To my knowledge, there had been zero trailer situation before this one.
Was starting to wonder about that October 13 release date.
Given the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, maybe it will still get pushed back.
But yeah, all those concerns aside, Blumhouse has a pretty damn good batting average.
DAMN RIGHT, DANNY MCBRIDE!
What aboutThe Exorcist, you ask?
Try $428.2 million against a $12 million budget back in 1973!
That was the last time Blumhouse was in charge of a beloved preexisting IP.
The director and co-writer on all those newHalloweenofferings?
None other thanBelieverhelmer David Gordon Green.
The link takes you right to his response:
I understand that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all creative process.
Hey look, a longstanding WGA issue pops up!
Sattler alsolooks suspiciously like Will Forte’s long-lost brother.
To actually unpack some of this new Exorcist trailer, it’s looking mighty interesting.
Leslie Odom Jr. getting top billing is awesome to see.
Good on you, Universal.
From the looks of it, Odom is taking the ball and running with it.
I’m eager to see how he’ll fare.
Apex of the trailer for me?
With that dual-devil voice going on!?!?
A close second is when Odom’s character’s daughter confronts him in the bathroom.
Nice little jump scare.
The fact that there aretwopossessed girls in this long-awaited sequel is a cool twist.
How her face is all cracked and withering away.
They’ve done a great job emulating that from what’s shown here.
I’m a little confused on the main plot ofBeliever, which is good.
I want to be.
Nice to see the trailer isn’t spelling everything out or spoiling too much like it often can.
Enter the legendary Ellen Burstyn, reprising the role of Chris MacNeil.
Like more than a couple freak accidents.
Both Burstyn and Linda Blair, who played the possessed daughter Regan MacNeil, suffered back injuries.
Other crew members got hurt, too.
It was as if filming the movie itself was a cursed proposition.
…But of course, they got that thing in the can, and the rest is history.
It just goes to show, you never know how a movie is going to turn out for sure.
Going off of all the chaos onTheExorcistset, you’d think the finished movie would be a disaster.
Not in the least.
Probably still if it doesn’t.
OK but as promised, story time!
For those of you who care.
I know a lot of readers think this is dumb/irrelevant/self-indulgent.
My first day of orientation at The Actors Studio Drama School.
If not, I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
Juilliard said hell no.
UCLA said close but no cigar.
Cut to orientation day.
I’m like the 14th person up.
Right when Person No.
13 got up, I started to feel it.
I’m getting emotional.
Don’t CRY up there in front of everyone!
Nooooooooo!!!!
Before any of us first-year grad students went up, Ellen Burstyn gave this beautiful speech about acting.
How the media creates all this hype and builds this legend around “Method acting.”
She said it was kinda bullshit.
She said there are only two kinds of acting: “Good acting and bad acting.”
Our beloved chairman of the program and script analysis genius Andreas Manolikakis said some words, too.
His voice sounded so cool that’s all I could really focus on.
He did say we’ll be graduating before we know it.
No lies told there.
Anyway, I wind up trudging up to the podium and ya boii is down BAD right away.
Seeing some of these, like, big-deal people.
They’re all waiting for me to speak.
Everything everywhere hit me all at once.
I can’t get a word out.
I wasn’t trying to “HAVE A MOMENT” for attention or something.
That was the LAST reaction I wanted to have.
Ellen Burstyn then said to me in this really, really gentle voice, “It’s OK honey.
Tell it to me.”
Thank you for the assist, Grant Gustin.
That was my thought process at the time.
Anyway, glad to report I have more self-esteem nowadays.
Wanted to thank Ms. Burstyn afterwards again but I was a little shy and embarrassed.
She just kinda smiled at me and, well, yeah.
I’ll take it.
Day Freaking One was surreal in its own right.
Speaking of Day 1, that’s where I’m gonna be whenThe Exorcist: Believerdrops in theaters.
TheScreammovies helped me appreciate the horror genre more.
I really dig the original Exorcist.
And I’m on board with the indefatigable grassrootsTerrifierfranchise.
Less than three months away from another Exorcist flick.
And I’m certainly intrigued to see how the massive turnout forBarbieandOppenheimerimpact the upcoming releases.
Check out the latestLights, Camera, Barstoolfor more onBarbenheimer.
My literal mindset was, “HAHA.
I’ll never get in there.
I’ll give it a shot.”
