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They’re Still Remaking ‘The Exorcist’
Morgan Creek Productions has hired investment banking group Houlihan Lokey to sell domestic rights to its library of 78 films, says Deadline, but they’ll retain remake rights for five titles — Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Major League, Young Guns, Flying Tigers and The Exorcist.
Yes, a remake of The Exorcist is still in the cards, although it sounds as if there’s zero progress on it (thank God).
It’s been more than 40 years since William Friedkin 1973 The Exorcist terrified audiences. This means that it’s been more than 40 years since we’ve been terrified by a possession film. Ironically, earlier this week Trace put out a “call to action” to make better possession films.
I’m not anti-remake, but come on. This is just a lame cash-grab.
The more PC our society becomes, the harder it will be to shock audiences. The Exorcist would never fly in today’s culture and would be censored to death before any theatrical release. Can you imagine what a remake without all of the shocking language and visuals would look like? The answer is trash. Absolute trash. No possession film has come close to being a classic – and the same will go for a modern take on The Exorcist. I’m sure whomever gets behind the remake could give two shits, though, especially because it will still make bank…
Anyways, back to the story.
The new owner of the library will land a percentage of the gross profits on the next Exorcist film.
The company is completely debt-free, adds the site. Hence, the money that comes from sale of the library will go back into its film production fund. “I’m selling the library strictly for economic reasons,” Morgan Creek CEO Jim Robinson told the site. “It will go back into the company to fund more production. We have a number of properties that we are looking to move forward on.”
Man, a modern take on The Exorcist… without a young girl, with updated special effects and CGI, and the distributors needs for a PG-13 film. No-fucking-thanks.
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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