It’s been a good while since we’ve had a Halloween movie. The last one was the sequel to the reboot, and hit nearly decade ago. While it was lovingly directed by Rob Zombie, it was kind of a dud (sorry, Rob!). This seemed to close the book on the whole franchise.

Well, not quite. Now, the idea is being revisited — except this time as a direct sequel to the original movie, and will ignore all other films that came after it. It’s exactly six months until the movie’s release, and in celebration of that, Universal released a new poster for the upcoming slasher flick.

Universal Pictures will release Trancas International Films, Blumhouse Productions and Miramax’s Halloween on Friday, October 19, 2018.

Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Master of horror John Carpenter will executive produce and serve as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

Halloween will also be produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the Halloween series since its inception, and Bill Block (Elysium, District 9). In addition to Carpenter and Curtis, Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner.

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SOURCE: Universal