‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Trailer Terrifies CinemaCon With Possessed Tweens, Demonic Voices and Ellen Burstyn
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Diners at Las Vegas’ many buffets may want to skip the split pea soup — a new trailer for “The Exorcist” shook the audience at Caesar’s Palace to its core on Wednesday. The rebooted franchise from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse debuted its first trailer to the annual convention of movie theater owners on Wednesday. The new saga is led by Tony and Grammy award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (“Hamilton”) and Ellen Burstyn, who reprises the role of Chris MacNeil from the 1973 original directed by William Friedken. The first “Exorcist” was a critical and commercial phenomenon, following two priests trying to rid an innocent girl of a nasty demonic possession.