Hot on the heels of the news that Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes is developing a controversial rebooting of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series comes word that the company is taking control of yet another iconic slasher horror franchise. That’s right, the next Halloween movie looks to be released under the company’s supervision.
For those who haven’t been keeping track: Platinum Dunes was also responsible for the remakes/reboots of Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Amityville Horror, Texas Chainsaw Masscre, and The Hitcher – all of which have premiered in theaters over the past ten years to decent financial returns ( and generally weak critical reception).
BD Horror News says that Platinum Dunes is currently in talks to take over the Halloween series – which was actually given a “fresh start” just five years ago with macabre Heavy Metal icon/filmmaker Rob Zombie offering a new take on the tale of Michael Myers, befitting of the “torture porn” era of horror moviemaking. Director Patrick Lussier was previously set to take over helming duties from Zombie on the next installment in the series, a 3D threequel simply titled… well, Halloween 3D, as was to be scripted by Todd Farmer (who also co-wrote Lussier’s My Bloody Valentine remake).
Lussier and Farmer are reportedly no longer involved with the next Halloween movie, now that Platinum Dunes is involved. Similarly, the 3D angle is being thrown out – along with any other potential “gimmicks” – in favor of a traditional 2D movie (like the company’s previous horror series do-overs).
The studio’s “updated” iterations of well-established horror properties have tended to be handled by filmmakers with less experience. As a result, some of these rebooted horror projects have served as career jump-starters – for people ranging from directors Marcus Nispel (Conan the Barbarian) and Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) to actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). As far as many moviegoers are concerned, though, that’s a thin silver lining at best – and a mixed blessing at worst.
Rooney Mara in the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' remake
Platinum Dunes co-heads Andrew Form and Brad Fuller (not Bay) tend to be directly involved with the company’s horror projects, and have a set model for how to reboot a classic slasher franchise (namely, make it “edgier,” more stylized, and amp up the body count/bloodiness). Expect Michael Myer’s next onscreen appearance to fit with that format.
So, if you’ve liked the company’s work to date, you should be okay with its version of a Halloween movie. As for everyone else: feel free to voice your dissenting opinions in the comments section.
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Source: BD Horror News
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Well, not sure how to take this news. IMO, Zombie’s version of Halloween was very good. It was a different take on the character. The sequel got a little too weird, but it was better than some of the older ones. Although PD has a murky track record, Amityville Horror & Texas Chainsaw were pretty good. This could totally tank, or surprise people, we’ll just have to wait & see. Does anyone know anything about a Hellraiser reboot?
hellraiser is getting a tv series!
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/54242/new-hellraiser-tv-series-works
rob förstörde hela halloween eran skönt att slippa han ,någon som vet när nya halloweenfilmen kommer ut??? hur länge ska man behöva vänta?? låt carpenter regiserra
Sorry i am calling BS, Brad fuller point blank said last year that PD is no longer making horror movies.
Well, with Friday The 13th, Nightmare On Elm Street & now Halloween reboot films being made under Platinum Dunes it should be easier for them to do another crossover film involving the 3 horror icons into a film. Maybe. Still no word on sequels to neither Friday The 13th or Nightmare On Elm Street.
In case I didn’t make it clear Bay was the producer of all those s*** PD remakes. That makes him very involved – it’s his money the director is spending.
If this is anything like any other ‘reboots’ Platinum Dunes have shat out in the last ten years then this is gonna be utter bollocks. Rob Zombie’s two, I thought, were brilliant, not as good as the originals, but giving a whole new, gritty take on the tale, and providing a much longed for backstory. It was more of a prequel than a remake, and therefore it was justified.
This new reboot is probably just gonna be created from a reject generic slasher script, plonk in Michael Myers and there we go, a new ‘Halloween’ movie. I’d rather see the series die than Platinum Dunes get their hands on it. Ugh.
The new batman series has some extremely unattractive women in it. Gyllenhal, Hathaway, and Tom Cruise’s ol’ lady? WOW…..casting casting casting!!!!!
You think Hathaway’s unattractive?! Recheck you manhood, sir, with all due respect. lol
@ Jack
Lol, you do have a point there. Burton/Schumacher Bat-films did have the more attractive woman leads. Kim Basinger, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone even. Not to mention Elle Macpherson, WHOA lol.I never found Michelle Phieffer attractive really, but she rocked as Catwoman.
@John – Jack is dead right – Hathaway is a really awkward and not sexy woman. Bushy eyebrows, pale, needing-some-sun skin, big sloppy lips – I’ll pass. On the other hand, I do LOVE me some Katie Holmes.
Why is this being posted on the Halloween reboot thread btw?
@ Evan
Neither do i understand why this was brought up on a Halloween forum. I was just replying to Jack’s statement though.
I wonder if Michael Bay is purposely trying to tick people off. Especially after the way he’s talked in response to fans about Ninja Turtles reboot. I don’t recall MCG pulling something like that when some people didn’t like his handling of Terminator Salvation. Between Terminator Salvation & Bay’s Transformers:ROTF, i thought T4 was more enjoyable. That’s just me.
Btw, sorry for the rambling of the other movies i mentioned that weren’t Halloween related. I was makin my case about Michael Bay was all.
I agree on Hathaway not being a sexy looking chick but I had the same thoughts on Michelle Phieffer at first and she turned out to be the best CATWOMEN yet which made her look sexy, so we have to wait and see on Hathaway`s performance. Oh and yeah I got to say Gyllenhal is an unattractive women.
