‘The EXORCIST’, the classic 1973 horror film directed by William Friedkin will have a similar sequel made just like the film ‘Halloween’ declares Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions. The production company that’s done similar remakes with such classic horror films as ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘Black Christmas’, and John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’.

“[It’s] going to be like David’s Halloween sequel,” Blum says. “I think it’s going to pleasantly surprise all the skeptics out there. We had a lot of skeptics about Halloween and David turned them around, and I think he’s going to turn it around with The Exorcist.”

“I love to do [these] kinds of movies because people are very emotional about it,” he says. “I think it’s a high bar and it’s a challenge to do the movie. Remember, most of the audience coming to this—95 percent of the audience who will, if we do our job right, come to see this movie—will not have seen the first Exorcist or even heard of it.”

He continues, “I want to make a movie that works for both [audiences]. I want to make a movie for people that know and love the first Exorcist and are furious that we’re doing this, but somehow drag themselves to the theater. I want them to come out happy. And I want to make a movie that people who’ve never heard of The Exorcist really enjoy. I think David did that with Halloween. I think he’ll do that with The Exorcist also.”

Although plot details remain up in the air, it seems they want to approach the film the same way they approached the ‘Halloween” sequel which does sound interesting. But to live up to the exceptions of the original movie may be a daunting task. Since ‘The Exorcist’ is still considered one of the “scariest” movies ever made.

‘The Exorcist’ director William Friedkin has stated that he will NOT be involved in any new films spun off from his original.