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William Peter Blatty's classic THE EXORCIST will get a reboot in the form of a 10-episode TV miniseries which reportedly will concentrate on the events leading up to Regan's demonic possession.
Although it is unknown which network will pick it up, Sean Durkin (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE) will write and direct while Roy Lee (THE DEPARTED) will produce.
It also looks like our little Regan will be Broadway bound this summer when John Doyle's stage adaptation of THE EXORCIST opens at Los Angeles' own Geffen Playhouse on July 11.
To add even more surrealism to the mix, Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will play Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin, respectively. Of course horror fans will know those roles were played by Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow in the classic 1973 film adaptation.
If you're thinking of bringing plastic tarps to shield yourself from projectile green pea soup, think again, playwright John Pielmeier says they'll leave all of that out
"The story of the battle between faith and evil needed no spinning heads or green vomit," Pielmeier said. "The horror should unfold instead on a simple set with an incredible cast (which we absolutely have), and the central conflict between doubting Father Karras and the demon should be a series of debates, in which the young girl possessed is the least of the figures present."
Sounds completely pointless but we'll see. Keep it here on HOUSE OF HORRORS for further developments on this and other horror news and reviews.
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