Blumhouse and Universal Pictures have confirmed that Mike Flanagan has been ordained as the writer and director of a “radical new take” on The Exorcist. It had been previously reported that the Haunting of Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor director was in talks to resurrect the fortunes of the flailing franchise following David […]
Mike Flanagan tapped to direct next installment of Blumhouse and Universal Pictures’ Exorcist reboot trilogy
Blumhouse and Universal Pictures are summoning horror maestro Mike Flanagan in order to try and resurrect the fortunes of their ambitious and expensive Exorcist reboot series. Deadline reports that the Haunting of Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor director is in talks to take the clerical collar from The Exorcist: Believer‘s David Gordon Green, who […]
David Gordon Green exits The Exorcist: Deceiver as Universal pulls sequel from release schedule
In the wake of The Exorcist: Believer‘s underwhelming critical and commercial performance, David Gordon Green has departed Universal and Blumhouse’s franchise resurrection, and the sequel has been removed from the release calendar. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Green has left to focus on his Ben Stiller-led comedy Nutcrackers, as well as season four of HBO […]
A Conversation with Linda Blair – Her Career, Humanitarian Work, and The Exorcist: Believer
EJ Moreno chats to horror icon Linda Blair about her career and her work with the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation… Capturing the magic and energy of Linda Blair is near impossible. I’ve spoken to many people, but never during a conversation or interview with any actor has it felt more like catching up with any […]
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ties with Joker as biggest October box office opening of all time
Not content with conquering the music charts, Taylor Swift has now broken records atop the North American box-office with her concert movie, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which has just opened to the tune of $95-97 million. The popbuster movie debuted to the kind of figures usually reserved for superheroes and sequels. In fact it […]
The Exorcist: Believer levitates to the top of the box office
Following a critical shrug-of-the-shoulders prior to release (read our review ★★ here), audiences still felt compelled to turn out for Universal and Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer, which easily levitated to the top of the box-office with a $27.2 million domestic opening weekend. The David Gordon Green-directed legacy sequel opened at the lower end of projections, […]
Movie Review – The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
The Exorcist: Believer, 2023. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Nettles, Ann Dowd, Leslie Odom Jr., Olivia O’Neill, Lidya Jewett, Raphael Sbarge, E.J. Bonilla, Antoni Corone, Danny McCarthy, Norah Murphy, Chloe Traicos, Chandu Kanuri, Richard Carr III, and Okwui Okpokwasili. SYNOPSIS: When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days […]
Blumhouse eager to resurrect Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th franchise
Having worked their dark magic on the $500 million grossing Halloween series, and the forthcoming The Exorcist: Believer, Blumhouse Productions are turning their attention towards another dormant horror franchise in Friday the 13th. While doing the rounds for this weekend’s Exorcist sequel, Blumhouse Producer Ryan Turek was asked by Inverse whether there were any other […]
Jason Blum on moving The Exorcist: Believer away from Taylor Swift concert film
Jason Blum has conjured up quite a few memorable scares in his career, but one thing he doesn’t want to battle is Taylor Swift and her fans. If you recall, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse landed the coveted Friday, October 13th date for The Exorcist: Believer, perfect for a horror event. But things changed swiftly when […]
Scary bedtime stories summon a demon in The Exorcist: Believer clip
The Exorcist: Believer may have been scared into cinemas a week earlier thanks to the Taylor Swift concert movie, but director David Gordon Green’s latest legacy sequel is still hell-bent on making a mark at the October box-office, and judging by this creepy new clip for the Universal/Blumhouse horror film it has a good chance […]
