It’s an exciting time to be a fan of The Exorcist! Warner Brothers have just released the official trailer for the upcoming Blu-ray special edition release of The Exorcist, complete with glimpses of never before seen footage of little Linda Blair having her make-up applied by Dick Smith, hugging William Friedkin …
Read More »THE EXORCIST Blu-ray official details and release date
Warner Brothers Home Video have finally announced official details for the upcoming release of The Exorcist on Blu-ray. The two-disc Digibook edition will packaged with a personal letter written by director William Friedkin inside a 40-page booklet and contain both The Version You’ve Never Seen (2000) and the original 1973 theatrical cut …
Read More »William Friedkin talks Exorcist remake, 3D, IMAX and Blu-ray re-releases.
The Exorcist director William Friedkin recently had an interview with MovieWeb and discussed the possibilities of The Exorcist being re-released in 3D, on IMAX, remake rumours and the upcoming Blu-ray disc. Thankfully, he states, as long as he is alive a 3D version of The Exorcist is never going to …
Read More »The Exorcist Blu-ray will feature the original 1973 theatrical release PLUS The Version You’ve Never Seen, arriving Halloween 2010
Ask and you shall receive. Thomas K Arnold of Home Media Magazine fame has posted a scoop on his blog today that I suspect will come as a relief to many Exorcist fans looking forward to the upcoming Blu-ray release. It now appears that TWO VERSIONS of The Exorcist will …
Read More »Warner Brothers: The Exorcist Blu-ray release will be pushed BACK to 2010?
Seems The Exorcist won’t be hitting Blu-ray shelves this month as first anticipated. Now Warner Brother’s have announced that they will be releasing the new special edition version of The Exorcist on DVD and Blu-ray ‘sometime’ in 2010, and in the meantime they will be pulling all existing copies off …
Read More »WB confirms The Exorcist on Blu-ray September 2009
Warner Brothers have finally come forward with a Blu-ray release date for The Exorcist. September 8 2009 is the day you’ll be shelling out for the single disc, and the cut being used is definitely ‘just’ The Version You’ve Never Seen (as previously reported). While Warner Brothers didn’t confirm anything …
Read More »Scans of William Friedkin’s interview with High Definition Review magazine: THE BLU CONNECTION
Earlier this week I posted that William Friedkin revealed in an interview with High Definition Magazine that the upcoming Blu-ray special edition release of The Exorcist will use ‘The Version You’ve Never Seen’ transfer. The interview is actually about Friedkin’s film The French Connection, for which he won an Oscar. …
Read More »The Exorcist Blu-ray release will use The Version You’ve Never Seen… except we all have by now.
Back in October 2008 it was revealed director William Friedkin was due to start work on The Exorcist Blu-ray release in December of that year. The source was the UK’s High Definition Review magazine, who had completed an interview with the director at the time. In December 08, in issue …
Read More »First Exorcist Blu-ray special feature revealed
Picture this: Director of The Exorcist William Friedkin casually strolls through the primary locations of Georgetown, discussing elements of the classic horror film with its author and creator William Peter Blatty. Sounds pretty neat, doesn’t it! The tour is being shot in February 2009 specifically to appear on the much-anticipated …
Read More »William Friedkin to begin work on The Exorcist’s Blu-ray release in December
UK’s DVD & Blu-ray Review magazine got the scoop from Exorcist director William Friedkin that he is scheduled to begin working on a special edition Blu-ray release of The Exorcist on 2 December this year. Unfortunately, the disc will not be released until ‘sometime’ in Fall (September – November) 2009. …
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