With two more Halloween movies – Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends – now announced for respective 2020 and 2021 releases, now comes an update on those films.

Firstly, Nick Castle has confirmed that he’ll be back to play Michael Myers in those two pictures – and Castle also added that James Jude Courtney will be back to tackle the more physical side of The Shape.

You can’t kill the boogeyman. Just heard the news. I’m coming back. pic.twitter.com/DXFsritGQB

— Nick Castle OG Shape (@ncastlez) July 25, 2019

Elsewhere, the ever-reliable Sneider Cut podcast is reporting that the current plan is to bring Tommy Doyle back for Halloween Kills. If you remember, Tommy was one of the two youngsters that Laurie Strode was tasked with babysitting during Michael’s rampage in John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween.

Played by Brian Andrews in that first Halloween movie, the Tommy character would turn up as a key part of Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers in 1995. There, Tommy was played by a young up-and-comer called Paul Rudd.

Of course, last year’s Halloween ignored any of the films since that ’78 film, meaning anybody with hopes of Rudd reprising the role will likely end up disappointed. That said, Rudd has regularly championed his time in Haddonfield in The Curse of Michael Myers, so you never know…

One story out there right now is that Rudd has actually been offered the chance to take on the Tommy Doyle role again, but his commitment to Jason Reitman’s upcoming new Ghostbusters film is said to be a major spanner in the works in terms of scheduling.

Expect more on both Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends as we get it.