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      The Exorcist: Believer: Release date, cast, plot for upcoming sequel

      A new instalment in The Exorcist horror franchise - The Exorcist: Believer - is coming to cinemas in 2023, just in time for Halloween.

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      The 50 most exciting movies coming in 2023

      There is an incredible array of new movies to look forward to over the coming twelve months.

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      What to watch: The best new movies to stream this weekend from 'Wendell & Wild' to 'The Exorcist'

      Wondering what to watch? Check out these Halloween highlights for the end of October.

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      'The Forever Purge' producer Jason Blum updates us on 'Paranormal Activity 7', 'Dracula', 'The Exorcist' and more

      There can't be many people in Hollywood who are as busy as Jason Blum. The acclaimed producer has his fingers in a number of pies, one of which being The Purge movie franchise.

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      Actors who were injured on Oscar-winning movies

      Film sets can be dangerous places and even prestigious Oscar-winning pictures have had their fair share of accidents and injuries.

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      'Halloween' reboot director David Gordon Green to take on 'Exorcist' sequel

      Director David Gordon Green is to take on a planned sequel of horror classic 'The Exorcist' for the indie studio Blumhouse.

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      Reboot of 'The Exorcist' aiming for a 2021 release

      Following news that one of the most beloved film comedies is set to be remade comes word that one of Hollywood's most iconic horror movies is also set for reboot.

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      Painful makeup prosthetics that put actors through hell

      These actors paid the price for their on screen transformations.

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      Composer Krzysztof Penderecki, whose music appeared in 'The Shining', dies at 86

      Krzysztof Penderecki, the visionary composer whose music was used in film scores from The Shining to The Exorcist, has died at the age of 86.

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      Max von Sydow dies aged 90

      The Sweden-born star of 'The Exorcist', 'The Seventh Seal', 'Star Wars' and 'Flash Gordon' passed away at his home in France.

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      New trailer for 'Cursed Films' series shines spotlight on Hollywood's most infamous movie sets

      Can a movie really be cursed? A new documentary series for horror streamer Shudder delves into the truth behind the myth.

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      Ellen Burstyn's hopes for the future of the #MeToo movement, predictions for the final season of 'House of Cards'

      Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn talks about her new movie, "The House of Tomorrow," why it's taken so long for the #TimesUp movement to come, and why she is the female director she's most eager to work with.

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      Horror's most terrifying icons: Then and now

      Whatever happened to the biggest horror icons?

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      William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89

      William Peter Blatty, the novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter most famous for landmark horror film “The Exorcist” as well as the director of two films, “The Ninth Configuration” and “The Exorcist III,” died Thursday in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 89. “Exorcist” director William Friedkin announced the news on Twitter Friday morning: “William Peter Blatty, dear friend... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/obituaries-people-news/william-peter-blatty-dead-exorcist-author-1201959933/" title="Read William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89">Read more »</a><img src="http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Entertainment/Variety/pc17#038;c26035310#038;c310000#038;cv2.0#038;cj1" class="editorial"/>

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      A real-life exorcist tells us the truth behind exorcism films

      “Some movies are better than others,” he told Yahoo! Movies. The reality would have been somewhat different, says Father Lampert. Another famous feature of exorcism movies is how the victims of demonic passion behave – from vomiting, uttering obscenities and doing strange things with crucifixes.

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      10 Movies With Hidden Subliminal Messages

      Subliminal messages inserted into movies can work wonders for training the brain, whether it’s in order to be enlightened, terrified or just plain confused. Director William Friedkin did actually insert frames of Pazuzu – or, as Regan calls him, 'Captain Howdy’ – into the film: first during Regan’s medical exam for just three frames, then later during Karras’s dream sequence and again when Chris is in the kitchen. Back before the advent of freeze-frame videos, DVDs and the internet, Captain Howdy became an urban legend, but now the chalk-faced ghoul is all over t-shirts, posters and is a popular cosplay character at Halloween.

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      Beetlejuice Star Geena Davis Joins The Exorcist

      It looks as though Geena Davis will star in ‘The Exorcist’ TV show.

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      The Exorcist TV Series Finds Its Regan

      Brianne Howey will star in Fox’s upcoming TV adaptation of ‘The Exorcist’. According to Deadline, the young American actress, known for her recurring role in ‘Scream Queens’, has been cast as possessed teen, Charlotte, in the upcoming ‘Exorcist’ TV pilot. “Brianne Howey (Scream Queens) has signed on for a series regular role in Fox drama pilot The Exorcist, a modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book,” they revealed.

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      The Exorcist TV Pilot To Be Directed By Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' Rupert Wyatt

      British director Rupert Wyatt is set to direct the pilot of Fox’s upcoming TV reboot of horror classic ‘The Exorcist’. Wyatt is best known for crime thriller 'The Escapist’ and 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ - the successful reboot of the famed sci-fi series that spawned a sequel in 2014 and another set for release in 2017. The pilot’s script is being written by 'Fantastic Four’ writer Jeremy Slater.

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      Ben Bussey

      The Exorcist TV Series Planned

      Last September, ‘The Exorcist’ rights holders Morgan Creek swore flatly, to both the general public and the original film’s director William Friedkin, that they would never, ever remake the 1973 horror classic.

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