Rob Zombie and his brother, Spider, who is the frontman for Powerman 5000, speaks on the Pulse of Radio with Rob revealing to the public as to why he returned to directing Halloween, after repeatingly turning it down in the past.

After Rob did the first one, he admitted that he had no desire to do it again, that he was burnt out and tired, he thought the work on the first movie was stressful and difficult. Then he says, as time went by, he grew excitement and had a passion for Halloween again that made him want to return. He says he came up with a great idea for a story and its characters, that he couldn’t pass this up.

Rob Zombie already signed Tyler Mane to return as the legendary killer. Zombie is in talks of signing Scout Taylor-Compton to return as Laurie Strode and Malcolm MacDowell to return as Dr. Loomis.

“H2” is scheduled to begin filming in March.

More on it here:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111490

Those who keep slamming Rob Zombie for turning it down in the past and wanting to do it again, you have to keep in mind that Zombie is a writer. When a writer comes up with a story idea and it hits them, it makes them want to get it off their chest. Well, Rob came up with a story idea for the sequel that he wants to get off his chest. You have a vision in your head, your own movie in your head, and you think to yourself, “How do I get my story to the world?”

It happens to all writers. Writers can’t help themselves. When they say they’re going to stop, they have no choice but to keep writing because of one word, “inspiration”. “Inspiration” hit Rob again that drove him to want to helm Halloween again.

The same goes for Christopher Nolan doing a third Batman movie or Lucas/Spielberg doing a 5th Indy movie. You can’t just expect these guys to do another sequel this quick. You have to give them time for inspiration to hit them with a good story idea, then they’ll do it. Chris Nolan said a hundred times that he may or may not do a third Batman movie, depending on a good story. The same goes for Lucas with Indy 5, he said a hundred times that he isn’t sure if he should go on without Shia and Karen Allen, depending on a good Indy story.

Writing and creating something is like an addictive drug. You say you’re going to stop but for some reason you can’t. I’m getting back into story fiction writing soon because I’ve been inspired to get back into it.

I’m sure Rob won’t dissapoint the Halloween sequel ’cause he is a creative guy when it comes to the horror genre. He’ll probably make the sequel better than the first.

Kev