Last week we heard news that Rob Zombie was putting work on his re-vision of Halloween on hold for a major script revision. That rumor looks to be pretty much debunked as Coming Soon announces the casting of Halloween’s heroine, Laurie Strode.
Originally played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the part is now going to Scout Taylor-Compton, if the news is to be believed. Taylor-Compton has a range of experience in both television and film, but her biggest role to date appears to be in Alexa Vega’s Sleepover. So we’ve gone from a kiddie-sleepover movie to being the stalked babysitter. Her IMDB bio also lists her as being part of Sky High and The Princess Diaries 2, although it looks like she just worked on ADR for the two films.
Taylor-Compton joins a cast that includes the recently added Udo Kier and Kristina Klebe, as well as Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, and Adrienne Barbeau. The film is currently slated for an August release, assuming shooting begins soon.
