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Halloween creator Carpenter just announced on his Facebook page that the planned reincarnation of the horror franchise just landed a a director and writer. David Gordon Green has been tapped to direct the new movie, and is writing the script with his Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals collaborator Danny McBride. Carpenter said in the post a release date is set for October 19th, 2018, and a meeting with Gordon Green, McBride and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum did the trick to… »
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