William Friedkin

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    'Halloween' reboot director David Gordon Green to take on 'Exorcist' sequel

    Director David Gordon Green is to take on a planned sequel of horror classic 'The Exorcist' for the indie studio Blumhouse.

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    Reboot of 'The Exorcist' aiming for a 2021 release

    Following news that one of the most beloved film comedies is set to be remade comes word that one of Hollywood's most iconic horror movies is also set for reboot.

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    The movies where great directors went completely off the rails

    The worst films on the best IMDB pages.

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    The Exorcist TV Series Planned

    Last September, ‘The Exorcist’ rights holders Morgan Creek swore flatly, to both the general public and the original film’s director William Friedkin, that they would never, ever remake the 1973 horror classic.

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    Remember How Frank Sinatra Almost Played Dirty Harry?

    Clint Eastwood as the title character in the 1971 film ‘Dirty Harry’ (AP Photo/Warner Bros.) Dirty Harry’s vigilante police detective Harry Callahan is one of the defining roles of Clint Eastwood’s career — but it was meant to be played by Frank Sinatra. In an interview for Alec Baldwin’s podcast Here’s the Thing, director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) revealed that he’d spent months developing the gritty 1971 crime drama with the crooner-turned-actor in mind. “My prod