A year ago, Morgan Creek Entertainment announced plans for a reboot of William Friedkin’s iconic 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist”.
The news was met with a lot of backlash, but things softened a bit when “Joe” and “Stronger” director David Gordon Green was hired to helm – Green coming off 2018’s successful “Halloween” revival.
Green has now spoken to Total Film, via GamesRadar, and clarified that the movie isn’t a reboot – rather a direct sequel to the original. In fact, it’s a true sequel as unlike Green’s “Halloween” this won’t outright ignore the three other sequels out there:
“The Exorcist has been written. That was one of my pandemic projects. It’s not inaccurate [that it will be a sequel to the original film]. I like all the Exorcist movies. And not only do I like them, I think they can all fall into the acceptable mythology for what I’m doing. It’s not like I’m saying, ‘Pretend that The Exorcist 2 never happened.’ That’s fine to exist. They’re all fine to exist, and I enjoy all of them.”
Green adds this one “is a lot of research, rather than just impulsive screenwriting.” Morgan Creek has said in the past that they will never remake “The Exorcist” so this seems to follow that rule, aside from the short-lived FOX TV series in 2016. Blumhouse is co-producing the new film.
