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'The Exorcist: Believer' director David Gordon Green says audiences have become “desensitised” to horror. The upcoming supernatural film is a direct sequel to the 1973 horror classic 'The Exorcist' in which Linda Blair starred as Regan MacNeil, a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by a demon. The new flick follows another family whose daughter, Katherine (Olivia Marcum), is demonically possessed. And Green insists the movie is not about trying to be as “shocking” or provocative” as you can be, because it’s practically impossible to “shock” people these days. Speaking to SFX magazine, he explain...
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Ellen Burstyn is "busier" than ever at the age of 90. The award-winning actress - who stars on 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' - believes she's actually busier than she's ever been in her career. Ellen told Interview magazine: "I turn 91 in December and I’m busier than I can ever remember being at any point in my career. And I don’t understand it at all. I mean, what’s all this stuff about ageism in Hollywood? How did I get left out of it?" Ellen suggested that she's the "only actress still standing who can play the great-grandmother". Asked about her enduring popularity, Ellen replied: ...
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Jason Blum is "scared to death" of Taylor Swift. The 54-year-old producer's Blumhouse Productions have made the decision to move the release of 'The Exorcist: Believer' a week earlier to 6 October after the 'Shake It Off' singer announced her 'Eras' concert film would hit cinemas on 13 October, and Jason explained it was "too risky" to hope viewers would take a chance on an "ExorSwift" double bill. He told Entertainment Weekly: "The one thing that scares me to death is Taylor Swift! “We had this amazing Friday the 13th in October, which is the single best day to release a scary movie. “Obvious...
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'The Exorcist: Believer' set was affected by a "weird energy" that influenced the horror movie. The upcoming supernatural film is a direct sequel to the 1973 horror classic 'The Exorcist' in which Linda Blair starred as Regan MacNeil, a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by a demon. The original movie was disturbed with supernatural goings-on during production, with the crew believing 'The Exorcist' set was haunted as the shoot was plagued with tragedies. Before or soon after its release, nine people died that were associated with the movie, most notably Jack MacGowran - who played Burke Dennin...
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'The Exorcist' star Linda Blair worked as a special advisor on new sequel 'The Exorcist: Believer'. The hotly anticipated horror movie from Blumhouse Productions acts as a direct sequel to the 1973 classic, in which Linda starred as Regan MacNeil, a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by the demon Pazuzu. Ellen Burstyn has returned to the franchise to play Regan's mother Chris MacNeil, 50 years after the original film, and now director David Gordon Green has revealed that Linda was on-set to help child actresses Lidya Jewett and Olivia Marcum, who are the new victims of Pazuzu in the movie, Spea...
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David Gordon Green will start filming his 'Exorcist' reboot "in a couple of weeks". The 'Halloween Ends' filmmaker will be at the helm of another horror franchise as he looks to revamp the iconic 1973 movie, with Ellen Burstyn back in the fold. Speaking to Variety, Green said: "We start in a couple of weeks, and we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and dive into the next great franchise. “We’ve got an amazing cast coming together and scripts we’re all excited about.” Universal has spent $400 million on the upcoming trilogy, which is being produced by Blumhouse and sees Burstyn back as Chris MacN...
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Ellen Burstyn only signed onto the new 'Exorcist' movie after film bosses agreed to set up a a scholarship program for young actors as part of her pay deal. The 89-year-old actress appeared in the original 1973 film playing the mother of Linda Blair's possessed young character Regan and she's now involved in plans to revisit the scary movie in a new trilogy helmed by 'Halloween Kills' director David Gordon Green - and Ellen has revealed she was reluctant to sign up at first until she got an offer she couldn't refuse. She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I’ve turned down many versions of 'The Exor...
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Jason Blum says he “could make” Robert Englund play Freddy Krueger again. The ‘Insidious’ producer believes he could get the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ actor to come back to the franchise - who most recently played the legendary horror character in a 2018 episode of the ABC sitcom ‘The Goldbergs - as he “can get anyone back” The 53-year-old movie executive told Screen Rant: "I could make him come back. I can get anyone back.” Jason cited his previous success at getting other stars back in reboots of cinema classics while labelling the 75-year-old actor as “young”. He added: "Ellen Burstyn was...
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Ellen Burstyn "never intended" to be a movie star. The 88-year-old actress has been praised for her role in 'Pieces of a Woman' but revealed that she didn't plan to become a legend of cinema. Ellen said: "It was never really my intention to be a movie star. "I always wanted to be as good as I could possibly be. That kind of goal leads you in a different direction to wanting be a star, which can be a frightful experience. The fact that I'm still working at 88 tells me I did what I wanted to do." Ellen stars in 'Pieces of a Woman' as Elizabeth Weiss – the formidable mother to Martha (Vanessa Kir...
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