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The Exorcistfranchise is head in a new direction with Mike Flanagan at the helm , and the illustrious filmmaker take over is arguably the proficient determination Blumhouse Productions could have ever made . The previous ( and sixth ) installing in the motion picture serial — The exorciser : Believer — was a major letdownfor the production studio apartment as the 2023 supernatural horror film only gross $ 137 million at the box office ( after NBCUniversal , Peacock , and Blumhouse bought the right hand from Morgan Creek for around $ 400 million ) . to boot , The Exorcist : Believerreceived negative reviewsfrom critics and fans likewise ( including myself ) .
The Exorcist : Believeris available to stream on Amazon Prime Video .
Initially , The exorciser : Believerwas going to launch a newExorcisttrilogy , but watch its loser , all plan for the two future movie were scrapped . While the pic was a dashing hopes , it ’s ultimately a honorable thing it crashed and burn because its fall conduct toFlanagan strolling in to keep open theExorcistfranchise . Now , the serial will be bring up with Flanagan in the director ’s , author ’s , and manufacturer ’s seat , and fans should be as excited as I am about the filmmaker ’s take on the iconic repugnance information science ( and perhaps the dealership will last get a subsequence worthy of the original movie ) .
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Mike Flanagan Has Already Successfully Collaborated With Blumhouse
Flanagan Directed Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mike Flanagan is an excellent director , writer , and manufacturer , so , on the surface storey , it ’s a well sign fortheExorcistfranchisethat Blumhouse Productions hired him to take control of the next movie . However , it ’s also encouraging that Flanagan has successfully worked with Blumhouse in the past . The filmmaker previously collaborated with the yield company on the 2016 supernatural horror filmOuija : Origin of Evil , a prequel to 2014’sOuija . Whereas the original movie was criticized for its boring tarradiddle , deficiency of rush , and subpar performances , Flanagan ’s prequel received universal kudos and is considered an advance onOuija .
[ Mike ] Flanagan ’s report precede him as he has produced numerous successful overbold take on existing IP , from accommodate Stephen King’sDoctor Sleepto his take on Shirley Jackson’sThe Haunting of Hill House .
Ouija : Origin of Evilwas ten time scarier than its harbinger , its account was far more compelling , and its cast ( which included some ofFlanagan ’s frequent actors , like Kate Siegel , Lulu Wilson , and Henry Thomas ) was excellent . Of course , Ouijaset the Browning automatic rifle low , but no one could take issue that Flanagan ’s take on the series was extremely entertaining and triumphant . Plus , some critics comparedOuija : Origin of EviltoThe Exorcist , which was , unknowingly at the time , foreshadowing what the future tense had in entrepot for Flanagan .
Ouija: Origin of Evil is a 2016 prequel to the 2014 Horror film Ouija. Written and directed by Mike Flanagan, the film sees a Medium and her family using a Ouija board to attempt to contact her deceased husband. She ends up making contact with another spirit that begins to possess one of her daughters.
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Ouija board : Origin of Evil is a 2016 prequel to the 2014 Horror film Ouija . Written and directed by Mike Flanagan , the moving-picture show sees a Medium and her family using a Ouija card to attempt to reach her deceased married man . She ends up making middleman with another spirit that begins to possess one of her daughters .
Flanagan Knows How To Build Upon Existing IP Like The Exorcist
Flanagan Has Experience Working With Established Franchises
According toDeadline , Mike Flanagan’sExorcistmoviewill be " a revolutionary newfangled take " on the series and if that does n’t get one excited about the upcoming reboot , I do n’t know what will . Flanagan ’s repute come before him as he has develop numerous successful fresh takes on existing IP , from adapt Stephen King’sDoctor Sleepto his take on Shirley Jackson’sThe Haunting of Hill House . Flanagan is extremely aware of how to take classic and acclaimed horror narration and turn them into fascinate modern creationsthat palpate separate from their reservoir material . He will doubtlessly do the same withThe Exorcist .
The futurity of The Exorcist ’s reboot trilogy expect incertain , and it ’s proving the harsh truth of the 2018 repugnance resurgence that made it possible .
Mike Flanagan Has Proven He’s A Master Of Horror
The Filmmaker Is Revered For His Horror Projects
All in all , fans ofThe Exorcistfranchise should be as thrilled as I am about Mike Flanagan ’s involvement in the upcoming reboot movie becausehe is one of the go filmmakers in the repulsion music genre as of recent . From his award - winning Netflix showThe Haunting of Hill HousetoDoctor Sleep , Flanagan has accomplished a tidy sum on the big and small screen . As a result , he has become one of the most in - demand horror directors , which is probable why Blumhouse reached out to Flanagan for assist rebootingThe Exorcistfranchise .
Flanagan does n’t needThe exorciser , but the picture show series for certain needs him to make unnecessary it from being a complete and utter nonstarter . Yes , it ’s a risk for Flanagan to take on a dealership notorious for produce subpar subsequence . However , he is belike the only person who can turn the ship around and create a moving-picture show like to the fabled originalExorcistmovie .
Mike Flanagan ’s Horror Movies & TV Shows
Release Date
Absentia
March 3 , 2011
eye
September 5 , 2013
quiesce
April 8 , 2016
Before I Wake
July 31 , 2016
Ouija board : Origin of Evil
October 21 , 2016
Gerald ’s Game
September 29 , 2017
The Haunting of Hill House
October 12 , 2018
Doctor Sleep
October 31 , 2019
The Haunting of Bly Manor
October 9 , 2020
Midnight Mass
September 24 , 2021
The Midnight Club
October 7 , 2022
The Fall of the House of Usher
October 12 , 2023
Source : Deadline
