Elsewhere in Jamie Lee Curtis’ interview with Yahoo Movies, she explained that Halloween would feel like a retelling of the events of the original (with Laurie Strode’s granddaughter apparently playing a pivotal role), so fans can look forward to something with a healthy amount of the classic Halloween DNA that has become so utterly iconic over the years.
Halloween takes place forty years after the events of the original.
Seemingly ignoring all of the other sequels (not to mention the other Rob Zombie reboots), the film will find Laurie Strode as she continues to cope with the fallout of Halloween 1978 as Michael Myers returns for one more horrific rampage — not unlike the events of Halloween: H20 from 1998.