Clockwise from top left: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theaters), The Killer (Netflix), The Exorcist: Believer (Warner Bros.), Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal), Killers Of The Flower Moon (Apple TV+)
The fall film season kicks off in earnest during October as horror titles and awards hopefuls hit the multiplex (or your big-screen TV, laptop, etc.). The month’s new offerings include highly anticipated films from greats like David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, and Alexander Payne. Elsewhere, director David Gordon Green attempts to relaunch the Exorcist franchise, and the streamers are coming in hot with new films starring Jamie Foxx, Jodie Foster, and Emily Blunt.
But look for the back half of October to be swallowed whole by Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, an OMG surprise release that’s expected to overwhelm theaters and easily become the biggest concert film of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. After owning stadiums throughout spring and summer, Taylor Swift figures to own movie theaters in October, even in a month that features films from stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Annette Bening, Chris Evans, and Michael Fassbender.
The Exorcist: Believer (in theaters, October 6)
The Exorcist: Believer | Official Trailer
Cast: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Ellen BurstynDirector: David Gordon GreenDirector William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece The Exorcist basically invented the modern concept of the blockbuster—sorry, Jaws—and turned horror into a respectable genre. So when the time came for a direct sequel—not the lame follow-ups that cluttered multiplexes for years—after a 50-year wait the directing and co-writing reigns were handed to … the guys who rebooted Halloween? If is going to honor a groundbreaking original that was nominated for 10 Oscars, director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride had better up their game considerably, especially since the horror genre is now overflowing with sophisticated, clever, and scary content. The Exorcist: Believer’s ace in the hole is Ellen Burstyn, returning to the franchise for the first time since the OG Exorcist. She once again plays Chris MacNeil, the mother of Regan (Linda Blair), the first film’s vomit-spewing 12-year-old. In the new film, Leslie Odom Jr. stars as a widower trying to save his possessed daughter (Lidya Jewett) with the help of Burstyn and Ann Dowd. We’re definitely intrigued by The Exorcist: Believer, mostly because we’re deathly curious as to whether Green and company can pull off a sequel worthy of an undisputed classic. [Mark Keizer]
Also, is anyone really “curious” to see if DGG and co can pull it off? Because based on the Halloween requels and the paint by numbers trailer, I’m fairly confident already the answer is “no, they can’t.”
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wow, some crazy revisionist history going on in the Exorcist: Believer write up.
“Cluttered multiplexes” The prequels barely had a theatrical release and if III is lame to you you can GTFOH
Also, is anyone really “curious” to see if DGG and co can pull it off? Because based on the Halloween requels and the paint by numbers trailer, I’m fairly confident already the answer is “no, they can’t.”