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Blumhouse, Common and Peacock’s large continuation of The Exorcist has added Primetime Emmy winner Ann Dowd to the solid who’ll superstar reverse already introduced Leslie Odom Jr. and Ellen Burstyn who’s reprising her position as Chris MacNeil from the unique 1973 film.
It used to be introduced a 12 months in the past that Common and Peacock closed a $400M deal to the worldwide rights to the Exorcist franchise. The brand new movie is being directed by way of David Gordon Inexperienced who’s in the back of Blumhouse/Miramax and Uni’s newest trio of Halloween films; two of that have grossed over $387M WW with Halloween Ends set for liberate on Oct. 14.
Dowd and Gordon Inexperienced up to now teamed on his 2015 satire, Our Emblem Is Disaster. Gordon Inexperienced additionally govt produced Dowd’s 2012 breakout movie, Compliance, after recognizing the actress within the Off Broadway play Blood From A Stone. He used to be the one that urged her for the position of Sandra in Compliance, a quick meals supervisor duped into detaining an worker for stealing.
Dowd is understood for her portrayal of Aunt Lydia on Hulu and MGM’s The Handmaid’s Story which notched her a 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Remarkable Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence. She used to be additionally nominated for an Emmy in 2018 and 2021. Dowd additionally gained a 2018 Broadcast Movie Critics Affiliation (Critics Selection) award for Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence and used to be nominated for a 2018 Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in a Tv Sequence or Made for TV Film.
Her characteristic credit come with remaining 12 months’s Mass, in regards to the aftermath of a violent tragedy that is affecting the lives of 2 {couples} in numerous tactics.
Dowd gained the Nationwide Board of Overview Best possible Supporting Actress award for Compliance. Dowd’s different notable credit come with the HBO collection The Leftovers, Ari Aster’s Hereditary, Jonathan Demme’s The Manchurian Candidate and Philadelphia.
The actress is repped by way of Primary Leisure and Cutting edge Artists
The unique 1973 movie, The Exorcist has grossed over $441 million so far international, making it the absolute best home grossing horror movie ever. The image used to be additionally nominated for 10 Academy-Awards, together with one for Burstyn, who used to be nominated for Best possible Actress. The movie additionally nabbed the glory of being the primary horror movie ever nominated for Best possible Image.
Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, The Quarry), Danny McBride (Halloween Kills, Halloween) and Inexperienced teamed up for the tale being penned by way of Peter Sattler (Damaged Diamonds) and Inexperienced. Jason Blum will produce on behalf of Blumhouse. David Robinson and James Robinson will produce for Morgan Creek. David Gordon Inexperienced, Danny McBride and Couper Samuelson will govt produce. Ryan Turek is overseeing the mission for Blumhouse.
