David Gordon Green Says The Exorcist Reboot To Begin Filming Soon

David Gordon Green is done with his Halloween trilogy, and he’s moving right along to The Exorcist. Green recently spoke with Variety and revealed that his new legacy sequel to The Exorcist will be shooting very soon.

“We start in a couple of weeks, and we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and dive into the next great franchise,” Gordon Green said. “We’ve got an amazing cast coming together and scripts we’re all excited about.”

The new film is set up at Universal, Blumhouse and Morgan Creek and will be part of a planned trilogy, with the first film releasing on October 13th, 2023. Leslie Odom Jr. stars in the film along with Ellen Burstyn, who will reprise her role as Chris MacNeil from the first film.

Gordon Green added, “[I’m] honored to step into something that’s so valuable within cinema history. And knowing that there is a fanbase that is curious, aware, alert, potentially concerned to see what we’re up to. What I like is, people say, ‘Is it stressful?’ No, it’s exciting because I spent so much of my life making movies, and you’re just begging an audience to tune in, or see what’s going on, or buy tickets to the movie. With these, I’ve got stories to tell, I’ve got an imagination to express, and the way I can do that within these movies is an incredible opportunity.”

The film will be the first in the franchise since 2005’s Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist, itself the original version of 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning. Between then and now, FOX had a well-received Exorcist series that took place in the original film’s world and lasted two seasons.