David Gordon Green has directed the upcoming American supernatural horror movie ‘The Exorcist: Believer’. The plot is adapted from a story by Danny McBride, Scott Teems, and David Gordon Green and the characters of William Peter Blatty.
The movie serves as the direct sequel to the 1973 movie ‘The Exorcist’ and the sixth installment of The Exorcist franchise.
The plot revolves around the parents of girls who have been possessed by demons and are desperate for help. They go in search of someone who went through similar experiences and that is Chris MacNeil from ‘The Exorcist’.
When Is The Exorcist: Believer Releasing?
The Exorcist: Believer reported in August of 2020 that Morgan Creek Entertainment would produce the new installment of The Exorcist franchise which will also serve as a reboot.
Principal photography kicked off in November of 2022 and filming wrapped early in March of 2023.
Universal Pictures released the official trailer of the movie on YouTube on 25th July 2023. The film is scheduled to be released on October 13, 2023, by Universal Pictures.
Also Read: When Is Insidious 6 Coming?
Cast Members of ‘The Exorcist: Believer’:
Leslie Odom Jr.-
In the role of Victor Fielding, the father of a possessed child who will be tracking down Chris MacNeil, American actor-singer Leslie Odom Jr. has been cast. As Declan “Winky” Hall he was cast in the American war film ‘Red Tails’ in 2012.
In the 2017 mystery film ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ he starred as Dr. Arbuthnot. In the role of Will he was cast in the post-apocalyptic romance movie ‘Only’ in 2019. The same year he also starred as William Still in the biographical film ‘Harriet’.
Then the next year Odom played Aaron Burr in the American biographical musical drama film ‘Hamilton’ and Sam Cooke in the American drama film ‘One Night in Miami…’.
In 2021 Odom starred in three films that are the musical drama film ‘Music’ in which he played Ebo Odom, crime drama film ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ in which he played Harold McBrayer, and the romantic science fiction movie ‘Needle in a Timestack’ in which he starred as Nick Mikkelsen.
As Lionel Toussaint he played Lionel Toussaint in the 2022 American mystery film ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’.
Ellen Burstyn-
Reprising the role of Chris MacNeil from the 1973 ‘The Exorcist’, American actress Ellen Burstyn will be back in this sequel film.
Burstyn won Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Alice Hyatt in the comedy-drama movie ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’.
She was nominated for five more Academy Award nominations for the films ‘The Last Picture Show’, ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Same Time, Next Year’, ‘Resurrection’, and ‘Requiem for a Dream’.
Her other film credits include ‘Alex in Wonderland’, ‘The King of Marvin Gardens’, ‘Harry and Tonto’, ‘Providence’, ‘A Dream of Passion’, ‘Silence of the North’, ‘The Ambassador’, ‘Twice in a Lifetime’, ‘Hanna’s War’, ‘Grand Isle’, ‘Dying Young’, ‘The Cemetery Club’, ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, ‘How to Make an American Quilt’, ‘The Spitfire Grill’, ‘Playing by Heart’, ‘You Can Thank Me Later’, ‘Walking Across Egypt’, ‘Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood’, ‘The Fountain’, ‘The Wicker Man’, ‘The Elephant King’, ‘The Stone Angel’, ‘Lovely, Still’, ‘The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond’, ‘The Mighty Macs’, ‘Wish You Well’, ‘Two Men in Town’, ‘The Age of Adaline’, ‘Wiener-Dog’, ‘Custody’, ‘The House of Tomorrow’, ‘All I Wish’, ‘The Tale’, ‘Queen Bees’, etc.
Ann Dowd-
American actress Ann Dowd has been cast in an undisclosed role in the upcoming movie. Her other film credits include ‘Bushwhacked’, the Shiloh film series, ‘The Living Wake’, ‘Familiar Strangers’, ‘Coming Up Roses’, ‘Compliance’, ‘Gimme Shelter’, ‘Wildlike’, ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’, ‘The Great & the Small’, ‘Hedgehog’, ‘American Animals’, ‘Nancy’, ‘Cowboys’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘Mass’, ‘The Independent, etc.
Jennifer Nettles-
American actress, singer, songwriter, and record producer Jennifer Nettles has also been cast for an undisclosed role in the upcoming movie. In 2015 Nettles was cast in the role of Avie Lee Parton in the American made-for-television drama film ‘Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors’.
The next year she played Avie Lee Parton in another made-for-television drama film ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love’. In the 2019 biographical movie ‘Harriet’ Nettles was cast in the role of Eliza Brodess.
Norbert Leo Butz-
American actor and singer Norbert Leo Butz is another cast member of the upcoming movie. He previously starred in the films ‘Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five’, ‘Higher Ground’, ‘Greetings from Tim Buckley’, ‘Luce’, ‘Give or Take’, ‘Better Nate Than Ever’ etc.
American artist writer choreographer performer Okwui Okpokwasili and American actor and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge are other cast members of the upcoming movie whose roles have yet not been disclosed.
