David Gordon Green has officially finished his trilogy of sequels to John Carpenter’s Halloween. Now he’ll be taking on a completely different kind of horror classic – The Exorcist. While details are scarce, David Gordon Green has been working on a new trilogy that will follow the events of the original 1973 movie. Now, the first trailer has been released for the new sequel to The Exorcist in The Exorcist: Believer.
With the new trailer, we were also given a synopsis for the movie, which reads:
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom, Jr.) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own.
But when Angela and her friend Katherine (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.
It’s worth noting that Ellen Burstyn, who played Chris MacNeil in the original Exorcist film, will be reprising her role for this new sequel. She’ll also be joined by Leslie Odom Jr. and Ann Dowd.
You can check out the trailer below:
David Gordon Green has explained he feels more excitement than stress when approaching the production of this new sequel. He recently discussed the fanbase of the film and how they’re anxious to see what’s going on. Here’s what he specifically had to say regarding the “incredible opportunity” given to him:
“[I’m] honored to step into something that’s so valuable within cinema history. And knowing that there is a fanbase that is curious, aware, alert, potentially concerned to see what we’re up to. What I like is, people say, ‘Is it stressful?’ No, it’s exciting because I spent so much of my life making movies, and you’re just begging an audience to tune in, or see what’s going on, or buy tickets to the movie. With these, I’ve got stories to tell, I’ve got an imagination to express, and the way I can do that within these movies is an incredible opportunity.”
It’s been quite some time since an installment in the Exorcist franchise was on the big screen. In fact, the last film in the franchise was the 2005 entry Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist which followed its alternate 2004 version Exorcist: The Beginning.
The Exorcist is a vastly different kind of property than Halloween – so it’ll be interesting to see what David Gordon Green has planned to explore the iconic brand going forward.
The Exorcist: Believer hits theaters on October 13th.