Halloween 9

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When is this coming?? Does anyone have any news on this?.. www.halloweenmovies.com has posted that news is coming soon. But then again they said the same thing two years ago then nothing. I know that the producer of The halloween franchise Moustapha Akkad was killed in a bombing recently.
 
I just seen this on Moviehole.net about Halloween 9:

"Q.Hey, what is up with Halloween 9!?! It seems like every time supposed movie news is reported to be close by, Miramax/Dimension never lets up. I can understand with the death of Moustapha Akkad but is news going to be reported shortly or will it be ages before we hear anything? Just wondering. P.S. Your site is always a good source for movie news. Thanks :) - Philip
A. Buttering me up gets you everywhere
 
As what I posted yesterday it seems like the latest rumours state that Rob Zombie is being lined up to direct Halloween 9. Also IMDB has some cast already listed for the film, including Lindy Booth, Billy Dee Williams, Rob Brown and Alexa Carter. Although that cast list may be a lot of rubbish!
 
I think a prequel is a great idea. It would be interesting to see when Michael Myers first went into the asylum and how his evil developed during his stay there.
I wonder though if they did go for this idea, who would play Dr Loomis now that Donald Pleasence is dead? Maybe they will get someone else to play him.
I hope they do make Halloween 9 though. Halloween 8 was a bit disapointing to be honest, but a prequel sounRAB like a great idea for a story and if made right, will be really great. I just hope John Carpenter will be persuaded to come back in the director's chair. Rumours were spreading recently about Carpenter being approached to remake the original Halloween film, but I think he's already dismissed those rumours I'm not sure.
 
I sometimes wonder myself. Although The halloween Franchise is a strong one. All the films have had huge returns on their small budgets. The Original halloween is still the highest grossing low budget film ever.

Problem now is. where to take the series. The last one halloween ressurection was poor. mainly because No Donald Pleasence and only a cameo for Jamie Lee Curtis.

Also the the series has 2 continuities. Parts 1,2,45,6 are one. The other Parts 1,2,h20,ressurection.

Personally the best sequel was halloween 6 but not the theatrical Version(Which is so flawed its unwatchable) But the Producers cut. (43 minutes of alternative footage and original score) The problem here because of the Death of donald plesence the directer went back and reshot & re-edited the film. Thus making a mess of it. The orginal intended Ending(P-Cut) whould have carried the series forward in a different direction.
Now do they make a prequel or sequel? I dont think a prequel would work. They would have to replace the actor to play Dr loomis. In my opinion No actor could, Donald Plesence made Loomis his own. A standalone sequel? Well maybe. If it had a good directer. Zombie!!!! Doubt it!! But it could work. Link the Two continuities. Bring back some familiar characters. A son of Loomis, Sherriff Brackett from the first and second films. He would have a reason to hunt Myers.
The fans want a good new Halloween movie. To be fair the series is good but the fans have been also shafted from time to time with lame entry's in the series. :)
 
An excellent post. I would also love to see some of the older characters. I'm very surprised Sherriff Brackett disapeared from the franchise as quick as he did. He more than anyone you would have thought would want revenge on Michael Myers after the death of his daughter in the first film.
As for the sequels, Halloween H20 was a great sequel and definatley one of the best sequels since the original. Halloween 8 was okay in parts, but wasn't that good a sequel I felt.
I've heard so many rumours about the storyline of Halloween 9 though, I don't know which one to believe, lol.
 
I would be happy to see Steve miner back as director for halloween 9. he done a good job with H20. he could have slowed it down a bit. The script was written by Kevin williamson of scream fame. Thats what let h20 down for me. Aparently Rob Zombie has said he hated all the halloween sequels so it would make him an unusual choice!! I really Hope Sheriff brackett returns. What about little linRABey wallace from the first film? She would all grown up now. having her team up with Tommy doyle could be interesting!!! Personally i would like to see this as the Final halloween film. I hope we never see a Michael Myers V's movie like freddy V jason (Although i did enjoy) Halloween is a classic and it deserves to remain a classic. I just hope the big wigs at dimension listen to the fans and give them what they want :)
 
Every one is dissmissing a prequal because Donald has passed.. But why must the Prequal include him or his character .. plus we are talking about a Movie franchise that killed off the main Girl who was untouchable (i believe the death of Jamie-Lee to be a mistake).

