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Director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) is adapting The Exorcist into a ten-episode television series. Durkin is backed by Morgan Creek and producer Roy Lee (The Departed, The Ring).
The Exorcist TV series won't be formally shopped to networks for another two weeks, but executives are already calling seeking meetings to inquire about landing the Durkin update.
Unlike the iconic 1973 film, Durkins version of The Exorcist follows the events leading up to a demonic possession and especially the after-effects of how a family copes with it: In short, not well and when medical and psychiatric explanations fail, the desperate family turns to the church, with Father Damien Karras finally brought in to attempt the exorcism.
The Exorcist TV series won't be formally shopped to networks for another two weeks, but executives are already calling seeking meetings to inquire about landing the Durkin update.