the commercial looks damn good!



Following the wave of remakes that had begun in Hollywood, on June 4, 2006, Dimension announced that Rob Zombie, director of House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, would be creating the next installment in the Halloween franchise.[4] The plan was for Zombie to hold many positions in the production; he would write, direct, produce, and serve as music supervisor for the film.[4] Bob Weinstein approached Rob Zombie about making the film, and Zombie, who was a fan of the original Halloween, and of John Carpenter, immediately jumped at the chance to make a Halloween film for Dimension studios.[4] Before Dimension went public with the news, Zombie felt obligated to inform John Carpenter, out of respect, of the plans to remake his film.[5] Carpenter's request was for Zombie to "make it his own".[6] During a June 16, 2006 interview, Rob Zombie announced that his film would combine the elements of prequel and remake to the original film. Zombie insisted that there would be more original content in the new film, than just simply reshot material.[7]


From top to bottom: Tyler Mane as adult Michael Myers, director Rob Zombie and Daeg Faerch as young Michael Myers.His plan is to reinvent Michael Myers, because, in his opinion, the character, along with Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Pinhead, has become more familiar to audiences, and as a result, less scary.[8] The idea behind the new film was to go deeper into Michael Myers's back story. A deeper back story would add "new life" to the character, as Zombie put it.[7] The mask itself will be given its own story, to provide an explanation as to why Michael wears it, instead of just simply stealing a random mask from a hardware store.[9] Zombie explained that he wanted Michael to be more true of what a psychopath really is. Zombie wanted the mask to be a way for Michael to hide. He wanted the young Michael to be charismatic, and for that to be projected onto the adult Michael. Zombie decided that Michael's motives for coming back to town should be a bit more ambiguous; "was he trying to kill Laurie, or just find her because he loves her?"[5]

Also, Michael would not be able to drive in the new film, unlike his 1978 counterpart who stole Loomis' car so that he could drive back to Haddonfield.[9] Zombie also wants the character of Dr. Loomis to be more intertwined with the character of Michael Myers, as opposed to what Zombie saw as just popping in and out to say something dramatic.[8] On December 22, 2006, Malcolm McDowell is announced to be playing Dr. Loomis[10] McDowell stated that he wants Loomis to have a tremendous ego; to be someone who is out to get a new book from the ordeal.[9] Although Zombie was adding more history for the character of Michael Myers, creating more original content for the film, he chose to keep both the trademark mask, and Carpenter's theme song, intact for his version of the film (despite an apparent misinterpretation in an interview suggesting the theme would be ditched).[7] Production officially began on January 29, 2007.[1] Shortly before production began, Zombie reported that he had seen the first production of Michael's signature mask. Zombie stated, "It looks perfect, exactly like the original. Not since 1978 has The Shape looked so good".[11]

Filming took place in the same neighborhood that Carpenter used for the original Halloween.[9] Production would officially end on March 22, 2007.[citation needed] By the end, Zombie expressed that it was not his intention to leaving it open for a sequel, and he has no plans on returning to work on a sequel, although Malcom McDowell has stated that he has signed a contract for him to appear in two future Halloween movies.





[Edited 8/4/07 17:50pm]

nope

my boyfriend is pretty hyped.
i haven't seen the original

I am not going to get hyped

I am interested to see what they do with a remake

time will tell

I'm excited about this for sure. Zombie has an encyclopedic knowledge of horror films and he truly has a lot of respect for John Carpenter's original film. I'm confident that he won't screw this up. And even though purists are pooh-poohing this latest remake, let's be honest, some horror remakes aren't that bad. The "Chainsaw Massacre" remake was actually fairly decent.

Nope