Flanagan \u2013 best known for his work on various Netflix series including The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass and The Fall of the House of Usher, as well as films such as Gerald\u2019s Game and Doctor Sleep \u2013 will write, direct and produce the new movie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Exorcist is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker, and it is an honour to have the chance to try something fresh, bold, and terrifying within its universe,\u201d said Flanagan.<\/p>\n
\u201cReuniting with my friends at Blumhouse, with whom I\u2019ve made some of my favourite pieces of work, only makes this more exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>The Exorcist marks yet another collaboration between Flanagan and Blumhouse, with the filmmaker having written and directed Oculus, Hush and Ouija: Origin of Evil for the studio.<\/p>\n
Blumhouse\u2019s Jason Blum said: \u201cMike\u2019s voice and vision are indispensable for horror fans and we are excited to welcome him back to Blumhouse. I immediately responded to Mike\u2019s new take on the world of The Exorcist and can\u2019t wait for audiences to experience it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n David Robinson, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Creek, said: \u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be working with Mike. I think his vision for this franchise is going to stun audiences worldwide, and I could not be more excited to be working with him, Trevor, Jason and the entire Blumhouse Team.\u201d<\/p>\n Mike Flanagan\u2019s next film project is an adaptation of a Stephen King story, The Life of Chuck, billed as a sci-fi drama starring Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan, with no release date currently set.<\/p> Check out more of our Film<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Mike Flanagan says it is an “honour” to be making the new film. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52370,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie.jpg",2318,1594,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-300x206.jpg",300,206,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-768x528.jpg",768,528,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-1024x704.jpg",800,550,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-1536x1056.jpg",1536,1056,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-director-to-helm-radical-new-exorcist-movie-2048x1408.jpg",2048,1408,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Mike Flanagan says it is an \"honour\" to be making the new film.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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