A scooper at UPC has come back with some more news on
H2K.
It's me again, you're source for Halloween 8 goodies! Kent Gleason was
able to fax me some pages from his script. I haven't actually spoken with
him in a few days so I don't know too much about what's going on with final
decisions at the studio. But here is what I got from the first 54 pages
of the script.
It's a pretty neet idea so far: The movie opens with a girl walking
through the old Myers house. Just as she is about to be stabbed by THE SHAPE
someone off stage yells CUT and we learn it was only a movie. Laurie's son,
John (Josh Hartnett) is trying to deal with the hospitalization of his mother
(although Curtis will not star). A year after the aftermath of H20, John
is finally learning to live a normal life with his girlfriend Molly. A big
time movie producer arrives and offers John ALLOT of money for the rights
to use his mother's name and her story for a Hollywood movie about Michael
Myers.
John, feeling this is a good opportunity to cash in on his mother's
story, and use the money to continue getting her medical attention, agrees.
The story moves to Hollywood where John and Molly sort of act as supervisors
on the movie, making sure they get the facts straight. There are characaters
in the movie within the movie playing the roles of Dr. Loomis, and Sheriff
Braket and allot of funny in-jokes are being added. That's when people start
to die by the hands of someone dressed as Michael.
From the script so far, it appears we are to believe right from the
start that this is a Michael impostor and not the real thing. My guess is
that we will find out that the killer is the same guy playing Michael in
the movie within the movie.
Hey, just wanted to let you in on some info I got from one of the
writer's who is working on Halloween 8. Kent Gleason, a good friend of mine,
is one of the many writer's trying to pump out a workable screenplay for
the next instalment. And he tells me things are looking good, and that executive
producer Moustapha Akkad has responded positively to his script.
Here's the apparent plot from what Gleason would tell me: A year after
H20, a movie is being made in Hollywood about the true story's of Michael
Myers. The movie is a telling of all the events from 1978 to 1998. But very
soon, as October 31st approaches and production of the film wraps, Michael
Myers appears to show the filmmakers how it's done. Gleason says that Jamie
Lee Curtis will NOT be returning as believed from earlier rumours. In the
script, Laurie Strode was committed to a mental ward after H20, never to
be seen or heard of again. And in fact Michael Myers DID die at the end
of H20.
The new Michael in Part 8 will be an impostor (like Friday the 13th
Part 5). Again, no word as to if this is the official script being chosen,
but it is being strongly considered. Don't expect this movie to be released
until fall 2001. And to leave you with something extra juicy, Gleason's
script is momentarily titled - Halloween: A New Evil.
SPOILER: When word gets out that a Myers impostor is on the loose,
John learns that his mother has commited suicide.
IN my opinion the film is paying homage to the recently made Australian
horror film. CUT. Who knows, what kind of impact
that film will have in the USA. (UPC) (HFA NEWS) | 
, 1998-2000.