FOX's The Exorcist — Trailer

source:   fox.com, youtube.com

added: Mon, May 16th '16

FOX is really embracing this whole idea of rebooting film franchises for television. Their latest film-to-TV project is the classic horror movie "The Exorcist," which will be returning this fall as a new television series, starring Academy Award-winner Geena Davis as a Catholic mother who believes her daughter is being pursued by a demon.

Check out the first trailer for the upcoming horror remake series, which also stars Mexican actor Alfonso Herrera (from Netflix's "Sense8") as a Catholic priest seeking the guidance of an eccentric Vatican cleric (played by "House of Cards" actor Ben Daniels) who specializes in demonic possessions.

Featuring entirely new characters, but said to be inspired by William Blatty's 1971 novel on which the original 1973 film was based, the series also stars Alan Ruck (Spin City), Brianne Howey (Scream Queens), and Hannah Kasulka (The Fosters) as members of Geena Davis' family, all of whom have been plagued by strange occurrences inside their demon-infested home.

The pilot episode was written by horror scribe Jeremy Slater (The Lazarus Effect) and directed by acclaimed British director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).

"The Exorcist: the series" will be premiering in the fall on FOX.

synopsis:
THE EXORCIST is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession. FATHER TOMAS ORTEGA (Alfonso Herrera) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. He runs a small but loyal parish in the suburbs of Chicago. He has no idea that his quiet life is about to change forever. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another priest finds himself locked in a life-and-death struggle with evil. FATHER MARCUS BRENNAN (Ben Daniels) is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Father Marcus is everything Father Tomas is not: relentless, abrasive and utterly consumed by his sacred mission. Caught in the middle is the RANCE family, members of Tomas' parish. On the surface, they’re a normal, suburban family, but all is not as it seems in this household. The patriarch, HENRY RANCE (guest star Alan Ruck), is slowly but surely losing his mind. Eldest daughter KATHERINE (Brianne Howey) has become a recluse who refuses to leave her room. Her younger sister, CASEY (Hannah Kasulka), thinks she's hearing strange noises coming from inside the walls. And mother ANGELA (Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Geena Davis) has been plagued by recurring nightmares, each more frightening than the last. Angela believes there is something in the house, a demonic presence, growing stronger by the day. Desperate, she begs Father Tomas for help, unwittingly setting the naïve young priest on a collision course with Father Marcus. Separately, each faces an insurmountable task, but together they become the only hope against an evil force that has been mobilizing for centuries.

 

directed by   Rupert Wyatt (pilot episode)

starring   Geena Davis, Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels, Alan Ruck, Brianne Howey, Hannah Kasulka

release date   Fall 2016 (on FOX)

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