Following its attachment to copies of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” this past weekend, the official first trailer has been released for “Halloween” (2018) director David Gordon Green’s “The Exorcist” revival.
Titled “The Exorcist: Believer,” the project is produced by Blumhouse, Morgan Creek, Universal Pictures and Peacock who aims to turn this into a new trilogy of movies.
The project serves as a direct sequel to the original. In the film, two girls go missing and come back possessed. Leslie Odom Jr. stars as one of the parents who has never seen anything like this.
So he sets out to find someone who has – none other than Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) many years after the events involving her daughter Regan. Ann Dowd, Lidya Jewett, and Jennifer Nettles also star.
Green co-writes with Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Petter Sattler. Universal acquired the rights for this trilogy in a massive deal with the second film to be titled “The Exorcist: Deceiver” which will hit cinemas on April 18th 2025.
Jason Blum, David Robinson, and James Robinson produce, whilst Green, McBride, Couper Samuelson, and Stephanie Allain executive produce.
“The Exorcist: Believer” remains on track for release on October 13th.
