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Official H2 press release and new teaser poster!!!
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DIMENSION FILMS AND ROB ZOMBIE SCARE UP “H2,” SEQUEL TO 2007'S HIT FILM “HALLOWEEN”
Trancas International Films To Produce
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 16, 2008) -- Dimension Films - the successful genre and specialty arm of The Weinstein Company - is pleased to announce that the company will make “H2,” the sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reinvention of the horror classic “Halloween.” Once again, Rob Zombie has been tapped to write and direct. Malek Akkad of Trancas International Films, who also produced 2007's Halloween with Dimension, will produce the sequel, along with Andy Gould of Spectacle Entertainment Group, Zombie’s long time manager and producing partner. The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company.
Dimension's “Halloween” scored the highest Labor Day weekend opening ever with a record-breaking $30.6 million in its first four days of release and went on to gross nearly $60 million at the domestic box office in 2007.
Zombie’s “H2” will pick up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode.
“H2” will be Zombie’s fifth written and directed feature. Prior to the success of Halloween, Zombie released the critically-acclaimed film “The Devil’s Rejects” (2005), the follow-up to his cult classic “House of 1000 Corpses” (2004). Zombie just wrapped production on his animated feature film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” due to be released in 2009. Zombie, also an accomplished recording artist, has sold over fifteen million albums worldwide, making him one of Geffen Records’ top selling and longest running artists.
Bob Weinstein stated: "Following the success of 2007’s ‘Halloween,’ we are thrilled to be back in business with Rob Zombie, bringing a sequel to theatres. The fans have made it clear – and we agree - that they feel the franchise is in great hands with Rob Zombie.”
Rob Zombie said, ”I am very excited to be working with Bob Weinstein again and returning to the world of ‘Halloween.’ The remake laid the groundwork, now it’s time to really take Michael Myers to the next level. I believe we’ve just barely scratched the surface of where we can take this series.“
John Carpenter's “Halloween” launched the Halloween franchise in 1978 and Moustapha Akkad, founder of Trancas International Films, executive produced the original classic. Akkad’s son Malek has continued with the franchise, producing “Halloween” (2007), “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” (1998) and now, “H2.”
“I am thrilled to be making ‘H2’ at Dimension, the home of the ‘Halloween’ franchise for the last 15 years,” commented Malek Akkad. “I look forward to working again with Bob Weinstein, as well as a filmmaker of Rob Zombie’s talent and stature.”
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DIMENSION FILMS AND ROB ZOMBIE SCARE UP “H2,” SEQUEL TO 2007'S HIT FILM “HALLOWEEN”
Trancas International Films To Produce
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 16, 2008) -- Dimension Films - the successful genre and specialty arm of The Weinstein Company - is pleased to announce that the company will make “H2,” the sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reinvention of the horror classic “Halloween.” Once again, Rob Zombie has been tapped to write and direct. Malek Akkad of Trancas International Films, who also produced 2007's Halloween with Dimension, will produce the sequel, along with Andy Gould of Spectacle Entertainment Group, Zombie’s long time manager and producing partner. The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company.
Dimension's “Halloween” scored the highest Labor Day weekend opening ever with a record-breaking $30.6 million in its first four days of release and went on to gross nearly $60 million at the domestic box office in 2007.
Zombie’s “H2” will pick up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode.
“H2” will be Zombie’s fifth written and directed feature. Prior to the success of Halloween, Zombie released the critically-acclaimed film “The Devil’s Rejects” (2005), the follow-up to his cult classic “House of 1000 Corpses” (2004). Zombie just wrapped production on his animated feature film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” due to be released in 2009. Zombie, also an accomplished recording artist, has sold over fifteen million albums worldwide, making him one of Geffen Records’ top selling and longest running artists.
Bob Weinstein stated: "Following the success of 2007’s ‘Halloween,’ we are thrilled to be back in business with Rob Zombie, bringing a sequel to theatres. The fans have made it clear – and we agree - that they feel the franchise is in great hands with Rob Zombie.”
Rob Zombie said, ”I am very excited to be working with Bob Weinstein again and returning to the world of ‘Halloween.’ The remake laid the groundwork, now it’s time to really take Michael Myers to the next level. I believe we’ve just barely scratched the surface of where we can take this series.“
John Carpenter's “Halloween” launched the Halloween franchise in 1978 and Moustapha Akkad, founder of Trancas International Films, executive produced the original classic. Akkad’s son Malek has continued with the franchise, producing “Halloween” (2007), “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” (1998) and now, “H2.”
“I am thrilled to be making ‘H2’ at Dimension, the home of the ‘Halloween’ franchise for the last 15 years,” commented Malek Akkad. “I look forward to working again with Bob Weinstein, as well as a filmmaker of Rob Zombie’s talent and stature.”
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Comment by Welshy on December 18, 2008 at 7:50am -
DIdnt Zomboe say he didnt want a sequel to his remake and that his remake was a stand alone? Now suddenly he is going to take Michael Myers to the next level???? Wait, wait. In the remake he takes Laurie from a pure good girl and turns her into a drip who plays with Bagels. He takes Michael Myers, The Shape, the embodyment of evil and turns him into a little bitch with emotional problems. Whats he going to do with Michael in this film? Have him wake up after being shot in the face and play house with his baby sister? Halloween didnt need a remake. Texas Chain saw didnt need one. Hellraiser, Nightmare on elm street. None of these films need remakes. I'm sick of producers and directors saying "We want to take the audience to a place they've never been before." Ok, do it, but ruin your own ideas in doing it and not horror icons that have been established in the publics eye. Thanks to the remake, Leatherface is now a little boy with skin trouble. Why do they feel the need to put sympathy on these horror icons?
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Comment by Kara on December 16, 2008 at 11:06pm -
Dan who are these people who respected him? Everytime Robs name is brought up everyone bitches, and this was before the Halloween movie and its upcoming sequel. This was going on during House and Rejects.
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Comment by Dr. Detfink on December 16, 2008 at 9:02pm -
Looks a little small...kind of like..nevermind. ;)
It feels a little old school. I like the look.
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Comment by Carlyle on December 16, 2008 at 3:55pm
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Charlton - because the blog resized the original image, which can be found here:
http://api.ning.com/files/6YmU6oa6YfurBBw1X2J*ZUY-R2clbyXRf5xsX-278*gz6S6OPjx2FAjNkIS4qFMRRGriqa*6rOoYY9*BMyWNrqpAlpnTUMma/H2.jpg (in my photo section.)
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Comment by WhooLeeOoh on December 16, 2008 at 3:53pm -
lol at carlyle
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Comment by Charlton on December 16, 2008 at 3:50pm
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This so looks straight from Paint or Photoshop. Why does the text look... fucked up?
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Comment by pookie bear on December 16, 2008 at 3:12pm -
meh. as long as it's better than halloween h2o
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Comment by Mike on December 16, 2008 at 2:28pm -
Who asked for this? People! ...stop feeding Rob Zombies ego. Stop watching these movies. Enough. My God.
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Comment by Dan on December 16, 2008 at 1:54pm -
Zombie has become just another typical hollywood horror film director, a talentless hack who will milk the shit out of the series. Zombie used to be a respectful director, now, I don't know what to do with him.
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Comment by GorTheMovieGod on December 16, 2008 at 1:42pm -
Carlyle is the first and only......right next to me
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