When Friedkin left the project, Blatty adapted the script into a bestselling novel, Legion (1983) Morgan Creek Productions bought the film rights, with Blatty as director. īlatty, who wrote the original 1971 Exorcist novel (and the screenplay for its 1973 film adaptation, conceived The Exorcist III with Exorcist director William Friedkin attached to direct. Blatty based aspects of the Gemini Killer on the real-life Zodiac Killer, one of several serial killers who enjoyed the original Exorcist. Kinderman, who investigates a series of demonic murders in Georgetown that have the hallmarks of the Gemini, a deceased serial killer. It follows a character from the first film, Lieutenant William F. Though the original movie initially occurred in 1973, the year of its release, the year that Karras died in this movie is listed as 1975 on his headstone, placing the events of the original movie in 1975. The Exorcist III is set fifteen years after the original film, ignoring the events of Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). Scott, Brad Dourif, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson and Nicol Williamson. It is the third installment in the Exorcist series, an adaptation of Blatty's Exorcist novel Legion (1983), and the final installment in Blatty's "Faith Trilogy". The Exorcist III is a 1990 American psychological horror film written and directed by William Peter Blatty.
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