The great tradition of Halloween sequels lives on. Following the breakout success of 2018’s canon-slashing reboot, Universal has now confirmed that Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends will follow in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
The studio made its grand announcement with a Comic-Con timed teaser, which set the first sequel’s release date for October 16, 2020, and a closer called Halloween Ends for October 15, 2021. “The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode isn’t over,” the teaser warned, confirming that Jamie Lee Curtis’s iconic survivor would again be featured in a significant role.
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Thankfully, Curtis wasn’t the only name announced to reprise her role. Blumhouse head and Halloween producer Jason Blum tweeted that writers Danny McBride and David Gordon Green (who also directed the first installment) would be back as well, along with franchise creator John Carpenter. No other details of returning cast or crew have been announced just yet.
The 2018 reboot served as sequel to the original 1978 offering, discarding decades of other follow-up films, including those in which Jamie Lee Curtis herself appeared. The new version featured Judy Greer and Andi Matichak among its cast, and pulled in upwards of $255 million at the box office.
