'The Exorcist' TV Series: Rupert Wyatt Will Direct The Pilot
The Exorcist TV series has been kicking around for a few years now, with Sean Durkin even once involved. The pilot has just landed a director, Rupert Wyatt.
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'The Exorcist' Being Adapted For Television By 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' Director
The Exorcist is a landmark movie. Along with Psycho, it legitimized horror as a genre -- what had previously been relegated to drive-in and second-feature filler was now big business. William Friedkin's adaptation of William Peter Blatty's novel (scripted by Blatty) scored a Best Picture Oscar nomination and nine other Oscar nods. (Best Picture went…
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William Friedkin Preparing To Film Another William Peter Blatty Adaptation?
The first collaboration between director William Friedkin and author/screenwriter William Peter Blatty produced one of the most famous / notorious horror films in movie history. (Um, The Exorcist.) Now, as Mr. Friedkin promotes a limited theatrical re-release and Blu-ray disc of The Exorcist and prepares to shoot the film Killer Joe in Louisiana, he may…
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William Friedkin And William Peter Blatty Reteaming For An Exorcist Remake?
William Peter Blatty, author of the original Exorcist novel and subsequent Oscar winning screenplay, has revealed that the big boss of the 1973 movie, William Friedkin, has agreed to direct a new version. Brace yourself for a 3D do-over with a younger cast and all-CG effects... then unbrace because, actually, I don't think that's what…
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