Director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass) is in talks to direct the next Exorcist film for Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.The first film, The Exorcist: Believer, was the first film in a planned trilogy, but the movie, which was helmed by David Gordon Green, was a complete mess. The film didn’t do as well at the box office as the studio hoped.Universal and Blumhouse bet big on the horror franchise and bought rights to The Exorcist from Morgan Creek back for $400 million and they want to make sure that investment pays off.Bringing on a filmmaker like Flanagan ensures that the next film will be a top-quality production. Flanagan is a strong filmmaker and a great storyteller, and if anyone can do something great with this franchise, it’s him.It was previously reported that the studio is committed to finishing the new trilogy, but because of how The Exorcist: Believer turned out and how it was received, they will “almost certainly demand some degree of creative re-think for the next two films.”Flanagan is the guy they want to get the franchise back on course. In the movie, “Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own.“But when Angela and her friend Katherine, disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.”What do you think about Flanagan possibly taking on the next film in the Exorcist franchise? Source: Deadline