Fox News: Shelved Paul Schrader 'Exorcist' Coming Soon

...Schrader was hired by Morgan Creek Productions in 2002 to make a prequel to "The Exorcist." His movie featured respected actor Stellan Skarsgård and had lots of buzz. But when Morgan Creek's owner, James Robinson, saw that it was a cerebral thriller that lacked spewing vomit and rotating heads, he killed the movie...
For another $35 million, Harlin completely re-shot the movie, tossing in as many "Exorcist"-like clichés as possible...The film was mostly panned by critics, made $40 million domestically, about the same internationally, and finally broke even.
Last week, however, Schrader took a gamble. He showed his version at the Brussels Fantasy Film Festival. He and the cast all showed up — on their own dime, since no studio now identifies itself with the movie....The payoff is that Morgan Creek and Warner Brothers are going to release "Paul Schrader's Exorcist: The Beginning," in the next two months.

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