Universal Spends $400 Million on New ‘Exorcist’ Trilogy Starring Ellen Burstyn, Leslie Odom Jr.

[celja]

Universal is shelling out an eye-popping $400 million to buy a new “Exorcist” trilogy with plans to screen some of the films on Peacock, its new streaming service. Ellen Burstyn will reprise her role for director David Gordon Green. https://t.co/SrlaxyXmrp pic.twitter.com/HHsDGaiSmn
- Variety (@Variety) July 31, 2021
A new Exorcist trilogy is in the

Comments

[a_files06]

Justice for the Exorcist show that was on FOX. That was some damn good tv with a great twist.

Did Linda Blair burn bridges or something? Why is she continually left out of these Exorcist projects?

[arsenicsugar]

I was always under the impression that she doesn't want to but I could be wrong. iirc, her experience with the films weren't the best - the filming conditions were harsh (the harness they used on her physically hurt her, the glue on the prosthetics irritated her skin etc.) and when they finished filming she was a teenager left to fend off uncomfortable questions from "fans" and even got death threats.

of course it's been decades so her opinion could've changed but when I looked up what she's up to nowadays she seems happy running an animal rescue.

[a_files06]

Just going off of her comment, just never seems like she's ever approached. At least not for these new films

#TheExorcist pic.twitter.com/MXU5axqSNz
- Linda Blair (@RealLindaBlair) July 26, 2021

[arsenicsugar]

aw, no :/ yeah, I get that vibe from her post too. that's too bad, hopefully if she wants to they'll fit in a cameo or something somewhere down the line? There's three movies afterall, and the fans really want her back.

[war_machine_rox]

Bring back the TV show 😡

[rebeljean]

No Linda Blair?

[my_moloko]

Or they could scrap that and give us a third season of The Exorcist that was on FOX. It was sf good I'm still mad about it being cancelled.

[arsenicsugar]

Looking forward to this as the first one is one of my favorite horror movies (Exorcist III is pretty good too). Seeing it in theatres when it was re-released in 2000 was an amazing experience.

Haven't seen the TV show yet, but it looks like it's well-liked so I might start it.