The upcoming film, “The Exorcist: Believer,” holds significance for film fans for a number of reasons. First, we are just about one month past from the death of the original film’s director, William Friedkin, and secondly, we are 50 years past from the debut of the 1973 classic. That doesn’t even take into consideration the fact that David Gordon Green directs the new film, and he is looking for a bit of a creative rebound after the lackluster ending to his recent ‘Halloween’ trilogy. Needless to say, lots of folks are anxiously awaiting the release of the new ‘Exorcist’ sequel.
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As seen in the trailer for “The Exorcist: Believer,” the film follows the story of two young girls who become possessed by the same demon who was featured in the original film. The families involved have now enlisted Chris MacNeil, the mother from the 1973 film, to see if she can figure out how to save the lives of both girls.
The film stars Leslie Odom, Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia O’Neill, and Ellen Burstyn. ‘Believer’ is directed by David Gordon Green, who co-wrote the script alongside Peter Sattler.
“The Exorcist: Believer” debuts in theaters on October 6. You can watch the new trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia O’Neill), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil. For the first time since the 1973 film, Oscar® winner Ellen Burstyn reprises her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, an actress who has been forever altered by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before.