Discovery Channel teams with the Catholic Church for exorcism series

[Sawyer]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/05/discovery-exorcist-files/

Exclusive: Discovery, Catholic Church team for exorcism series
by James Hibberd

Discovery Channel is teaming with the Vatican for an unprecedented new series hunting the deadliest catch of all: Demons.

The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-life hauntings and demonic possession, based on cases investigated by the Catholic Church. The project includes access into the Vatican’s case files, as well as interviews with the organization’s top exorcists — religious experts who are rarely seen on television.

“The Vatican is an extraordinarily hard place to get access to, but we explained we’re not going to try to tell people what to think,” says Discovery president and GM Clark Bunting.

Bunting says the investigators believe a demon can inhabit an inanimate object (like a home) or a person. The network executive says he was initially skeptical when first meeting the team but was won over after more than three hours of talks.
“The work these folks do, and their conviction in their beliefs, make for fascinating stories,” Bunting says.

If the show’s first season is successful, the network hopes its partnership with the Church will pave the way for producers GoGo Luckey to take the series to the next level — joining Catholic investigators on live demon-purging ride-alongs. (Move over, Syfy’s Ghost Hunters.)

Exorcist Files marks one of two new series coming to the network and first reported by EW. The other is the intriguing Disappeared (working title), produced by Pilgrim Films, which will test whether its possible to really “go off the grid,” as contestants ditch their identities and attempt to hide anywhere in the world from a team of trackers. More details on Disappeared here.

The Exorcist Files will debut this spring on Discovery Channel; an exact date has not yet been set.

Could be interesting.

 

[WildcatNC]

Both of those sound awesome. Looking forward to them.

 

[GhostPoet]

This should be a hit. This sort of stuff, like with Ghost Hunters and what not seem to bring in ratings for some reason.

 

[X-Ray]

joining Catholic investigators on live demon-purging ride-alongs.

 

[Warhammer]

Both shows sound mighty interesting. If this show is a hit and The Rite ends up being a hit, exorcists will be the new fad.

 

[tecnowraith]

We have like 4-5 shows about ghost hunting, why not this?

 

[WildcatNC]

I'm actually on a local investigative team on the "demonic" side of things. When cases are referred over from the "haunting" side of the team.

So i'll be watching with interest how this is received.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

They need some kind of catchphrase after purging demons. "You just got Catholized, b---h."

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

They need some kind of catchphrase after purging demons. "You just got Catholized, b---h."

I like it...This show could be fun.

 

[WildcatNC]

My vote is to draft the Boondock Saints into doing exorcisms on a show. BEST IDEA EVER.

Replace the guns with crosses and the demons don't stand a chance.




SOMEONE needs to make this happen.

 

[X-Ray]

They need some kind of catchphrase after purging demons. "You just got Catholized, b---h."

My vote is to draft the Boondock Saints into doing exorcisms on a show. BEST IDEA EVER.

Replace the guns with crosses and the demons don't stand a chance.




SOMEONE needs to make this happen.

"Ding Dong Mother****er! Ding Dong!"

 

[Gold Samurai]

My vote is to draft the Boondock Saints into doing exorcisms on a show. BEST IDEA EVER.

Replace the guns with crosses and the demons don't stand a chance.



SOMEONE needs to make this happen.

In the vein of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, no one has heard of the stories of Jesus Christ: professional exorcist and demon hunter.

 

[WildcatNC]

Haha. I would seriously LOVE to see that though.


The awesomeness would be beyond epic.


Awesomeness = Tentacle monster

You = Teenage schoolgirl





I wish I had mad video editing skills. I would so do a mashup trailer for "Boondock Saints : Giving the Devil his due"