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Supernatural Thriller ‘The First Exorcist’ In The Works From Helium & Emu Creek Pictures With Greg McLean Directing


'Wolf Creek' director Greg McLean will writer and direct 'The First Exorcist', a supernatural thriller out of Australia produced by Mark Fennessy.

The First Exorcist is billed as a “spellbinding fusion of religious and supernatural events set in Biblical times,” in which a mother goes on a harrowing quest to save her daughter from demonic possession. His last film was 2017’s Jungle, which starred Daniel Radcliffe as real-life Israeli adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg, and he has directed episodes of NBC’s La Brea, The Twelve, Jack Irish, The Gloaming, Bloom, Scrublands and the upcoming buzzy Netflix series Territory. Fennessy, who has run producer Helium since 2021, said: “Greg’s script delivers an intensity and emotional depth that, combined with jaw-dropping scares, a fascinating historical setting and powerful supernatural themes, will create a milestone film experience.

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