1905 Movie Network News Due to the poor box office performance of "The Exorcist: The Believer", the second part of the series "The Exorcist: The Deceiver" has encountered major changes. Director David Gordon Green has withdrawn, and Universal and Blumhouse will Looking for new candidates, the film has also been withdrawn from its original schedule of April 18, 2025.
In previously exposed plans, David Gordon Green will direct a new Exorcist trilogy and build an entire Exorcist universe. Judging from the current situation, this plan has been abandoned. Whether the second film can be shot smoothly is still unknown. In fact, "The Exorcist: The Believer" is an American horror film in the traditional sense. Compared with William Friedkin's original work, it still looks a little rough. The film is directed by David Gordon Green ("Moonlight") and produced by Blumhouse. The original star of the series, Ellen Burstyn, returns as Chrissy, the mother whose child is possessed by a demon. Leslie Odom Jr. joins the cast as the father of a child possessed by a demon, seeking Chrissy's help. Germany ("The Handmaid's Tale") also stars.
's original version of "The Exorcist" was adapted from a novel based on a real exorcism incident in 1949, and eventually won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film held the box office record for R-rated horror films for a long time until 2017's "The Return of the Clown" broke it. Previously, Universal and the streaming media Peacock won the global rights to the new version of the "Exorcist" series of movies for a transaction price of US$400 million. The film's global box office was only US$136 million.
