Universal Pictures and and NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, in partnership with Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, have closed a reported $400 million-plus deal to purchase worldwide rights for a new Exorcist franchise that will see Ellen Burstyn reprise her role as the mother of a demon-possessed child.To be directed by David Gordon Green (Halloween), the franchise will star Hamilton‘s Leslie Odom Jr.
as the father of a possessed child who seeks out the aid of Burstyn’s Exorcist character Chris MacNeil, mother of the possessed Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair).According to Universal, the franchise will encompass three films in total and is described as a “continuation,” rather than a remake, of the 1973 original.“There’s no better time to be
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