WE need pinhead ,jason, michael ,Freddy vs Ernest with a final destination theme .. now that whould be a cool movie
 
I dont like the idea of a prequel. They would have to change a lot we know about the character of Micheal myers. according to the Character of Dr Loomis who quotes That Myers Never Talked or hardly moved for 15 years mainly a catotonic patient binding his time. hardly makes for a lot interesting backstory. Unless they they go back to the Dr wynn, Cult, Thorn storyline started in part 5 and featured heavily in both versions of part 6. Although I would not see Dimension films going down this line of the franchices continuity mainly again because Part 6 theatrical version was mess and the P-cut has never been released commercially and without Dr loomis wouldnt work. I like halloween 6 The Producers Cut. Its the Best Sequel in the Franchise. The unreleased P-cut is in my opinion closer to the first film in suspence values. The Directer Joe Chappelle must have been smoking crack when he went back and recut the film. Leaving us with a thaetrical mess of a film but The Thorn Storyline has never sat well with the fans. And truthfully is a bit silly.

My money is more on the rumoured missing years idea. If you watch the start of h20 you can see a map on the wall were they have been Myers sightings or possible links to Micheal myers where abouts. Possibly Dr loomis and his nurse at least suspected Myers was still alive and they Knew Laurie Stroud wasnt dead/ This is interesting. This could fill in the Gap bettween Halloween2 and H20. Where had Myers been since 1978 till 1998? and then reappering a few years later for Halloween resurrection.!!This at least opens some new ideas into the franchices storyline.

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DIMENSION FILMS TO MAKE NEW “HALLOWEEN” FILM;
AUTEUR FILMMAKER ROB ZOMBIE TO WRITE AND DIRECT

Trancas International Films to Produce
Along With Rob Zombie and Andy Gould

Yes according to www.halloweenmovies.com this is now official. Well Good luck to him. At least at this pre production stage there at least is hope for halloween 9 or will they call it that?? I hope they keep John carpenters & Alan howarths original score. I hope Mr zombie doesnt tweak the music to much :confused:
 
It would be easy enough to bring her back. They could just say that her body disappeared from the morgue and everyone simply assumed that Michael had stolen it. Later on, Laurie rescues a seemingly doomed teenager from Michael.

Teenager: "You're Laurie Strode? But I read about you. Michael killed you!"

Laurie: "Resilience runs in my family!"
 
It was criminal to get rid of Laurie the way they did. Now I'm not saying the decision to kill her off was a bad one, I actually thought it was a nice idea, but to include the death of her in such a dire film as "Resurrection" ! lol. It was an awful, MTV-like movie with a really loose concept behind it with some dire acting.

I agree with the poster who said number six, "Curse" was the best of the sequels. Couldn't agree more. I think that film is very under-rated. Loomis was good in it (shame about that ending though, and RIP D.P.) But anyway, 6 did a good job. It didn't go overboard, and it was actually a lot more sensible many franchise sequels that far down along the line.
 
part six is the best sequel. can i ask. have you seen the producers cut? It has 43 minutes of alternative footage. The ending in this version is awesome. Second best ending in the series The theatrical versions last reel is terrible with a shit ending.

Jamie lee curtis wont be back. she only agreed to resurrection to kill of the Character of Laurie strode.

Its a shame that that they replaced the actress danielle harris who played little jamie lloyd carruthers(like the homage to jamie lee curtis in the name!!!) in part 4 & 5 with Jc brandy for part Six.(although I'm told this was due to the fact dimension films wouldnt pay her asking fee for the role) I would like to have seen her charcter return for another installment. So strange to kill her off so early in part 6( theatrical version) She has a very different fate in the producers cut.

I just want to see the franchise back on track. i hope dimension films announce some news about halloween 9 soon.
 
Well, despite the onslaught of crappy horror hollywood put out, there's been a few decent ones out in the past few years, and as long as the studios cough up some cash and get together a decent script, cast and director, the ninth one could bring halloween back on track.

I just hope they don't ruin it by trying to hard to make the ninth one something overly special or fancy. They tried to employ a gimick with the eighth one and look how that turned out. Halloween 6 and H20 were both decent films, and in my opinion, the best of the sequels. They went back to basics; small cast, simple story and linked them in with the origins of the movie. However, now Laurie, Loomis, Marion Chambers and Jamie are dead in the movie's universe, I think it'll be hard to really re-capture the essence of those successful sequels that worked because there was a protaginst the audience knew to some extent and cared for (especially the diehard Halloween fans). Although "John Tate/Strode" is a possible candidate to carry the franchise the on, I doubt any writer would include him. One; they're very unlikely to get Josh Harnett back, and I don't know whether they'd bother trying to recast the role and, Two: Chances are, they won't want to go for a male lead in a slahser film.

It's going to be interesting to see which direction they do choose to take with the ninth film.
 
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