Project Halloween

Project Halloween is a movie in the Project Series that is set to be released in 2023. It takes place 2 years before Project Robin 2, which introduced Michael Myers

## Synopsis

A young boy is committed to an insane asylum after murdering several trick or treaters and is treated by Dr. Sam Loomis. As Loomis's attempts to treat the boy fail and is kicked off the case, Loomis anticipates his escape from the asylum years later.

## Plot

***Die Hard*** is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel, *Nothing Lasts Forever*, by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia. *Die Hard* follows New York City police detective John McClane (Willis) who is caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife. Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner feature in supporting roles.

Stuart was hired by 20th Century Fox to adapt Thorp's novel into a screenplay in 1987. His finished draft was greenlit immediately by Fox, which was eager for a summer blockbuster the following year. The role of McClane was turned down by a host of the decade's most popular actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Known mainly for work on television, Willis was paid $5 million for his involvement, placing him among Hollywood's highest-paid actors. The deal was seen as a poor investment by industry professionals and attracted significant controversy towards the film prior to its release. Filming took place between November 1987 and March 1988, on a $25 million–$35 million budget and almost entirely on location in and around Fox Plaza in Los Angeles.

Expectations for *Die Hard* were low; some marketing efforts omitted Willis's image, ostensibly because the marketing team determined that the setting was as important as McClane. Upon its release in July 1988, initial reviews were mixed: criticism focused on its violence, plot, and Willis's performance, while McTiernan's direction and Rickman's charismatic portrayal of the villain Hans Gruber were praised. Defying predictions, *Die Hard* grossed approximately $140 million, becoming the year's tenth-highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing action film. Receiving four Academy Award nominations, it elevated Willis to leading-man status and made Rickman a celebrity.

*Die Hard* has been critically re-evaluated and is now considered one of the greatest action films, and is also often named one of the best Christmas films. It revitalized the action genre, largely due to its depiction of McClane as a vulnerable and fallible protagonist, in contrast to the muscle-bound and invincible heroes of other films of the period. Retrospective commentators also identified and analyzed its thematic concerns, including vengeance, masculinity, gender roles, and American anxieties over foreign influences. The film produced a host of imitators; the term "*Die Hard*" became a shorthand for plots featuring overwhelming odds in a restricted environment, such as "*Die Hard* on a bus". It created a franchise comprising the sequels *Die Hard 2* (1990), *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995), *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), and *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013), plus video games, comics, and other merchandise. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, *Die Hard* was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2017.

## Production

Writing of the script began on August 27th, 2022. Writing is currently still going on, making it the longest Project Movie script to write, next to Project Justice League. The film's writing is more thought out and cohesive compared to the last film, Project Joker, that was written in one sitting. During the writing phase, several costume tests and promo photos have been made. In addition to that, makeup and effects have been tested.

Due to the winter season approaching and the costume for Michael Myers being unavailable temporarily, the movie was pushed back to release in 2023 and was planned to start filming in the early months but production was then delayed to fall 2023.

## Follow-ups to Project Halloween

A sequel is planned to release after winter, following the events of the first film.