Long-time fans of John Carpenter’s Halloween went nuts when it was announced that he would take back the mantle for the next entry in the long-running series. Not much else beyond that was known other than he promised to bring the series back to its small scale roots and that Blumhouse would be producing.  That is, until today.

Via John Carpenter’s Facebook page, he announced:

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.

So here’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for:

David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are joining the project to complete the creative team. David and Danny will write the script together and David will direct. I will continue in my executive producer role to consult and offer my advice and feedback as needed.

David and Danny both came to my office recently with Jason Blum and shared their vision for the new movie and…WOW. They get it. I think you’re gonna dig it. They blew me away.

I might even do the music. Maybe. It could be kind of cool.

And you’ll get to see it in theaters on October 19th, 2018.

David Gordon Green, perhaps best known for directing stoner comedy Pineapple Express, seems like an odd choice for the series.  As does his comedic writing partner, Danny McBride, who he’ll be sharing screenwriting duties with.  However, Carpenter is not an easy man to please, and he seems excited for the ideas the pair brought to the table, which is enough to give me confidence in the project.  Also, with McBride’s upcoming role in Alien: Covenant, I suspect there’s a serious horror fan lurking within the comedic actor.

While plot details are still scarce, we now know that we can officially revisit Haddonfield on October, 19, 2018. So get to work, guys.

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.