H2: Halloween 2 Update: Rob Zombie Clarifies To /Film On The Mask. New Poster

We'll be posting my rather epic interview today with Rob Zombie shortly. In the meantime, here's an excerpt in which he clears up misconceptions surrounding Michael Myers' "mask-less ratio" in H2 (Halloween 2). You may recall previous reports that Myers will go mask-less for 70% of the film. But as Zombie emphasized in good humor, the editing process has just started on the sequel, rendering the figure moot...

/Film: I think what has sparked the most controversy so far over the sequel is the mask. Once that statistic hit the Net that had Michael only wearing the mask for 30% of the movie, it was on. To be honest, it sounded like bulls*** to me, so I didn't report it. ...Would you care to clarify?Rob Zombie: It is total bulls***. [laughs] See, I think Wayne Toth [SFX] said [70% mask-less] when you guys were down on the set. Wayne wasn't bulls***ting you, but that was taken out of context, and to an extreme [online]. We've filmed so much stuff and at this point nobody but me knows what we're going to use or not use. There are more shots of Michael Myers running around in his mask in this movie than in any of the other movies. I don't think anybody has to worry. Yeah. Michael Myers never looked so good. [laughs]

Zombie also expressed complete disdain for all prior Halloween sequels, calling them "pathetic." It's a pretty candid interview. Some fans will be disappointed to learn that Tyrannosaurus Rex will most likely not be Zombie's next film due to—per the interview—Hollywood's current appetite for unoriginal, toned-down fare. After the jump we have the latest one-sheet for H2, released today.