Two young girls return from being missing in the woods and fairly quickly begin displaying signs of demonic possession in The Exorcist: Believer. The new trailer shows off more clips of the girls after they’ve been possessed and new scenes featuring Ellen Burstyn’s return as Chris MacNeil, mom of Regan in the original 1973 The Exorcist feature film.
In addition to Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, the cast includes Tony winner and Oscar nominee Leslie Odom, Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Emmy winner Ann Dowd, Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles, and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz.
David Gordon Green (2018’s Halloween, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends) co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty, and directs. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Morgan Creek Entertainment’s David Robinson and James G. Robinson serve as producers. Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Allain, Ryan Turek, and Atilla Yücer executive produce.
Originally scheduled for October 13, 2023, the new addition to The Exorcist franchise opens in theaters on October 6th. The Exorcist: Deceiver, part two of Universal Pictures’ planned trilogy, will follow on April 18, 2025.
The Official Synopsis:
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Odom, Jr) has raised their daughter, Angela (Jewett) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Marcum), 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.
The film also stars Emmy winner Ann Dowd as Victor and Angela’s neighbor, and Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz as the parents of Katherine, Angela’s friend.
