[fatherbowdern]

I thought it might be interesting to post news about another “contender” for The Exorcist. Thanks to bursyl’s original post on “New Exorcist ripoff,” I’m copying and pasting information from another thread into this one. Excited or just ho-hum, who knows for now.

Father Bowdern
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When I first read about this, I saw LionsGate would be participating. This means they have the funding for great marketing for The Last Exorcism (originally entitled, Cotton). Eli Roth, (Hostel I and II ) and Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) are producing. Daniel Stamm is directing and he will implore the same realistic look and feel (ala The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity) to this film just as he did in his 2008, A Necessary Death. All make for something to wonder about until it hits the theaters.

The release date is set for August 27, 2010 in the U.S. Don’t gauge the film too much on the photos or even the trailers when they become available. In 2005, The Exorcism of Emily Rose looked to be a hopeful contender to The Exorcist due mainly in part to its heavily marketed “based on a true story” aspect (actually it was too loosely based on the German account of the exorcism and subsequent death of Anneliese Michel). It tanked at the box office and critics and audiences panned it (although my friend Jennifer Carpenter rocked in the role as Emily).

If The Last Exorcism combines some of the aspects of Paranormal Activity and The Exorcist, it may work. Borrowing from these films means using the Paranormal Activity camera movements (from the “real” crew filming the events – see below) and providing creatively and intermittent believable moments of shock value like The Exorcist.

Plot:
“After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl (Ashley Bell) brings him face to face with the devil himself.”

In time. In time.

Father Bowdern

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