Green is new to the genre. His previous work includes projects like stoner comedy 12 episodes of the HBO series and the drama So not only is he tackling a different kind of project, but he's contributing to one of the most beloved franchises in film.. Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her career-defining role as Laurie Strode, who survived her first encounter with killer Michael Myers in the 1978 original. Related: Carpenter is returning as executive producer, and is said to have been quite involved with the creative process. Green shared at the Hall H panel that he learned about the master of horror's phone settings during their first meeting. ' In the middle of the meeting his phone went off and it was the theme from Halloween,' Green said, 'a nd I almost lost it.' Rather than following up the last movie in the non-Rob Zombie lineage, Halloween: Resurrection, the new entry is a direct sequel to the first film.
That was a good decision, because Strode dies in the opening scenes of Resurrection, and Jamie Lee Curtis' return is one of the biggest draws of the reboot. The move does further confuse, since filmmakers have already tried to restart it several times. Halloween 3 saw the franchise unsuccessfully try to dump Myers and become an anthology, 4-6 played host to Myers' return and stalking of his niece Jamie, H20 and Resurrection ignored 4-6, and then Rob Zombie came along to make two Halloween films entirely unrelated from the rest.