According to foreign media reports, Universal and streaming media Peacock won the global rights to the new version of the "Exorcist" series of movies, with a transaction price of $400 million.
The new series, The Exorcist, consists of three films, directed by David Gordon Green, director of the new Moonlight Panic, and will tell the story based on the original 1973 version.
The first film in the series is scheduled to be released in North America on October 13, 2023, with the original star Alan Justin returning as the child's demon-possessed mother, Chris McNeil, and Leslie Odom Jr., who is new to play Chris's ex-husband, who is possessed by a demon and seeks Chris's help.
Released in 1973, The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin and adapted from William Peter Brady's novel of the same name, tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by evil spirits, and her mother tries various ways to treat the little girl, but to no avail, and finally his mother has to ask a Catholic priest to perform an exorcism ceremony for the little girl. With a North American box office of $232 million and a global hit of $441 million, the film became a phenomenon-level hit at the time, and maintained the box office record for R-rated horror films with this achievement, until it was broken by 2017's "Joker Returns 1".
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