Recent franchise revival, The Exorcist: Believer, proved to be a massive disappointment for fans of William Friedkin’s original masterpiece, and also underperformed at the box office.
Shortly after the movie hit theatres, we learned that director David Gordon Green had decided not to helm the next instalment in the planned trilogy, The Exorcist: Deceiver, but that Blumhouse and Universal Pictures still planned to forge ahead with the follow-up.
Now, it looks like they’ve enlisted a filmmaker that’s sure to reignite interest. According to Jeff Sneider (since backed-up by Deadline), none other than Mike Flanagan is in talks to helm the next Exorcist movie.
Whether it will keep the Deceiver subtitle is unclear, and we’re not sure if the cast of Believer will return – although given the previous film’s reception, there’s a good chance Flanagan will decide to start from scratch with a new story/characters.
Flanagan has Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck on the way, and has previously helmed the likes of The Fall of the House of Usher Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. This guy rarely misses, so fingers crossed he’ll be able to get this franchise back on track.
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