The joke is easy, but, as it seems, the Last Exorcism wasn’t really the last one after all.
A sequel has in fact been confirmed for the movie that proved to be a hit last year amongst both horror fans and critics alike. Grossing .5 million worldwide on a relatively modest budget of .6 million, The Last Exorcism told the story of an exorcist who doesn’t believe in demonic possessions and allows a camera crew to follow him on his last assignment to prove that exorcisms are, in fact, frauds.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel will be financed by Studio Canal and shooting will start after the summer, and while the first Exorcism saw Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko as writers of the script, screenwriter Damien Chazelle has been entrusted with writing the follow-up this time around.
A Harvard graduate, 25 years old Chazelle is a promising talent: his senior thesis was turned into a feature that debuted at the 2009 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival and his first script, called The Claim, was picked up by Route One in 2010.
