Martha Marcy May Marlene Director Possesses The Exorcist Miniseries
New York Magazine’s Vulture
http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/the-exorcist-tv-sean-durkin-martha-marcy-may-marlene.html
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Sometimes you see an idea so crazy that in the back of your mind there’s a tiny voice which insists, “Ya know, this might actually work given the proper people and resources.” This could be one of those times as the long talked about Exorcist miniseries is gathering steam.
The Vulture reports that Sean Durkin, the writer-director of last year’s excellent but criminally underseen Elizabeth Olsen thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, is adapting the fiendish classic into a ten-episode television series, this time backed by Morgan Creek and produced by Roy Lee, the executive producer of films like The Departed and The Ring.
Unlike the iconic 1973 film, Durkin’s 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. 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.
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