LOS ANGELES ¨C Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise her role as the resilient protagonist in 2018¡¯s ¡°Halloween,¡± Universal Pictures said, 40 years after she made her movie debut in the original horror movie of the same name and became Hollywood¡¯s ¡°scream queen.¡±
Curtis, 58, will once again play Laurie Strode, the babysitter who faced the deadly masked serial killer Michael Myers in John Carpenter¡¯s 1978 horror ¡°Halloween.¡± The 2018 film will see Curtis¡¯ Strode face ¡°her final confrontation¡± with Myers, Comcast Corp.-owned Universal said.
Carpenter will return to executive produce and consult on the new film.
¡°Halloween¡± has become one of Hollywood¡¯s most famous slasher film franchises, with nine sequels and reboots over the years, the last being Rob Zombie¡¯s 2009 ¡°Halloween II.¡±
Curtis¡¯ last appearance in the franchise was in 2002¡¯s ¡°Halloween: Resurrection,¡± in which her character was killed. Universal said the 2018 film ¡°carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film,¡± suggesting that it will ignore the events in the 2002 film.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.