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The filmmakers behind the remake of John Carpenter's 1978 horror hit Halloween have announced the addition of three new cast members. Kristina Klebe, a young actress whose biggest credit to date is a recurring stint on the television show Rescue Me, will play Lynda Van Der Klok, Laurie Strode's friend who falls victim to Michael Myers in the first film. Udo Kier, a German actor popular with horror fans, has also been cast as Morgan Walker, the head of Smith Grove Sanitarium, where the sororicidal Myers was incarcerated before escaping. As we've reported before, several other notables have already been locked into the cast, including Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Loomis, Dee Wallace-Stone as Cynthia Strode and Brad Dourif as Sheriff Brackett, the role originally played by Charles Cyphers. Tyler Mane, the big guy who played Sabertooth in X-Men, will play 'The Shape' himself.

And so.....who the hell is going to play Laurie Strode? There's been a persistent rumor that the part was down to two young actresses, Canadian Lindy Booth and Blood & Chocolate's Agnes Bruckner, but nothing solid ever materialized on that front. This morning, Zombie has put all speculation to rest -- the part has been handed to Scout-Taylor Compton, a young redhead most known for being in this year's Sundance film An American Crime and several episodes of the television show Charmed.

The bad buzz, the bad script reviews and one helluva bad vibe has caused Rob Zombie to come down with a case of fanboy fever -- yes, the internet fanboys are officially pissing him off. Basically, the whole what-to-do started when AICN ripped into Zombie's script for the latest Halloween installment (a so-called "re-imagining" of the entire franchise). However, Fangoria followed that up with a review that praised Zombie's script -- but, apparently, the damage had already been done. The musician-turned-director went kind of ballistic on his MySpace page, saying (in part): "This is crazy. Do you really go through life influenced by the thoughts of others that easily?"

So, with casting just about done, a production schedule set and a release date of August 31(because everyone likes to dress up and go trick-or-treating right around Labor Day) to stick by, what does Zombie do? How about delay everything and re-write the script? Now, we don't know that for sure -- Bloody Disgusting is only going by "industry buzz" at the moment -- but there's a strong possibility the entire film could be pushed back. Because of a script review for an (supposedly) old draft? I don't get it either, but something isn't right in Zombie land. Stay tuned, as Cinematical plans to follow this one straight down into the bizarre rabbit hole it's decided to hide.

In related news, BD also has the scoop on who may or may not be cast as the memorable Laurie Strode (originally played by Jamie Lee Curtis). Two names are surfacing at the moment: Lindy Booth (Dawn of the Dead) and Agnes Bruckner (The Woods, Blood and Chocolate). As per usual, everyone close to Booth, Bruckner and the film itself are denying the rumors ... for now. I'm sure as soon as Zombie gets over his little temper tantrum we'll know what's really going on. Or not. But do you care either way?