Following the announcement back in July that the storyline of 2018's Halloween will continue in the sequels Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, it's now been revealed that Anthony Michael Hall will play a grown-up version of an iconic character from 1978's Halloween.
Variety's Justin Kroll reports that Anthony Michael Hall has been cast to play Tommy Doyle in Halloween Kills. As those familiar with the history of Haddonfield know, Tommy, along with Lindsey Wallace, was babysat by Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) on the fateful Halloween night of 1978, when Michael Myers returned to his hometown to kill those unfortunate enough to get within striking distance of his butcher knife and lethal hands. Tommy was a crucial element of John Carpenter's Halloween, viewing Michael Myers as the boogeyman and trying to warn Laurie that someone was lurking in the shadows of Haddonfield long after the trick-or-treaters went inside for the night.
In the original Halloween, Tommy Doyle was played by Brian Andrews, and a grown-up version of the character was played by Paul Rudd in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. It was previously reported by Collider's Jeff Sneider that Rudd was offered to reprise his role as Tommy, but was unable to take it on due to a schedule conflict with the new Ghostbusters movie.
In addition to Anthony Michael Hall, Halloween Kills will feature Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode, with Sneider previously reporting that deals are in the works to bring back Judy Greer as Laurie's daughter, Karen, and Andi Matichak as Laurie's granddaughter, Allyson.
Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends are expected to shoot back to back, with the former slated for an October 16th, 2020 release, and the latter coming out on October 15th, 2021 via Universal.
Halloween (2018) director David Gordon Green will return to helm both Halloween Kills (from a screenplay written by Green, McBride, and Scott Teems) and Halloween Ends (from a screenplay written by Green, McBride, Paul Brad Logan, and Chris Bernier).
Blumhouse is once again teaming up with Universal Pictures, Trancas International Films, and Miramax to bring the new Halloween movies to life.
With 1978's Halloween and 2018's Halloween sharing the same timeline, the upcoming sequels will form a new quadrilogy in the Halloween franchise.
There's no word yet if Lindsey Wallace will also be returning in the next Halloween sequel, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed for Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, and in case you missed it, we have official details and the teaser video for both films below.
"In response to the global fan enthusiasm for last year’s Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by David Gordon Green, which went on to become the highest-grossing installment in the classic horror franchise at more than $250 million worldwide, Universal Pictures today announced release dates for two new films in the iconic Halloween series, from Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions.
HALLOWEEN KILLS will be released on Friday, October 16, 2020.
Written by David Gordon Green & Danny McBride & Scott Teems, based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the film will be directed by David Gordon Green and produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Ryan Freimann are executive producers. Ryan Turek is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.
HALLOWEEN ENDS will be released on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Written by David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, and Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier, based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the film will be directed by David Gordon Green and produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Ryan Freimann are executive producers. Ryan Turek is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.
These new titles take the place of previously announced Untitled Blumhouse Productions Projects."
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