Zombies Halloween 2 Hits Theatres This August

Dimension has announced that their sequel of the remake of Halloween will hit theatres this August 28th 2009. That does not seem like alot of time at all to put the movie together. At this point the only thing we know for sure is that the Tyler Mane will reprise his role as the deranged killer.

Rob Zombie recently spent some time talking to FEARNET about his upcoming plans to do a sequel for the remake he did of Halloween. Alot of fans were up in arms over the remake especially consdering Rob's less then positive comments earlier on remakes and people who do them. When asked about doing Halloween 2 he said he was just as surprised as fans that he was willing to do it;

Well, it took me by surprise also. After finishing Halloween I was so burnt out that I had no desire to do it again. For some reason Halloween was one of those shoots that was stressful and crazed from day one. Everything was a struggle and a problem.

So, when it was done I was ready to be done. Then time goes by, you regenerate, forget and the idea of a sequel seems okay. But by that point I thought someone else was already doing it. So I just forgot about it. Then I ran into Matt Stein from Weinstein Company at the Scream Awards and found out that it was still up for grabs. So I grabbed it. I love my version of the characters and can't wait to take them further. This sequel will be different than the first film, much like The Devil's Rejects was different from House of 1000 Corpses.

I for one really enjoyed Rob Zombies take on Halloween and have nothing against him doing a sequel although I would rather he worked on his own original projects. It is nice to see a talented director lined up on a remake but still I will always go for original work over a remake as a whole. What are your thoughts on the upcoming sequel?