The Exorcist trilogy announced: All you need to know, from Ellen Burstyn reprising role from 1973 classic, to David Gordon Green directing

Universal Pictures has reportedly closed a deal of over $400 million to buy the worldwide rights to the newly announced Exorcist trilogy.

Here's all you need to know about the highly-anticipated trilogy.

The background

• In December 2020, it was reported that David Gordon Green would helm a sequel to Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Productions’ The Exorcist.
• incidentally, Green was also the director of Halloween (2018), the slasher movie that was spun into a trilogy with Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, scheduled to release this year and in the next, respectively.
• Green is also the scribe on the movies, reports Indiewire. He had earlier confirmed that he finished scripting the first movie during the pandemic.

Ellen Burstyn makes a comeback

• Like Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role in the Halloween trilogy, the original star Ellen Burstyn of The Exorcist will return as Chris MacNeil, the mother of the then 12-year-old Reagen.
• Leslie Odom Jr. will star as the father of a child possessed by demonic forces who seek MacNeil out for her help.

What to expect from the trilogy

• According to a New York Times report, the first film will release in theatres in 2023, while the subsequent ones will debut on Peacock, Universal's streaming platform.
• This is not the first time the smash hit movie has spawned sequels. The film went on to have three direct sequels, a prequel, and then a TV show. However, Gordon's version of the franchise will continue the same story of William Friedkin's 1973 original.
• Speaking in an interview, Gordon had previously said, "I like all the Exorcist movies, 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.”

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