The Halloween trilogy, which began in 2018, concludes with The End of Halloween, in theaters from October 12. Director David Gordon Green and Jason Blum have already begun work on a new trilogy based on another horror classic.
The new Halloween trilogy, launched in 2018 by David Gordon Green, has just concluded with The End of Halloween, in cinemas from Wednesday 12 October.
The first feature film released in 2018 grossed $255 million at the international box office (on a $10 million budget), while the second opus, Halloween Kills, which was released in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, collected $131 million in green bills. budget 20 million). Figures that seem to have given ideas to director and producer Jason Blum.
The duo will indeed revive another cult horror film, The Exorcist, to create its own trilogy.
David Gordon Green and Jason Blum will use the same formula as for Halloween. That is, the plot follows the plot of the first film and does not include sequels. Thus, the planned three feature films do not take into account the 2nd opus released in 1978 (John Boorman’s The Exorcist 2) and 1990 (William Peter Blatt’s The Exorcist III).
And the duo didn’t choose this film by chance, as The Exorcist is number 7 in the top 10 highest-grossing horror films with $441 million worldwide (the recent remake of That by Andres Muschietti was first).
Nearly 50 years after the release of William Friedkin’s iconic film, the demon Pazuzu is back to haunt the innocent.
In terms of casting, Ellen Boorstyn, who played Chris, young Regan’s mother, in the original film, will reprise her role alongside Leslie Odom Jr., who recently appeared in Murder on the Orient Express and Hamilton. As by Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale). It is not yet known if Linda Blair will return as Regan.
The Return of Ellen Boorstyn
After repeatedly refusing to appear in Friedkin’s film sequels, Ellen Burstyn Agreed to participate in the casting of David Gordon Green.
An American magazine asked him about it The Hollywood ReporterThe Oscar-winning actress (for her role in Alice Is Not Here Anymore) insisted that she only agreed to fund the program for young actors.
He declares:You know what happened was I turned down a lot of versions of The Exorcist 2. I said no every time.
I feel that the devil is demanding my price.
This time they offered me a bundle of money and I still said no. Then they surprised me and came back and said, “We’ve doubled the offer. (…) I said: “This is a lot of money.” Let me think.” The next thought that occurred to me was, “I feel that the devil is exacting a price from me.”
Ellen Burstyn in “The Exorcist”
And then I thought, “My reward is a scholarship program for gifted students in Pace University’s graduate program.” So I changed my mind, agreed on my salary and got what I wanted: a scholarship program for young actors.”
Note that William Friedkin will not be involved in the project. When the trilogy was announced, the director who spoke quite a lot about it Social networks said: “There’s a rumor on IMDB that I’m involved in a remake of The Exorcist. This is not a rumor, this is an outright lie. There isn’t enough money or motivation in the world for me to do that.“
Let me remind you, it was filmed from the novel The Exorcist William Peter Blatt. It won the author an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also received 10 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won a statuette for Best Sound. Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller and Linda Blair were also nominated.
The first part of the new Exorcist trilogy is already on October 11, 2023.
Source: allocine
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