Universal has once again shuffled its release schedule due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The studio has shifted three of its Blumhouse titles to 2021 and beyond, including the Halloween sequels Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends to 2021 and 2022 respectively, and The Forever Purge to summer 2021.
In Halloween Kills, Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode fighting off Michael Myers. The film is written by Scott Teems & Danny McBride & David Gordon Green based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
The film is directed by David Gordon Green and produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. The executive producers are John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Ryan Freimann.
John Carpenter released a teaser which you can watch below:
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Halloween Kills will now open on Oct. 15, 2021, a full year from its original Oct. 16, 2020 release, and the third film in the new triology Halloween Ends, will now open Oct. 14, 2022.
The third film Ends is written by Green, Danny McBride, Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier. Carpenter, Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, McBride, Green and Ryan Freimann are executive producers, and Ryan Turek is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.
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