For better or worse, there's a sequel to William Friedkin's The Exorcist in the works at Blumhouse Productions and Morgan Creek, with David Gordon Green (Halloween) on board to direct.
According to The Observer, Jason Blum, David Robinson and James Robinson will serve as producers on the untitled project, but no plot details were revealed. Friedkin will not be involved.
Widely considered one of the scariest movies ever made, the original film focused on a possessed young girl (Linda Blair) and her mother's (Ellen Burstyn) attempts to free her from the grip of the demon with the help of two priests (Jason Miller and Max Von Sydow).
Of course, The Exorcist already has two sequels. The first, John Boorman's surreal The Heretic, was critically panned and actually had very little to do with the events of the first film. However, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III (based on his novel Legion) was far better received and served as a more direct follow-up to the 1973 classic.
Whether this movie will re-adapt Legion or tell a completely new story remains to be see.
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