‘Halloween’ Director David Gordon Green in Talks to Direct

“Halloween” director David Gordon Green is in talks to direct Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Production’s upcoming sequel to “The Exorcist,” a person with data of the mission instructed TheWrap.

Based on the novel of the identical title by William Peter Blatty, 1973’s “The Exorcist” was a landmark in horror cinema, breaking field workplace data on its strategy to a worldwide haul of $441 million (greater than $2 billion adjusted for inflation). It additionally turned the primary horror movie nominated finest image. So naturally it spawned extra movies — two sequels (launched in 1977, 1990 and and two prequels (in 2004 and 2005.)

The Blumhouse movie might be a sequel to the unique movie; it’s not recognized if it’s going to have any relationship to the opposite “Exorcist” movies.

Jason Blum, David Robinson and James Robinson will produce “The Exorcist” sequel.

David Gordon Green’s subsequent two films are “Halloween Kills,” which can now open on Oct. 15, 2021, a full yr from its authentic Oct. 16, 2020 launch, and the third movie within the rebooted franchise, “Halloween Ends,” will now open Oct. 14, 2022. It takes the place of a beforehand introduced, untitled Blumhouse Productions mission. Both movies are launched by Universal Pictures, Miramax, Blumhouse Productions and Trancas International Films.

David Gordon inexperienced is repped by CAA.

Blumhouse didn’t remark.

The Observer first reported the information of Green’s involvement with the sequel.