One new exorcist is coming out,i just hope that this dont gona be the same crap like exorcist 2 and 3. The director Renny Harlin is well know by movies like:

Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Prison
Die Hard 2
Cliffhanger
Cutthroat island
Deep Blue Sea
T.R.A.X
Mindhunters

Renny Harlin has all the conditions to make a great movie like William Friedkin did...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204313/

Those films were TERRIBLE (the ones I've seen anyway), Renny Harlin is a god awful director IMO, did I miss something that would lead one to conclude :
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As for the film, there's been a few deaths (Exorcist1 has the highest death count of people related to the movie if i remember correctly) and a lead actor has backed out (was it laim neeson or someone, i forget?)

EXORCISING PAUL SCHRADER

Paul Schrader doesn't think much of horror movies. He says as much in his commentary for his remake of Cat People, which catches him in the act of grossly underestimating his film's much superior predecessor.

Naturally, the geniuses in Hollywood hired him to make a sequel to The Exorcist. Now they're regretting their decision.

Look, I think Schrader's film should be released as he shot it, based on the Caleb Carr script that Morgan Hill apparently paid for. But you didn't have to be a genius (fifth item from the top) to predict that this particular venture wasn't going to have a happy ending for anyone involved. Why is it so hard for the movie industry to match directors with interesting, appropriate scripts?
Posted by Bryant at August 14, 2003 01:53 AM | TrackBack

Die Hard 2 is alright, its no where near as good as the first, but I don't think that's possible. I really enjoyed it infact. Suffers from not having a Gruber in it, but its still pretty cool.

Ditched 'Exorcist' Movie To Be Released on DVD

Veteran director Paul Schrader is furious his axed prequel to 1973 horror classic The Exorcist will be released on DVD at the same time as its replacement - because he wants it to receive a theatrical release. American Gigolo film-maker Schrader - who also scripted Taxi Driver and Raging Bull - had completed shooting his version of Exorcist: The Beginning when studio Morgan Creek insisted it needed more gore. Schrader, who saw the story as a "character-driven period drama", was sacked and replaced by Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master director Renny Harlin to give it a more bloody look. Harlin then started shooting the $54 million prequel from scratch. But an upset Schrader says, "I'm very proud of my film, and I think it deserves to be seen." Exorcist: The Beginning is due to be released in cinemas later this year with the DVD release date as yet announced.

Speaking of DVDs, from IMDb news...

So what's the hottest rumoured bootleg tape out there now? That security footage of a 'Rings' star having a good time in an elevator? The gossiped about but highly suspect Colin Farrell orgy tape? (if it exists and anyone has a copy, my address is at 'Contact' below and hey, today's my birthday).

In actual fact, it's Paul Schraeder's original cut of "Exorcist: The Beginning". Somehow a rough cut is out there and floating around, and more than a few people are trying to get their hands on it in hopes of checking out the film which til now its thought probably would never see the light of day as Warners will be releasing the completely reshot Renny Harlin-directed prequel in August. To be able to compare the two films would be a rare treat as in almost all vaguely similar cases, the original cut would be destroyed. Today it sounds like quite a few of us will get to do just that.

Variety reports that Morgan Creek topper James Robinson has plans: He's seeking to have Warner Bros. release both helmers' ?Exorcist? pics simultaneously on DVD. This move would cause a variety of potential problems (DGA accreditations, marketing interest surveys, etc.). If Warners were to accept the idea, it's also unsure how the release would be handled.

Robinson though says the films are distinct enough that it'll generate interest - "This is going to sound unbelievable, but we made a movie - twice. If you see the two movies, you wouldn't believe it's the same d.p. It's almost like a case study (in the difference a director can make". One notable difference is budgets - Schrader's more introspective talky drama cost $32-35 mil, Harlin's action oriented version came in at $52-54 million.

Schrader himself seems keen on the idea - "I'm very proud of my film, and I think it deserves to be seen. If I get the DVD, I can say 'God bless you Renny; may your film do well...The situation is in some ways the ultimate film school exercise, though you usually don't give each director $35 million to make their film".