Jason Blum: 'You Can Behead Me' If 'Halloween' Reboot Is Late
Jason Blum is so confident that his "Halloween" reboot will be ready for October 2018, he's issued a gruesome guarantee: "You can kill me. You can behead me. You can chop my hand off...that's on the record," he told TheWrap.
Blum, the founder of Blumhouse Productions, made the ghoulish promise during a tour of the Universal Studios' Hollywood theme park's "Horrors of Blumhouse" attraction. Per Attractions Magazine, it will include homages to "The Purge," "Insidious" and the upcoming "Happy Death Day."
The umpteenth "Halloween" film is currently scheduled for October 19, 2018.
"Pineapple Express" director David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are co-writing, with Green directing. It has the blessing of John Carpenter, who gave us the first "Halloween" in 1978 and is executive producing this remake.
Blumhouse is also behind the horror hits "Get Out" and "Split.