The Weinstein Company is pulling the plug fast on the still developing third installment of the Halloween franchise reboot done by director Rob Zombie. The film in question already received their first draft of the script, with everyone scrambling about to get this feature going with initial filming by sometime in November. The newest sequel, entitled Halloween 3D, was already set on the fast track literally days after the release of Halloween 2 (H2) with a set summer 2010 release. Deadline Hollywood has more information on the status of this film:
But I understand that Bob Weinstein shut down H3D pre-production “because Bob just felt it was rushing too fast.” Now Dimension (Films) plans to start the film after My Bloody Valentine 3D helmer Lussier is free.
Now what the big time production company plans on doing is re-releasing Halloween 2 to theaters on midnight Saturday, October 31rst. The sequel only made 32 million so far, some saying that the cause for them not earning more is not only due to its original release (August 28th) but its competition, The Final Destination. The fourth installment of yet another popular horror franchise ran away with the money, completely shutting out the Rob Zombie film box office wise in its opening weekend and it never fully recovered.
