The film was a box office success, grossing over $133 million worldwide against a production budget of $20 million, and received mixed reviews from critics. It also streamed simultaneously on paid tiers of Peacock for 60 days. Principal photography began in September 2019 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and concluded in November.įollowing a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Halloween Kills had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 15, 2021, by Universal Pictures. The film's title was officially announced in July 2019, along with its sequel. By February 2019, Teems was hired to co-write the script.

Following the critical and commercial success of the 2018 film, development on the sequel promptly began as early as October 2018. Before the release of the film, McBride confirmed that he and Green were originally intending to pitch two films that would be shot back-to-back and then decided against it, waiting to see the reaction to the first film. Jason Blum served as a producer on the film through his Blumhouse Productions banner, alongside Malek Akkad and Bill Block. The film, which begins where the previous film ended, sees Strode and her family continuing to fend off Myers, this time with the help of the Haddonfield community. Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and Will Patton also reprise their roles from the previous film, with Anthony Michael Hall and Thomas Mann joining the cast.

The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney, who reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers respectively. It is the sequel to 2018's Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise. Halloween Kills is a 2021 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Green, Danny McBride and Scott Teems.

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