Click here to read the full article.Ann Dowd has joined the first film in the planned The Exorcist trilogy from Blumhouse, Universal, and Morgan Creek Productions.
The Emmy winner joins a previously announced cast including Leslie Odom Jr.
and Ellen Burstyn, who is reprising her role as Chris MacNeil.David Gordon Green is directing the movie, with Dowd having previously worked with him on the drama Our Brand Is Crisis.
Scott Teems, Danny McBride and Green worked on the story with Peter Sattler and Green writing the screenplay.William Friedkin directed the original The Exorcist, which became a sensation in 1973.
The story followed a 12-year-old girl possessed by a mysterious entity and the lengths her mother and two Catholic priests went to in an attempt to save her.
The film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture and best director, as well as an acting nomination for Burstyn.Universal
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