Halloween Returns’ Isn’t Filming This July (Exclusive)

As suggested in the previous post, there was no lock on location or dates for Dimension Films’ Halloween Returns.
We did some digging after the reports (via casting breakdowns) of a July 15th shoot in Louisiana surfaced and discovered that there was no plan to do so. In fact, shooting could commence this fall to coincide with the look and feel of Halloween. The location has yet to be determined, but we’ll bring you some updated information as soon as things get locked down.
Bloody Disgusting exclusively broke the news that Marcus Dunstan will be directing the “recalibration” of the Halloween franchise that he penned with regular collaborator Patrick Melton (various Saw sequels, as well as Pacific Rim, Feast, The Collector and The Collection).
Here are early plot details for Halloween Returns:
Halloween Returns will be a standalone film set to reintroduce audiences to Michael Myers years after his initial rampage. It will pit a new group of Haddonfield youngsters against Myers.
The now 18-year-old child of one of Myers’ victims plays a central role along with the child of a cop whose long been obsessed with Myers’ case, even putting it before his own daughter.
Myers is now on death row and the two kids with their own personal vendettas against the killer sneak in to watch his execution. But when things go awry and Myers escapes, the pair, along with their friends, find themselves in the firing line