Halloween is a 2018 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green, and co-written by Green, Jeff Fradley, and Danny McBride. It is the eleventh installment in the Halloween film series and a soft reboot that serves as a direct sequel to the first film and disregards all previous sequels. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis who reprises her role as Laurie Strode. James Jude Courtney portrays Michael Myers, with Nick Castle returning to the role for a cameo. Halloween also stars Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Haluk Bilginer, and Virginia Gardner. Its plot follows a post-traumatic Laurie Strode who prepares to face an escaped Michael Myers in a final showdown on Halloween night, forty years after she survived his killing spree.