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The Exorcist franchise shifts again with director Mike Flanagan coming aboard for a 'radical new take' on the horror films


Universal Pictures is shifting away from last year's The Exorcist: Believer, enlisting filmmaker Mike Flanagan to take the helm for a new film.

The studio announced in July 2021 they spent a whopping$400 million on a new Exorcist trilogy, which brought back Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, the mother of possessed 12-year-old Regan (Linda Blair) from the original 1973 classic. The studio announced in July 2021 they spent a whopping $400 million on a new Exorcist trilogy , which brought back Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, the mother of possessed 12-year-old Regan (Linda Blair) from the original 1973 classic He directed indie hits such as Oculus, Hush and Before I Wake, plus the well-received Ouija: Origins of Evil and the Stephen King adaptations Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining.

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