<P> The following October, Judy Greer entered negotiations to play Laurie's daughter Karen Strode . Danielle Harris, who played Laurie's daughter Jamie Lloyd in the original continuity's Halloween 4 and Halloween 5, contacted Blumhouse with the offer to reprise her role in some way, but the studio planned to go with a different daughter character, to Harris' disappointment: "I was okay with it when she had a son...but they're saying it's the last one and...she has a daughter . And it's not Jamie . It's just kind of a bummer, I guess ." On December 7, 2017, Andi Matichak was cast to play Laurie's granddaughter Allyson . </P> <P> On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Nick Castle, who portrayed Michael Myers in the original film, would be reprising his role, with actor and stuntman James Jude Courtney set to portray Myers as well . Courtney was suggested to Malek Akkad and David Gordon Green by stunt coordinator Rawn Hutchinson for his ability to do both physical stunts and genuine acting, auditioning afterwards and receiving a phone call in December 2017 affirming that he had landed the role . Green explained to him his vision for Myers' mannerisms, an amalgamation of Castle's original performance and the addition of an efficient cat - eque style of movement . Courtney tailored his portrayal to those specifications from observing an actual cat, "I think cats are the most perfect hunting machines on the planet . And the beauty of it is we don't judge a cat for what a cat does . So I sort of carried that movement and the non-judgmental approach to the way I moved as The Shape, which I learned from my cat Parcival ." He referred to collaborating with Castle as an "honor", with Castle describing it as a "passing of the torch". He used John Carpenter and Castle's work on the original film to determine how the forty years that transpired between the events of the films would inform the character over time . </P> <P> On January 13, 2018, Ginny Gardner, Miles Robbins, Dylan Arnold and Drew Scheid were confirmed to play Allyson's friends, respectively . On January 16, 2018, Will Patton was publicized to have joined the film's roster . He was later joined by Rob Niter, both actors being announced to portray police officers . At the same time, Rhian Rees was cast as a character named Dana . Speaking of the cast, Nick Castle stated that "What I like about this (new film) is they've got some really good young actors . They fleshed out the relationship of Jamie's character with her daughter and her granddaughter . And they made some choices that I think are really bold choices about who these people are and why they are the way they are now ." </P> <P> On July 27, it was announced that a sound - alike voice actor would provide Dr. Loomis' voice over . </P>

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