, but doesn't want that held against the Elm Street remake:
The remakes are tricky. But it's something Hollywood's been doing since the 1920s. I mean they've remade A Star is Born six times. I'm in one of them for God's sake!
Next Showing: A Nightmare on Elm Street opens April 16, 2010
Posted 6/30/2009 by Ryan
Related: Robert Englund | A Star Is Born | Michael Bay | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Jackie Earle Haley | Halloween | Friday the 13th | Nightmare on Elm Street | Samuel Bayer
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Monday, June 22
Rounding out the end of the summer will be Rob Zombie's follow-up to his Halloween remake, Halloween II or H2 depending on what trailer or poster you've seen. While some of the previous trailers have focused on the psychology of Michael Myers, the new trailer Dimension has released wants to satisfy the true horror fans. Watch it below:
Next Showing: Halloween II opens August 28
Posted 6/22/2009 by Ryan
Related: Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II
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Tuesday, June 16
Two of the TV spots for H2, Rob Zombie's sequel to his remake of Halloween, reveal a new look Zombie has given to the famously masked Michael Myers: his own face. Watch them below:
Details begin to change in the longer, sixty-second TV spot, such as the title becoming Halloween II instead of H2. The spot also claims that the "the secret behind the madness" of Myers "will finally be revealed," even after Zombie's Halloween spent a good hour showing Myers' upbringing and evolution into a psychotic killer. H2, or Halloween II or whatever it ends up being called, shows that the real cause for Michael's descent into madness is a Mommy complex:
Posted 6/16/2009 by Ryan
Related: Halloween II | Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II
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Tuesday, June 2
Cinema Blend has posted a new image from H2, Rob Zombie's followup to his remake of John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Say hello to Tyler Mane as the new Michael Myers.
Posted 6/2/2009 by Rich Z
Related: John Carpenter | Halloween | Tyler Mane | Rob Zombie | Halloween | Halloween II | Jamie Lee Curtis
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Thursday, December 4
Right when Rob Zombie was trying to get out, they pull him back in. Possibly.
Last September, Zombie told Entertainment Weekly that he was not going to be involved with any Halloween sequels. Instead, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury were supposed to direct the sequel, but, like the Hellraiser remake the French duo dropped out of, they dropped out of Halloween in November as well, opening the director's chair for anyone who wanted it.
Now, according to ShockTilYouDrop, it appears as though Zombie will return to direct Tyler Mane as Michael Myers in the sequel. The move would end a director search and put the film back on track to start shooting in March. Zombie was working on his Tyrannosaurus Rex movie, which would be made after the Halloween sequel, though Zombie has yet to confirm or deny the rumor.
A bigger question is, should they make a sequel at all? Tell us what you think!
Posted 12/4/2008 by Ryan
Related: Rob Zombie | Halloween
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Tuesday, December 18
Tis the final DVD Tuesday before Christmas and a plethora of new releases have arrived, just in time to serve as handy stocking stuffers for the movie lovers in your household. Summer blockbuster The Simpsons Movie sits atop the list, followed by Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween, Matthew Vaughn's fantasy adventure Stardust, Jason Lee's live-action/CGI Disney flick Underdog and Dan Fogler's ping pong comedy Balls of Fury.
Our DVD pick this week is Braveheart Special Collector's Edition, featuring a beautiful, digitally remastered version of the last great pre-CGI epic. Freeeeeeeeedom!!!
Posted 12/18/2007 by reelz
Related: Braveheart | Balls of Fury | Underdog | The Simpsons Movie | Halloween