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I just read this from the Hollywood Reporter online:
Aug. 16, 2006
CBS commits to Roth TV’s exorcism pilot
Joe Roth
By Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to an exorcism-themed drama from “Joan of Arcadia” creator Barbara Hall and producer Joe Roth.
Details of the project, from CBS Paramount Network Television and studio-based Joe Roth Television, are still sketchy, but it is understood to revolve around exorcists and others who investigate supernatural phenomena.
Hall, who is under an overall deal at CBS Par TV, is writing the script and is executive producing the project with Roth.
Bob Larson, an expert on cults, the occult and supernatural phenomena, is consulting on the project. Joe Roth TV president Nina Lederman is serving as co-executive producer.
This is the first major commitment for Joe Roth TV, which launched in late 2004 with a three-year deal at CBS Par TV and an initial focus on comedy development.
Roth is not a stranger to the subject of exorcism, having executive produced the 1990 feature film “The Exorcist III.”
The Revolution Studios founder most recently executive produced the summer comedy “Little Man” and directed the drama “Freedomland.”
Former “Judging Amy” executive producer/showrunner Hall most recently created and executive produced the CBS drama pilot “Ultra” this past development season. The project, from CBS Par TV, centered on a city-girl superhero.
Larson has written 30 books, including “Larson’s Book of Spiritual Warfare,” an encyclopedia reference of demons, the devil and deliverance, and “Larson’s Book of Cults.” He hosts a radio and a TV show both titled “Bob Larson Presents: Spiritual Freedom” that air on selected stations and on the Internet.
CAA brokered the deal on behalf of Joe Roth TV and Hall. Larson’s deal was brokered by Rebel Entertainment Partners.
Unfortunately this is one of the gray areas in the film that are not explained, unless you have prior knowledge from reading the book.
In an early scene in the film, Sharon took Regan out to the park, where she met a man with a horse. In the book the man lets Regan ride the horse, and Regan goes missing from Sharon for a period of time. It is presumed that it’s during the time Regan leaves the park on her own, she visited the church and committed the desecrations.
I know the test footage of Eileen in Howdy makeup still exists. There was a person on the old CH.com site that had a copy circulating…not sure where he got his hands on it. Also Kermode commented on seeing the footage in his Exorcist book.
It’s insane to see that many people standing in line for a movie. I don’t think there has been such a massive rush to see a movie since then. Wow – amazing!
I found it “watchable” but the courtroom drama bored me. In the end I didn’t care about the story or characters at all. Total panty waste.
