EntertainmentHalloween sequels with Jamie Lee Curtis set for 2020 and 2021

The stories are true. “The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode isn’t over,” Universal announced in a teaser video Friday.

Following the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as the iconic horror heroine in 2018’s Halloween, the studio set release dates for two sequels. Halloween Kills will hit theaters on Oct. 16, 2020, and Halloween Ends will bow on Oct. 15, 2021.

Jason Blum, head of Blumhouse and a producer on the Halloween franchise, confirmed in a tweet “the gang is ALL back” for the next installments. That includes Curtis, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green (who co-wrote the screenplay with Green directing), and John Carpenter, the architect behind the Michael Myers nightmare.

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Halloween is set to return in 2020 with Jamie Lee Curtis reportedly reprising her role as Laurie Strode. It seems there is life after Michael Myers as a Halloween sequel has been confirmed for next year with its lead star, Jamie Lee Curtis , expected to return.

Jamie Lee Curtis is, as the report also indicates, practically a lock to reprise her role as the badass-grizzled-granny version of the franchise’s original Also, Danny McBride is speculated to return in his other capacity as executive producer, joined by director Green, star Curtis and, of course, a visionary

© Provided by TIME Inc. 'Halloween' sequels with Jamie Lee Curtis set for 2020 and 2021

“It ain’t over till the fat lady sings,” Curtis tweeted of the news. “Well, my friends and fans….I’m just WARMING UP.”

FINALLY : not one but TWO new Halloween movies: Halloween Kills (2020) and Halloween Ends (2021). Yes, the gang is ALL back, including @jamieleecurtis, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and @TheHorrorMaster John Carpenter. Oh yea. pic.twitter.com/KpVa2PlwN5

— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) July 19, 2019

“It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.” Well, my friends and fans....I’m just WARMING UP???????? Happy Halloween ????2020/2021 @halloweenmovie#halloweenkills#halloweenendspic.twitter.com/mjkZNdYqiY

— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) July 19, 2019

2018’s Halloween was a direct sequel to Carpenter’s genre classic from 1978 that saw Strode narrowly escape death at the hands of the masked killer. Years later, she prepared herself for his return and, sure enough, he popped back in for a visit.

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Blumhouse is reportedly prepping a sequel to 2018’s Halloween , with Jamie Lee Curtis returning. Blumhouse has already finalized plans for its Halloween sequel , as sources tell Collider. Pre-production is apparently occurring rapidly behind the scenes, with the studio eyeing a shoot to start on

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Blum once told EW he would “100 percent” like to do more movies and, recently, he teased the Myers fandom with a photo-op of him with Curtis. “We’re discussing stuff,” he wrote on social media.

“I’d be happy to do it, sure,” Curtis previously said. “This was an extraordinary experience. David was a fantastic director, writer, but obviously this 2018, 40th anniversary, was Laurie’s story, and obviously there are now other people’s stories that would need to get told. But Laurie’s story was told beautifully this year, and I would have no way of knowing how they would incorporate her into future.”