Jamie Lee Curtis has ended her time with the Halloween franchise multiple times over the years, but she always manages to find a way to return. First in Halloween H20 back in 1998, and of course later in David Gordon Green’s trilogy that came to a close with Halloween Ends. But is she finally ruling out another return? Or is there still life left in Laurie Strode?

Taking to Instagram this afternoon, Jamie Lee Curtis has shared an interesting new interview piece with Entertainment Weekly where she seems to leave that door slightly ajar…

The article’s headline reads: “Jamie Lee Curtis cryptically teases Halloween future after Laurie Strode’s final film,” but how much of that is merely Halloween Day clickbait?

Well, here’s what Jamie Lee Curtis told EW during a phone call this week…

“I have hung up my bell-bottoms and my pale blue button-down shirt, and I have relinquished [Laurie] to the ages with a warm, ‘aloha,’ and a thanks for all the years and memories.

And yet, if I’ve learned anything in my 65 years on the planet, it’s never say never. Goodbye.”

Entertainment Weekly notes that Jamie Lee Curtis then promptly hung up the phone after her abrupt “Goodbye,” leaving them to speculate on what exactly she was hinting at.

She then posted screen-grabs from that very Entertainment Weekly piece on her personal Instagram account, including the following series of cryptic emojis:

What does any of this mean? Is she just having a little fun on Halloween, or is there something more to Jamie Lee’s cryptic tease? If we’ve learned anything, “never say never” is indeed the answer to all of those questions. And it seems JLC is never truly done with Michael Myers.

 

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Happy Halloween! Dan Stevens is officially reuniting with The Guest director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett on gonzo actioner Onslaught, THR reports today.

Blink Twice star Adria Arjona and Brazilian mixed martial artist Alex Pereira star in the A24 film.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Onslaught is being described as “a gonzo action horror thriller.”

Character details also give insight on what to expect. THR reports that “Arjona is starring as a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base. Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role.”

As for Stevens? The actor will play a German scientist working on the experiments that escape, not unlike his role in this year’s Cuckoo.

It’s been a busy year for Stevens in the genre space. The actor is fresh off of roles in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Abigail, and Cuckoo.

Producers include Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett for Ryder Picture Company (RPC) banner alongside A24, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, Wingard and Jeremy Platt for Breakaway Civilization, and Simon Barrett. Deadline’s report also notes this afternoon, “Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will serve as executive producers with A24.”

Adam Wingard’s directorial credits also include A Horrible Way to Die, V/H/S, V/H/S/2, and Blair Witch, while Simon Barrett scripted all of the above. Barrett recently made his feature directing debut with Séance, and he wrote the upcoming Azrael starring Samara Weaving.

Shooting begins November in New Mexico, so expect to hear more about Onslaught soon. The casting news already indicates that the “gonzo action horror” won’t be hyperbole.

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The director of Host and Stephen King’s The Boogeyman, Rob Savage is next directing a horror movie titled Molepeople, which seems to be inspired by the 1956 classic The Mole People.

Deadline reports that Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) will star in Rob Savage’s Molepeople, which is set in New York City.

The film is being pitched as “one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks.”

Nathan Elston (Succession) wrote the screenplay, with Raphael Margules and J.D Lifshitz of BoulderLight Pictures (Woman of the Hour) producing alongside Rough House Pictures (Halloween).

Embankment’s Hugo Grumbar said, “Molepeople fuels a modern audience with shocks and thrills, captivating, heightened feelings of fear. Rob’s direction is stylish; BoulderLight’s understanding of modern audiences is unmatched – and together the filmmakers are best in class.”

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The hit indie video game Bendy and the Ink Machine is heading to the big screen, and the Official Bendy® has announced today that the movie adaptation has found its director in André Øvredal (The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark).

Initially released in 2017 from developer Joey Drew Stories, Bendy and the Ink Machine “is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.”

The premise of the game has it set in 1966, where an elderly animator named Henry, who upon an invitation from his old friend Joey Drew, returns to his old animation studio. Once there, Henry discovers that the studio has been overrun by nightmarish cartoon characters that have been created by the titular Ink Machine. As Henry navigates his former workplace, trying to put a stop to things, he will be forced to fight the characters based on his drawings, as well as avoiding Bendy, the studio’s mascot, who is intent on killing Henry.

Last month, franchise creator TheMeatly took to socials to tease that the movie adaptation will combine practical effects and CGI. He said, “Considering the complexity and fantasy of the #BENDY world, I’m aiming for a combination of both practical effects and cgi polish to pull it all together. We are working with creative people who tend to feel the same.”

Based on the announcement video, Øvredal is committed to creating a faithful adaptation. The filmmaker said,  “I promise we’re going to make a really special movie, something that all the fans are going to love. Something that honours the fantastic characters, fun worlds, and everything we all love about the Bendy games.”

Our own Luiz H.C. listed Bendy and the Ink Machine as one of six horror games worthy of film adaptation, saying “It might be that ever-evolving cultural sensibilities end up giving a darker edge to things that were once deemed innocent, but you’ve got to admit that there’s something naturally unnerving about old-timey cartoons. This is precisely why Bendy and the Ink Machine would work so well as a movie, with its unique subject matter and aesthetic allowing for a cinematic adaptation unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.”

Sounds like the games’ fanbase will get their wish with an exciting new adaptation on the horizon.

#BENDYMOVIE Director Announcement!! pic.twitter.com/213CIZGoiF

— Bendy (@Bendy) October 31, 2024

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Over 20 years after Uwe Boll turned the video game The House of the Dead into a horror movie, Deadline reports that Paul W.S Anderson (Event Horizon, Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil film franchise, Monster Hunter) is making a House of the Dead movie of his own.

Paul W.S Anderson will write and direct the new adaptation of SEGA’s zombie game, which debuted back in 1997 and spawned a franchise as well as a remake in 2022. That original game, along with Resident Evil, is credited for kickstarting the zombie resurgence of the time.

Deadline recaps, “In the arcade game, players take on the role of AMS agents, a government agency tasked with thwarting the conspiracies of organizations that threaten the world. The title comes from the bureau they work for, because their life expectancies are brief.”

“I’ve loved the video game since the nineties,” Anderson tells Deadline. “Back then I was a big player of video games in arcades, which is how I happened upon Mortal Kombat. And pretty much at the same time, I was also playing a lot of House of the Dead. It’s a title I’ve always loved. The IP has grown in strength, and now it’s really cross-generational. I was one of the original players, but now I have teenage kids who also play. That is the real attraction for me, that you’ve got a cross-generational piece of IP.”

He continues, “We’re going to base the movie on House of the Dead 3, and if you know the mythology that is all about family conflict, amidst the action and scares. It’s about a woman, Lisa Rogan, who’s attempting to rescue her father. And it’s also about Daniel Curien, who’s the son of the man who caused this mutant outbreak in the first place and who has to deal with the sins of the father. My approach will be to reflect what this hyper-immersive, kinetic video game is, which is why Zack Snyder took these creatures and made them fast moving.”

“This is a full-on terror ride. It’s different than what we did with Resident Evil, where there were lots of traps and puzzles and things to be figured out,” Anderson adds.

Deadline’s exclusive report for Halloween notes that the team is looking to begin production on The House of the Dead sometime in mid-to-late 2025, and they’ve shared some early concept art (above and below). See more and learn more by checking out Deadline’s full report.

Credit: Original Game ©SEGA. ©SEGA/Herne Hill Media

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