With Halloween Ends bringing the saga of Laurie Strode and Michael Myers to an in depth, director David Gordon Inexperienced anticipated that he can be taking a step again from the horror style… however then Blumhouse Productions founder Jason Blum got here calling with a sequel to The Exorcist.
“That’s the reality,” David Gordon Inexperienced mentioned whereas talking with THR. “If anyone’s adopted my profession, I’m at all times about left turns. As soon as I really feel snug, I’ve obtained to get out of there and go do one thing that I don’t know and that’s harmful and weak. That’s the stuff that actually appeals to me. Fortuitously, I’ve been capable of train that via loads of comedic work on tv and another issues I’ve been capable of do in between horror initiatives. However I actually did have each intention of claiming, ‘I’m going to push pause on horror,’ as a lot as I really like the style. It’s been good to me from a inventive and monetary standpoint, for positive, nevertheless it was simply time to maneuver on till the proper property and the proper thought occurred on the identical time.” The Exorcist sequel will really be a complete new trilogy, with Ellen Burstyn returning to reprise her Academy-nominated position of Chris MacNeil. Leslie Odom Jr. additionally stars as the daddy of a possessed little one who seeks out the help of Burstyn’s character.
Earlier this week, David Gordon Inexperienced mentioned that the primary sequel on this new Exorcist trilogy would begin manufacturing quickly. Inexperienced added that the movie can be “terribly completely different” from Halloween. “We’re creating The Exorcist, and Ellen Burstyn, together with an incredible solid, is coming collectively for that, with a script I’m actually enthusiastic about,” Inexperienced mentioned. “Technically, it’s an awfully completely different movie from Halloween. I assume it’s within the subgenre of horror, however dramatically, I’m approaching it very academically. So we’ll see. It’s bringing loads of the identical workforce collectively when it comes to our make-up and results workforce and our cinematographer, however on the identical time, we’re bringing in a brand new group as effectively to enhance and evolve in several methods and to ensure it doesn’t really feel redundant or repetitive.” What do you hope to see in The Exorcist sequel trilogy?
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