Universal & Peacock Close $400M Deal For ‘Exorcist’ Trilogy; Ellen Burstyn To Reprise Classic Role

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Universal Pictures & Peacock, in partnership with Blumhouse & Morgan Creek, have closed a reported $400 million-plus deal to purchase worldwide rights for a new 'Exorcist' franchise that will see Ellen Burstyn reprise her role as Regan's mother

in March also struck for north of $400M, making it one of the biggest streamer movie pacts in history.pics on behalf of Blumhouse. David Robinson and James Robinson will produce for Morgan Creek. David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Couper Samuelson will executive produce. Ryan Turek is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.

“There’s no better time to be joining forces with the team at Peacock, reuniting with the great team at Universal and finally getting to work with my friends at Blumhouse, than on this classic franchise,” Morgan Creek president David Robinson said in a statement Monday. “David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Scott Teems and Peter Sattler have put together a compelling continuation of this iconic tale and I can’t wait to bring this to fans around the world.

“Blumhouse has always experienced incredible partnership from the team at Universal, and I’m grateful to Donna Langley and Jimmy Horowitz for believing in the vision of David’s film and having the foresight to be flexible with distribution, so the team feels top notch support through the lifeline of the film. They’re committed to theatrical exhibition and will also serving streaming viewers well by bringing an exciting franchise liketo Peacock too,” Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum said.

The original 1973 film has grossed more than $441 million to date, making it the highest domestic-grossing horror film for a 44-year-long run. The picture was also nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including one for Burstyn. It won for Blatty’s script and Best Sound.deal. Odom is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen. Burstyn is repped by UTA and MGMT Entertainment. Green is represented by CAA and Cinetic Media.

 

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Good, it was a book long before it was a movie adaptation and the sequels they made were all over the place despite how good the first movie was. This is an opportunity to plan before making that mistake again and deliver a decent updated adaptation of the book.

WHY?

There was no need for this aside from the 💰💰💰. Green & Blumhouse are gonna make a mockery of this classic.

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