Horror Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist | Blumhouse

[DarthSkywalker]

There's a grain of sand out there, where Flanagan has already started making his Dark Tower series and Avengers ran from it's May date, not because workers unionized but because it feared the Dark Tower finale.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Hollywood’s not going to touch The Dark Tower again after the Ron Howard debacle.

He'll get it done. He didn't buy the rights because he has no shot and Amazon will probably fit the bill.

 

[Lily Adler]

He'll get it done. He didn't buy the rights because he has no shot and Amazon will probably fit the bill.

That's what Gleeks thought when Ryan Murphy bought the rights to Funny Girl and it took over a decade to get Rachel Berry on Broadway.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That's what Gleeks thought when Ryan Murphy bought the rights to Funny Girl and it took over a decade to get Rachel Berry on Broadway.

But it did happen.

 

[Lily Adler]

But it did happen.

Oh honey the amount of shenanigans it got to that point.

 

[Sawyer]

Hollywood’s not going to touch The Dark Tower again after the Ron Howard debacle.

Implying that that project left enough of a lasting impression for anyone to want to avoid touching it again…

 

[Lily Adler]

Implying that that project left enough of a lasting impression for anyone to want to avoid touching it again…

This racist country wasn't ready for a black gunslinger.

 

[Pennywise]

Mike Flanagan Exits ‘Exorcist: Deceiver’ After Creative Clash with Universal/Blumhouse? — World of Reel

Last year, Mike Flanagan, hopped on-board to direct the next two ‘Exorcist’ movies, with the first instalment titled “Exorcist: Deceiver” and set for fall 2026 release.

www.worldofreel.com

Jeff Sneider has revealed on the latest episode of The Hot Mic podcast that Flanagan may no longer be attached to the upcoming Universal/Blumhouse project. Industry chatter suggests the deal fell apart after creative differences emerged between the filmmaker and the studio.

The alleged sticking point? Flanagan reportedly pushed to cast his wife and frequent collaborator, artistic muse, Kate Siegel, in the film’s lead role — a request Universal and Blumhouse were not willing to accommodate.

Please don’t be true!

 

[DarkKnight88]

Flanagan reportedly pushed to cast his wife and frequent collaborator, artistic muse, Kate Siegel, in the film’s lead role — a request Universal and Blumhouse were not willing to accommodate.

lol Flanagan is quite her agent!

 

[Sawyer]

I don’t quite buy it.

For one thing, in all the projects they’ve worked on together, the only time Kate was the lead role was in Hush, which had much less money riding on it than this would (and already has, considering how much Universal spent just to get the rights in the first place). And he knows how to play ball, otherwise Doctor Sleep would’ve been Henry Thomas as Dan Torrance and Kate as Rose the Hat instead of Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson.

I’m sure he’d earmark a supporting role for her, but the lead? Sounds like Sneider ****-stirring to me.

 

[Lasirius]

 

[Sawyer]

Scarlett Johansson to Star in New ‘Exorcist’ Horror Movie for Blumhouse, Universal

Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct the feature film.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Wha—?

 

[Sawyer]

I’m actually a little surprised to see movement on this. I was sure it was going to fall apart, much to the relief of the Dark Tower fandom.

 

[squeekness]

Im not sure a remake will have the same impact as the original. Why bother?

 

[emielaen]

Not making more movies about exorcisms because good ones exist is like not making movies about zombies because good ones exist. Flanagan is interesting enough to warrant it imo. "Remake" or not.

 

[Sithborg]

Im not sure a remake will have the same impact as the original. Why bother?

Its not a remake though.

 

[squeekness]

Its not a remake though.

In that case Im in.