Famend style filmmaker Mike Flanagan (The Lifetime of Chuck) is in talks to direct the following Exorcist movie for Blumhouse and Common Footage, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Uni and Blumhouse declined remark. Ought to a deal make, Flanagan would take over the reins from David Gordon Inexperienced, who exited the rebooted franchise again in January. Common and Blumhouse purchased rights to The Exorcist from Morgan Creek again in July 2021 for $400M, and whereas the plan at that time was for a minimum of three new movies to be made, it’s unclear whether or not Flanagan could be on for a couple of.
Starring Leslie Odom Jr. in addition to franchise veteran Ellen Burstyn, trilogy launcher The Exorcist: Believer fell beneath expectations when it opened to a tender $26.4M home final October, occurring to gross $65.5M U.S./Canada, $136.2M WW.
Initially set to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, sequel The Exorcist: Deceiver was pushed when Inexperienced bowed out, with Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael taking its place in that slot. Inexperienced went on to direct the movie Nutcrackers, marking Ben Stiller’s first starring position in six years, additionally returning to work on the HBO’s The Righteous Gem stones, whose fourth season has not but been dated for launch.
Coming off of the Stephen King adaptation The Lifetime of Chuck, starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill and extra, Flanagan previous to that created The Fall of the Home of Usher for Netflix, a gothic horror miniseries taking inspiration from the tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Beforehand taking over King with initiatives like Physician Sleep and Gerald’s Sport, he’s additionally recognized for options like Ouija: Origin of Evil and Oculus, together with The Haunting of Hill Home, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Midnight Membership and different sequence.
Flanagan is repped by WME, Novo Leisure, and VanderKloot Regulation.