Marcus Dunstan is directing from a script he wrote with Patrick Melton. The duo previously teamed on the scripts for the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh "Saw" movies, reported Variety.
The film will be the next instalment of the latest Halloween reboots that include 2007's "Halloween" and 2009's "Halloween II".
The movie will be produced by Malek Akkad with Matthew Stein as executive producer. The logline is currently being kept under wraps.
"Michael Myers has taken a long break from the bigscreen, and we know fans are eager to see him return." said Bob Weinstein, co-chair of the Weinstein Company and Dimension Films.