After a film that stunk like pea soup throw-up, The Exorcist franchise is returning in a model new approach. As previously rumored, Mike Flanagan will now formally write, direct, and produce what’s being known as “a radical new tackle The Exorcist” for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek.
The movie is not going to be a sequel to 2023’s terrible The Exorcist: Believer, which introduced again unique solid members Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair with the intention of being the primary in a brand new trilogy. These plans got here to a screeching halt although when, nicely, individuals noticed the film.
“The Exorcist is likely one of the causes I grew to become a filmmaker, and it’s an honor to have the possibility to attempt one thing contemporary, daring, and terrifying inside its universe,” Flanagan said in a press release. “Reuniting with my pals at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made a few of my favourite items of labor, solely makes this extra thrilling.”
Flanagan is best known for govt producing a number of large spooky hits on Netflix resembling The Haunting of Hill Home, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. He additionally directed the surprising Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Sport and confidently stepped to the plate in The Shining franchise and delivered with Physician Sleep. He’s at the moment engaged on an adaptation of The Dark Tower for Prime Video.
“Mike’s voice and imaginative and prescient are indispensable for horror followers and we’re excited to welcome him again to Blumhouse. I instantly responded to Mike’s new tackle the world of The Exorcist and might’t anticipate audiences to expertise it,” head of Blumhouse, Jason Blum, stated.
There’s no phrase on what Flanagan’s “radical” take is on the franchise, the way it’ll slot in with the opposite motion pictures, or when it may come out. However we are able to assure two issues. One, it received’t be beholden to Believer, and two, there might be an exorcism in it.
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