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Just after a film that stunk like pea soup throw-up, The Exorcist franchise is returning in a brand new way. As previously rumored, Mike Flanagan will now officially create, direct, and create what’s getting known as “a radical new take on The Exorcist” for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek.
The film will not be a sequel to 2023’s terrible The Exorcist: Believer, which brought back original cast members Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair with the intention of getting the very first in a new trilogy. These plans came to a screeching halt even though when, properly, men and women saw the film.
“The Exorcist is a single of the motives I became a filmmaker, and it is an honor to have the opportunity to attempt some thing fresh, bold, and terrifying inside its universe,” Flanagan mentioned in a press release. “Reuniting with my mates at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve created some of my preferred pieces of perform, only tends to make this additional thrilling.”
Flanagan is ideal recognized for executive generating a number of enormous spooky hits on Netflix such as The Haunting of Hill Home, The Fall of the Home of Usher, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. He also directed the shocking Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game and confidently stepped to the plate in The Shining franchise and delivered with Physician Sleep. He’s at present functioning on an adaptation of The Dark Tower for Prime Video.
“Mike’s voice and vision are indispensable for horror fans and we are excited to welcome him back to Blumhouse. I quickly responded to Mike’s new take on the planet of The Exorcist and can not wait for audiences to expertise it,” head of Blumhouse, Jason Blum, mentioned.
There’s no word on what Flanagan’s “radical” take is on the franchise, how it’ll match in with the other films, or when it could come out. But we can assure two items. A single, it will not be beholden to Believer, and two, there will be an exorcism in it.
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