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David Gordon Green Departing 2025 ‘The Exorcist’ Sequel, Search Underway for New Director

'The Exorcist: Deceiver' is being taken off Universal's release calendar for now.

David Gordon Green is departing the sequel to The Exorcist: Deceiver as he focuses on his production of Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller, as well as season four of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. Universal shelled out a huge $400 million for rights to the iconic horror franchise and planned a trilogy of films. “My intention is just to start making things, and as those plans come together, if I find myself in that [ The Exorcist: Deceiver] director’s chair, I’d be thrilled,” Green told The Hollywood Reporter.” But right now, I’m navigating it from a story perspective and looking at my realities of life as I pivot.”

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