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John Carpenter is returning to the Halloween series, in a new collaboration with Jason Blum...

Now this is a surprise. Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions company are to put together a new Halloween movie – and they’re bringing John Carpenter back to the series.

Carpenter, who, of course, was responsible for the first Halloween movie back in 1978, will be returning to the series as executive producer. In the official press announcement, he’s quoted as saying that “38 years after the original Halloween I’m going to help to try to make the 10th sequel the scariest of them all”.

Blumhouse Productions is co-funding the new movie along with Miramax, and the plan is to have the new movie ready for Halloween 2017. This has presumably ends Rob Zombie’s involvement in the Halloween series, having directed the last two movies in the series.

As for who’s going to direct this new Halloween movie, that’s not yet clear (it's not Carpenter, not least because he's heading off on a music tour). But we’ll keep you posted as we hear more…

Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/h...#ixzz49Y93u3hT

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