Ok, so I really enjoyed Zombie’s remake and the sequel was OK. I would rather have that Halloween 3D movie than Platinum taking over and rebooting it again. WTF. This makes no sense. Seriously, they should just make a Halloween 3 with the same actors as the ones in Zombie’s films.
Huh, thought Rob Zombie killed the Halloween franchise. I guess NOTHING CAN KILL MICHAEL MYERS!
H2 was horrible.
I hate anything Michael Bay touches (Platnum Dunes also). Every remake they’ve made I’ve either hated or just barely like.
The Halloween series has been pretty bad though so maybe they can turn it around.
Also it should be interesting to see if they ever try a Michael/Jason movie
That big basterd of M. Myers is scary
They need a good cast, Rob Zombie casts suck! Most importantly a neat script and highly improved kills, and not the same knife s*** everytime! Plus Michael is not a freakin giant, so they better eliminate that s***, he’s an average height well lets say 6’2-6’4, they also should continue from Halloween II the original! So they company need to stop beaten around the bush, and get started ASAP, matter of fact now.
@Horrorclassic78-present – I was not a fan of the Zombie Halloween’s, but I really can’t complain with the casting. Danielle Harris, Danny Trejo, and Malcolm McDowell are almost always great, Scout did a fine job as a modernized Laurie, and Zombie’s wife did a great job as trailer trash (I never saw his second Halloween film, so I cant comment on the acting quality of that).
My real issue though, is saying that Myers is not a giant? What Halloween films have you watched. One of the most iconic kills in Carpenter’s classic is when Myers stabs Bob and pins him up against the wall to his eye-level. Bob’s feet don’t even touch the ground. Part of the reason the stalking scenes work so expertly too is because he is just so large. THe guy was big enough to lift a headstone out of the ground and carry it all the way to suburbia. Myers is a hulking beast man!
Nick castle was between 5 foot 9 and five foot 11. Warlock is 5 foot 8
and wore lifts to make him a bit taller. The original Myers was average height and weight, with super human strength. Not a 6 foot 7 inch tall 260 pounds pro wrestler. What made him strong, and immortal was what was inside that “Shape” not his size.
Anyway, I just love seeing Myers, Voorhees, and Krueger so let Dunes go for it.
01 – i want to say that they shut not make rob zombie halloween is f***ing s***> OK
02 – if they gonna make HALLOWEEN start CONTINUNE FROM HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION> OK
03 – OR THEY CAN MAKE HALLOWEEN REBOOT/REMAKE AND STAR THE STORY AGAIN FROM HALLOWEEN 1 AND CONTINUNE IT AGAIN SAME LIKE THE (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) & (FRIDAY THE 13TH) & HALLOWEEN????
SO THEY CAN MAKE IT CONTINUNE OR THEY CAN MAKE IT ALL OVER AGAIN FROM THE STRAT HALLOWEEN 1.
BUT PLZZZZZZ PLZZZZZZZZ f***ING ROB ZOMBIE’S HALLOWEEN IS s***
REBOOTTTTTT IT FROM THE START HALLOWEEN 1??????
OR CONTINUNE IT FROM HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION???
Seriously – just leave it. I’m quite confident that John Carpenters 1978 film was a classic, in terms of suspense, style, writing, themes etc – its a brilliant film sullied by the fact that they spent 18 years churning out completely non-scary stab/mask movies that usually only turned in about a sixth of the original films earnings.
Put simply – Michael Myers isn’t franchise material – he was supposed to be a scary non-entity that appeared in one particular film, Halloween from 1978.
immm so freaking excited ive veen a huge michael myers fan since i was like 8 im soo pumled!!!
I would love to see another halloween movie and above all I would love to hear it in 7.1 when I buy the movies! Especially 4 and 5! Thanks for another halloween movie! Somebody has to keep it going!
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i think jaime lee curtis should return, that she really wasnt killed. she should be the to kill michael meyers once and for all.
It’s so simple!!!! I have been following since a kid and I love the franchise
But after part 6 !!what happend please tell me???…Halloween h20 !!no point and part 8 should be part 7 but
They messed it up!!! It had busta busta lol the rapper !!it had nothing too do with the franchise !!! Then mr rob zombie ,, took over and remade it which was good but not what the true true fans want !!!! Please mr micheal bay if u hear me continue it from part 6 were we had a story. All the way from
Part one to follow !!!!”True Halloween fans am I right “”?????? Speak up !!!
Michael Bay stuffed up , A nightmare on elm street , it was the most pathetic film i have ever seen . John Carpenter should take over with Halloween, what is it with Michael bay stuffing up all the great classic horror movies ! like seriously … rob zombie is the only one good enough to do it . Michael Bays reboot of ANOES was PATHETIC , freddy did int even look like freddy and it wasint even scary .
I would be confident in seeing a take on Halloween if it is done by Platinum Dunes. As I understand it, originally, horror remakes were to be the studio’s main bread and butter (like Dark Castle Entertainment) and I have been very happy with all of the re-imaginings and fresh takes for contemporary viewers. Texas Chainsaw, in particular, was amazingly intense. I was a kid of the 80′s horror and think comparing these films to their originals is both a blessing and a curse. That being said, drawing comparisons to the originals and appreciating the nuances in the modern visions is far more of a blessing and makes me love the re- makes and reflect fondly on the original classics even more.
I wish they would make the movies like they did in the 70′s and 80′s back then they didn’t need gore the suspense was enough to scare the crap outta you