How can The Exorcist franchise get back on the right track? Make things standalone.
Speaking of scrapping trilogies, Universal should take a cue from its own Universal Monsters revival and focus on standalone Exorcist stories. Yes, it was cool to see Chris and Regan after all these years, but their scene together in Believer felt like closure, and Believer’s less-compelling parent-child duo of Victor (Odom) and Angela (Lidya Jewett) also wrapped up their story pretty completely too. While nothing is known about Deceiver’s plot—maybe it’s already planned as a standalone? Maybe it focuses on other characters from the original film? Maybe it’s another crack at a prequel? Maybe it’s a Linda Blair showcase?—it would make sense for the studios involved to protect their $400 million investment by hiring someone not part of the Green team to write a fresh script.
