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Are they dusting the cobwebs off Paul Schrader’s version of EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING? First we were told that it would be included in the DVD release of Renny Harlin’s version. Wrong…. The producers aim to recoup every last penny to make up for blundering its way to almost $100 million for two productions. Several weeks ago Morgan Creek said they plan a limited 2005 release in US theatres. Seems they have a habit of changing their minds. Remember it was MC chairman James Robinson who said he chose the angst-ridden, cerebral creator of Raging Bull and Affliction because “the movie needed someone who didn’t do the standard horror-type movie”. Stellan will tell you, “With that director and that cast, you should know that you’ll get a $40 million art-house movie. But they were surprised. The producers panicked and said, ‘no – we gotta do re-shoots, we gotta make it scarier, and throw in monsters and shit!’ It was more a psychological thriller. They wanted a horror film.” In the end Stellan’s not complaining and his fans are curious to see him play Father Merrin twice. Stellan continues, “I went back to Rome and put on the clothes I had on a year earlier. I recognized the stench (laughing as he smells his armpits). Everybody was there, as if nothing had happened. My dressing room was half of the apartment that Fellini used to have on stage 5. My sister (Ã…se) visited me, and she was so impressed that she had me take a photograph of her hugging the toilet, because she said, ‘Fellini shat here.’ That’s my sister for you (mumbling with a smirk).” Look for the March 5th release of the Harlin version and stay tuned…