David Gordon Inexperienced’s deliberate The Exorcist trilogy, which started with the poorly acquired The Exorcist: Believer, isn’t any extra, with Blumhouse pivoting down a daring new path as an alternative.
Mike Flanagan will likely be directing the subsequent installment within the franchise for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, and it’s already been dated for theatrical launch on March 13, 2026.
Whereas plot particulars are at present beneath wraps, the brand new movie will inform an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and it’s undoubtedly NOT a sequel to final yr’s The Exorcist: Believer.
Flanagan’s characteristic is alleged to be a “radical new take for the franchise,” and he teases his imaginative and prescient for the franchise’s massive display screen return in a brand new chat with The Hollywood Reporter this week.
“We aren’t making this straightforward on ourselves,” Flanagan tells the positioning. “However I’ve all the time felt that there’s no level in going right into a franchise or right into a property that monolithic until there’s one thing new you possibly can convey. I chased The Exorcist very aggressively as a result of I used to be satisfied I had one thing that I may add.”
He continues, “This is a chance to do one thing that I consider has by no means been executed inside the franchise — one thing that honors what got here earlier than it however isn’t constructed on nostalgia. I actually simply noticed a chance to make the scariest film I’ve ever made. I do know expectations are excessive. Nobody’s extra intimidated than I’m.”
Flanagan beforehand mentioned in a press release, “The Exorcist is without doubt one of the causes I grew to become a filmmaker, and it’s an honor to have the possibility to strive one thing recent, daring, and terrifying inside its universe. Reuniting with my buddies at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made a few of my favourite items of labor, solely makes this extra thrilling.”
The movie will likely be produced by Trevor Macy on behalf of Intrepid Footage and Flanagan through his new Purple Room Footage banner. John Scherer may also be engaged on the movie on behalf of Intrepid. This movie marks the fourth collaboration for Flanagan and Blumhouse; he wrote and directed Oculus (2013), Hush (2016) and Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), all additionally produced by Macy.
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