Jamie Lee Curtis on new Halloween movie set
Jamie Lee Curtis shared a photo from the set of her new movie Halloween on Tuesday.
The 59-year-old actress was nearly unrecognizable in long blonde hair as she was in character to play Laurie Strode.
The movie legend's caption read: 'First shot. @halloweenmovie Halloween 40 years later. Same slate. Same Laurie. David Gordon Green directing from his script. Happy Halloween 2018 everyone. See you all 10/19/18 #halloweenmovie.'
The look: Jamie Lee Curtis shared a photo from the set of her new movie Halloween on Tuesday
At it again: The movie legend's caption read: 'First shot. @halloweenmovie Halloween 40 years later. Same slate. Same Laurie. David Gordon Green directing from his script. Happy Halloween 2018 everyone. See you all 10/19/18 #halloweenmovie'
Curtis, who is the daughter of Hollywood legends Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, wore a button down denim shirt tucked into her belted brown slacks.
The star added a brown pocketed jacket and lace-up boots.
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In September it was announced she would reprise her role in a reboot of the horror movie, which will be released nearly 40 years to the day the original film directed by John Carpenter hit theaters.
So 1978: In September it was announced she would reprise her role in a reboot of the horror movie, which will be released nearly 40 years to the day the original film directed by John Carpenter hit theaters
With her co-stars: Curtis in a scene with her college pals in the first Halloween
The actress took to Twitter to inform her fans she was reprising her role of Laurie.
'Same porch. Same clothes. Same issues. 40 years later. Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween,' she wrote.
Curtis added an image to the tweet of herself standing on a porch in a light blue button-up top and dark blue jeans, with the horror film's masked antagonist, Michael Myers, lurking behind her with a knife.
Another Halloween: The actress and Michael Myers in 2002's Halloween: Resurrection
Curtis has played the role in a number of sequels throughout the years, including 1981's Halloween II, 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and the 2002 film Halloween: Resurrection.
In recent years, she's continued in the genre appearing on the Fox series Scream Queens in the role of Dean Cathy Munsch.
Carpenter in February revealed that the film was in the works, taking to Facebook to tell fans, '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.'
Carpenter said that filmmaker Green and Eastbound & Down's Danny McBride were aboard the project as writers, with Green directing.
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'David and Danny both came to my office recently with Jason Blum and shared their vision for the new movie and … WOW,' Carpenter said. 'They get it. I think you’re gonna dig it. They blew me away.'
Carpenter said he would act as executive producer and 'consult and offer [his] advice and feedback as needed.'
With horror movies a hot property thanks to It's smashing success, the box office prospects for the film look strong, as the 10 films in the franchise have racked up nearly $400 million in international box office receipts.
The original film was a smashing success, as iMDb reports it set a record for independent films at the time, making $47 million off a budget of $300,000.
The film is set to hit theaters October 19th, 2018.
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