Judy Greer in Talks to Join Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN Reboot as Laurie Stroud's Daughter
It looks like David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, and John Carpenter's new Halloween sequel is about to get even better. Deadline is reporting that Judy Greer (Ant-Man) is in negotiations to star in the film. If cast, she will join Jamie Lee Curtis, who is reprising her role as Laurie Strode from the original two films.
According to the report, Greer will play Karen Strode, the daughter of Laurie Strode. I'm really curious to see what this next chapter in the Halloween franchise will entail, especially with the characters that are involved.
John Carpenter has previously talked about how much he loves the direction that they are taking the film and said that Green and McBride blew him away with their pitch. According to McBride, the goal is to help make the "tenth sequel the scariest of them all." He also talked about the direction they are taking the film explaining:
“Look at where the Halloween franchise has gone. There’s a lot of room for improvement. David and I are coming from it as, we are horror fans, and we are humongous fans of John Carpenter and of what he did with the original Halloween, so I think from watching this and being disappointed by other versions of this series, I think we’re just trying to strip it down and just take it back to what was so good about the original. It was just very simple and just achieved that level of horror that wasn’t corny and it wasn’t turning Michael Myers into some supernatural being that couldn’t be killed. That stuff to me isn’t scary. I want to be scared by something that I really think could happen. I think it’s much more horrifying to be scared by someone standing in the shadows while you’re taking the trash out as opposed to someone who can’t be killed pursuing you.”
There's not any information on the plot yet, but things are starting to take shape as we learn about the characters, who will be involved, and how it's shaping up to be a mother and daughter story. The film will be released in theaters on October 19, 2018