Stephen King’s It isn’t the only horror franchise making a comeback.
Jamie Lee Curtis on Friday revealed she’ll be reprising her role in a reboot of the horror movie Halloween, which will be released nearly 40 years to the day the original film directed by John Carpenter hit theaters.
The actress, 58, took to Twitter to inform her fans she was reprising her role of Laurie Strode in the upcoming motion picture.
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Danger lurks: Jamie Lee Curtis, 58, said on Friday that she’s slated to appear in a reboot of the horror movie Halloween, 40 years after she starred in the original
‘Same porch. Same clothes. Same issues. 40 years later. Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween,’ she wrote.
Curtis added an image to the tweet of herself standing on a porch in a light blue button-up top and dark blue jeans, with the horror film’s masked antagonist, Michael Myers, lurking behind her with a knife.
Curtis has played the role in a number of sequels throughout the years, including 1981’s Halloween II, 1998’s Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and the 2002 film Halloween: Resurrection.
In recent years, she’s continued in the genre appearing on the Fox series Scream Queens in the role of Dean Cathy Munsch.
Stalwart: Curtis has been a Hollywood regular since launching her career with the horror film nearly four decades ago. She was snapped in NYC in April
Early: Prior to her breakout role in Halloween, Curtis had bit parts on TV shows such as Quincy M.E. and Columbo
Carpenter in February revealed that the film was in the works, taking to Facebook to tell fans, ‘So you say you want a Revolution? You want to shake things up and bring back Halloween and make it rock again? Well so do I.’
Carpenter said that filmmaker David Gordon Green and Eastbound & Down’s Danny McBride were aboard the project as writers, with Green directing.
‘David and Danny both came to my office recently with Jason Blum and shared their vision for the new movie and … WOW,’ Carpenter said. ‘They get it. I think you’re gonna dig it. They blew me away.’
Launchpad: Curtis went on to appear in horror films including Terror Train, The Fog and Prom Night
Misconception: Curtis initially thought she was going to be fired from the original film for her performance amid early filming, according to iMDb, but director John Carpenter called her up to compliment her on her work
Flashback: Curtis (R) was seen in this shot with co-stars P.J. Soles (L) and Nancy Kyes (center)
Carpenter said he would act as executive producer and ‘consult and offer [his] advice and feedback as needed.’
With horror movies a hot property thanks to It’s smashing success, the box office prospects for the film look strong, as the 10 films in the franchise have racked up nearly $400 million in international box office receipts. The original film was a smashing success, as iMDb reports it set a record for independent films at the time, making $47 million off a budget of $300,000.
The film is set to hit theaters October 19th, 2018.