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The Exorcist: Believer movie storyline. Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 13, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes The Exorcist: Believer.
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
For the first time since the 1973 film, Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn reprises her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, an actress who has been forever altered by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before. The film also stars Emmy winner Ann Dowd as Victor and Angela’s neighbor, and Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butzas the parents of Katherine, Angela’s friend. When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, was released, it changed the culture forever, obliterating box office records and earning 10 Academy Award nominations, becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.
The Exorcist: Believer is directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay by Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray) and David Gordon Green, from a story by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), Danny McBride (Halloween trilogy) and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty.
The film is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse and by David Robinson and James G. Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment. The executive producers are Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Allain, Ryan Turek and Atilla Yücer. Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse/Morgan Creek Entertainment production in association with Rough House Pictures.
The Exorcist: Believer is an American supernatural horror film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Peter Sattler and Green from a story by Scott Teems, Danny McBride and Green. It is the sixth installment in The Exorcist franchise, and will serve as a direct sequel to The Exorcist (1973). The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum and Ellen Burstyn.
Originally planned to be a reboot in August 2020, it was redeveloped into a direct-sequel and follow-up to the original film in December 2020. Jason Blum served as a producer on the film through his Blumhouse Productions banner, alongside David C. and James G. Robinson through their Morgan Creek Entertainment banner, in association with executive producers Green and McBride’s Rough House Pictures.
Universal Pictures collaborated with Peacock to acquire distribution rights in June 2021. Principal photography took place between November 2022 and March 2023. The Exorcist: Believer wab released in the United States on October 13, 2023. It is intended to be the first of three new The Exorcist films, with the second, The Exorcist: Deceiver, set for release on April 18, 2025.
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Starring: Leslie Odom Jr, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn, Raphael Sbarge, Norah Murphy, Malena Cunningham Anderson
Screenplay by: Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green
Production Design by: Brandon Tonner-Connolly
Cinematography by: Michael Simmonds
Film Editing by: Timothy Alverson
Costume Design by: Cindy Carr, Elizabeth Luis, Jess Royal
Art Direction by: Stuart Frossell, Gary Naylor
MPAA Rating: R for some violent content, disturbing images, language and sexual references.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: October 6, 2023
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