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Post by b_Pooly on Feb 27, 2009 22:03:59 GMT -5
Dimension Films and writer-director Rob Zombie are teaming for a second helping of Halloween madness this October, according to Daily Variety. Zombie will write and direct H2, the sequel to his 2007 reinvention of the John Carpenter horror classic. Production will begin in March.
The new film picks up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
Zombie said it won't resemble the original second installment, as the House of 1000 Corpses helmer continues to take the franchise in different directions.
Zombie took Carpenter's original and stamped it with an original storyline that treated Myers as a clinical psychopath. The film grossed $60 million domestically in 2007. Personally, I liked the first one so to hell with everyone who didn't. I'm not to fond of a sequal though.
H2: Halloween 2
PROFILE OVERVIEW
Theatrical Release:
Friday, August 28, 2009
Starring: view full cast
* Tyler Mane
* Scout Taylor-Compton
* Malcolm McDowell
* Daeg Faerch
* Sheri Moon
Directed by:
* Rob Zombie
Genres:
Sequel Suspense Horror
Distributor:
Dimension Films
MPAA Rating:
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SYNOPSIS
The aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage is seen through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
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Post by Queen of the Damned on Feb 27, 2009 22:07:48 GMT -5
Dimension Films and writer-director Rob Zombie are teaming for a second helping of Halloween madness this October, according to Daily Variety. Zombie will write and direct H2, the sequel to his 2007 reinvention of the John Carpenter horror classic. Production will begin in March.
The new film picks up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
Zombie said it won't resemble the original second installment, as the House of 1000 Corpses helmer continues to take the franchise in different directions.
Zombie took Carpenter's original and stamped it with an original storyline that treated Myers as a clinical psychopath. The film grossed $60 million domestically in 2007. Personally, I liked the first one so to hell with everyone who didn't. I'm not to fond of a sequal though.
H2: Halloween 2
PROFILE OVERVIEW
Theatrical Release:
Friday, August 28, 2009
Starring: view full cast
* Tyler Mane
* Scout Taylor-Compton
* Malcolm McDowell
* Daeg Faerch
* Sheri Moon
Directed by:
* Rob Zombie
Genres:
Sequel Suspense Horror
Distributor:
Dimension Films
MPAA Rating:
—
SYNOPSIS
The aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage is seen through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
I will have to wait until I see the first to make that judgment. |
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Post by b_Pooly on Feb 27, 2009 23:39:29 GMT -5
Personally, I thought he made it work quite well. My only beef is he made Micheal too much like Jason sometimes.
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Post by b_Pooly on Aug 12, 2009 21:50:09 GMT -5
Theatrical Release:
Friday, August 28, 2009 (Wide)
Starring: view full cast
* Tyler Mane
* Scout Taylor-Compton
* Malcolm McDowell
* Daeg Faerch
* Sheri Moon
Directed by:
* Rob Zombie
Genres:
Sequel Suspense Horror
Distributor:
Dimension Films
MPAA Rating:
—
SYNOPSIS
The aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage is seen through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
I hate what he did to the mask, but the movie itself seems interesting enough. I'm looking forward to this and Final Destination that week. |
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Post by b_Pooly on Aug 22, 2009 22:19:50 GMT -5
Leaked 'Halloween 2' trailer has Rob Zombie pumped, pissed
by Mandi Bierly
Categories: Film, Movie Biz, Movie Trailers, News
Halloween-2_lHalloween II writer and director Rob Zombie tells EW he doesn’t know how the unused trailer for his movie (in theaters Aug. 28) leaked to the website Bloody Disgusting on Wednesday, but that he is grateful that it’s out there and that it has been so well-received by the public. ”When I first saw the trailer [cut by the company Buddha Jones], I went, ‘This is the f—ing movie we made.’ And then [Dimension Films] was like, ‘We don’t want to use it, we don’t like it,’ and they just threw it away. Then they cut all these other trailers that just look like generic, stupid f—ing slasher movie trailers, and I was f—in’ pissed. In fact, I wrote this long letter to the promotion department: ‘I hate these trailers and these TV spots, and I f—in’ hate you.’ You spend forever trying to craft something special and they’re gonna market it like a generic piece of ’80s slasher movie sh– because they think audiences are so f—ing stupid they can’t understand anything else. That trailer leaked from wherever, and I’m thrilled. The response has been like, ‘Wow, I didn’t want to see this movie until I saw this trailer.’”
“We think the official trailer and this alternate version are both great,” says Dimension’s EVP of Creative Marketing Jeff Elefterion. “They both represent the picture well, but we feel the cut we went with was the right choice and it has done a fantastic job of getting the fans excited about this sequel.” The new trailer features many of the same clips as previous spots for the movie, but a slower pace and the prominent use of the Moody Blues’ song “Nights in White Satin,” which gives it a distinctly different feel. “The Moody Blues song is very important within the actual movie,” Zombie says. “That trailer, that’s our movie.”
This isn’t the first beef Zombie has had with the marketing of his films. “It was a huge problem when I made [2005's] The Devil’s Rejects for Lionsgate,” he says. “That was from start to finish a wonderful experience — until it came time to market the movie. I go, ‘We kinda made this weird post-modern Western. They go, ‘We don’t care, we’re marketing it like it’s Saw.’ I go, ‘Well it’s not Saw. People that would like it are not gonna go see it, and people who think it’s Saw are gonna be so disappointed.’ For years and years afterward, people would be like, ‘I finally saw that movie. I love it. It’s totally not what I thought it was. It’s like this weird Peckinpah movie.’ I go, ‘I know!’ Ugggh. Now I’m going through the same thing again. What pisses me off is when you see something like District 9. When someone finally does a really interesting marketing campaign, it works because people are so jaded you need to give them something interesting.”
We’ll have to wait to see if the leak pays off in box office receipts (2007’s Halloween, Zombie’s first crack at reviving the franchise, grossed more than $80 million worldwide). But for now, there is a bit of a happy ending: “I wrote the marketing guys a thank you note,” Zombie says. “I said, ‘I don’t know if you guys leaked this, but thank you if you did.’” hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/08/21/rob-zombie-halloween-ii-leaked-trailer/LoL! edit: looked at the trailer, it reminds me of all the well made horror trailers, doesn't spoil to much, but makes you want to see it. I hope it's good. |
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Post by Queen of the Damned on Sept 24, 2009 18:59:06 GMT -5
now that I gave in and watched the first one (2007) I'm all for the second one. Can't way to see it actually.
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Post by spirithunter on Sept 24, 2009 21:17:58 GMT -5
You all hear that a third one is gonna be made but Rob ain't gonna direct it
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Post by b_Pooly on Oct 16, 2010 20:53:03 GMT -5
Watching this, he made it weird. . . seems more random than anything.
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