Halloween II

A couple of weeks back we gave you an update on all the sequels, reboots, and remakes that are happening right now over at Bob Weinstein’s Dimension Films. In that update, Bob said that the company wanted to shoot “Halloween 3″ in 3-D with hopes of releasing the film next October.  I’m sure that we will still see a 3rd film, but it seems that the project has now been put on hold.  You can get the details and reason behind this move when you hit the jump.

Nikkie Finke tells us that Bob Weinstein shut down the  “Halloween 3-D”‘ pre-production because “Bob just felt it was rushing too fast.”  The film already had Patrick Lussier (”My Bloody Valentine 3-D”) attached to direct, but it seems that his previously announced other 3-D film, “Drive Angry”, got in the way of “Halloween 3-D”.
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The Weinstein Company has recently revealed that Rob Zombie will not return for the third "Halloween" film and that "My Bloody Valentine 3D" director Patrick Lussier has been hired to replace him. Since Lussier is obligated to begin filming "Drive Angry" (starring Nicolas Cage) in January, the goal was to rush the new 3D installment and have it be ready to hit theaters next year. Now comes news that the studio received the first draft from Todd Farmer (Jason X, The Messengers) and has decided to stop all pre-production work for "Halloween 3." The goal now is to slow everything down and wait for Lussier to complete his other project in order to have more time for new Michael Myers film. This does not mean that The Weinstein Company has abandoned the franchise. It's actually the exact opposite. "We make those pics for very little money and tight marketing dollars so »

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Rob Zombie's second Halloween movie, the imaginatively titled H2, didn't perform too hot at the box office this summer; it made $16 million opening weekend and has $32 million to date, as compared to the $26 million opening and $58 million total gross for Zombie's first movie. But does that have anything to do with the fact that production has been shut down on the planned third movie in the series? Of course not! Deadline Hollywood has the scoop that production on H3D is completely over, but the official word is that "Bob [Weinstein] just felt it was rushing too fast," with the first script only coming in on Friday and production scheduled to start in November. Apparently the plan now is to wait until director Patrick Lussier is available following work on his next film, which could make H3D's shoot start sometime in the spring. That is, provided they don't spend »

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