Rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie is resurrecting Michael Myers, one of the big screen's favorite horror villains.
Zombie will write and direct a new "Halloween" movie, serving up what is being called as a brand-new vision for the long-running horror series. He will also serve as a producer and a music supervisor on the film.
An October 2007 release is being planned. Disney's Miramax Films will co-finance the development with former Miramax chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein's Dimension Films.
The movie will not be a sequel or a straight-ahead remake of the 1978 original -- which helped director John Carpenter cement his name in the horror business -- but a reimagining that will infuse new blood into the Myers story.
"The look and the feel is going to be completely different," Zombie said in an interview. "'Halloween' started off as a very terrifying concept, a terrifying movie. But over the years, Michael Myers has become a friendly Halloween mask. When it came to the point where you could buy a Michael Myers doll that was cute-looking and press its stomach and play the 'Halloween' theme, you knew the scare factor was gone.
"But I think the story and the situation is scary. All it needed was someone to come in and to take a totally different approach to make it scary again. To me, that's the challenge and that's the fun."
Needless to say, the movie will not pay heed to the numerous sequels. The last Halloween film, "Halloween: H20," came out in 1998.
"Everything that has come before does not figure into this one," Zombie said. "That series is done."
And while Zombie aims to keep the scares and the character more real, the mask will remain.
"That's an iconic image that can't go away," he said.
Zombie wrote and directed "House of 1000 Corpses" and last year's "The Devil's Rejects," which proved to be extremely profitable theatrically and on DVD. A lot of horror movies have been thrown his way, but he wanted to be choosy when it came to his third film.
Zombie is a fan of the original and said he sought Carpenter's blessing.
"He said, 'That's awesome, go for it,"' Zombie said. "He was very supportive, which I thought was very important. I feel like 'Halloween' is his baby, and I wanted to be very respectful."
2006-06-19 14:03:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
its not his fild,as it is he stold the texas chainsaw massacre,twisted it and made it his own. i swear if he puts micheal in "space" like they did with jason i will kill him!! i like the fact and i have told him this on myspace that him makeing the movie is going to rock! it dose need more gore ect.. and hes the man that can get it done no doubt about that,but.. if they mess with micahels looks the movie will be a flop! and i hate that its not going to be following the past films... hmm he better do this film some justice. if not im going to be pist! im a huge halloween fan ! trust me i have known about this film since lasy summer and the closer it got to the press release the more him makeing the movie upset me. i say will see........
2006-06-19 14:15:11 · update #1
ohh devilbuddha you should watch the original halloween its worth it! its very well made for its time and to think they only had a budget of three hundred thousand to begin with,wow thats very impressive to me.
2006-06-19 14:27:15 · update #2
well, I don't like that they're trying to rehash old ideas and sell them to a new generation in a repackaged bundle of trite-ness, but H20 was horriblly cheesy
I've never seen the original but I'm sure rob's version of it will be better, which is the whole point I guess. money money money.
I wish he'd make another trip-out movie like house of 1000 corpses, the devil's rejects was too short for all the information it was trying to convey. it was dumb in the end, but essentially a good idea. I don't mean the ending was dumb, I mean the finished product.
2006-06-19 14:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, halloween 7 and 8 isn't scary, but other halloween sequels is ROCK!!! I don't like new director too, because the real taste will be gone, but if the real director doesn't enough to get a scary point so I think we'll give Rob Zombie a try. If he made it, you are happy, aren't you??? ^_^
2006-06-20 09:09:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is one of those films you just don't touch. BUT, Rob Zombie is a huge fan of the classics and I believe he'll approach this with alot of respect.
2006-06-20 01:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Dinger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a link in which we could view??
2006-06-19 21:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Callie Ann ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not like him as a filmmaker.
2006-06-19 21:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by usserydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
me also
2006-06-19 21:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by Tanna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is satan!
2006-06-19 21:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by blueeyz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