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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Director David Gordon Green Promises It Will be Nothing Like His ‘Halloween’ Trilogy · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Fans of horror have a treat lined up for Halloween season,
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  Speaker 2: with The Exorcist Believer hit in theaters, rebooting arguably the
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  Speaker 2: most iconic horror film of all time. It's been directed
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  Speaker 2: by David Gordon Green, who just helmed all three of
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  Speaker 2: the wildly successful reboots of another classic franchise, the Halloween Trilogy.
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  Speaker 2: But don't expect the Exorcist to be handled in the
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  Speaker 2: same fashion David Tell's Empire. The Halloween movies are in
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  Speaker 2: the slasher genre. It's a place to play and maybe
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  Speaker 2: have some camp, be fun. But The Exorcist was more
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  Speaker 2: researched and a bit academic. The narrative and relationships were
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  Speaker 2: more dramatic. It's a different approach. We're talking about horror,
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  Speaker 2: But my main ambition was to preserve the dramatic integrity
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  Speaker 2: and not to lean into what's evolved within the genre
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  Speaker 2: as a result of the original. But it's impossible. You
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  Speaker 2: must acknowledge so many movies are copycats of the Exorcist.
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  Speaker 2: The Exorcist Believer arrives appropriately on Friday, October thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood,