EXORCISM calls on three more

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Monday, October 25, 2004
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Screen Gems still UNTITLED EXORCISM PROJECT, a.k.a. THE EXORCISM OF ANNELIESE MICHEL, continues to cast in preparation of its November 16 start of filming. Joining the previously announced stars (Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson) are Campbell Scott (SINGLES), Shohreh Aghdashloo (HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG) and Jennifer Carpenter (WHITE CHICKS).

The film chronicles the supposed real-life exorcism performed on an 18-year-old girl and the subsequent aftermath. While a Catholic priest was performing the exorcism on the college freshman, she unexpectedly died. The exorcist was eventually put on trial for manslaughter. The movie will tell the story of the event through the different perspectives of the characters, with Scott playing the district attorney, Aghdashloo a doctor and Carpenter the possessed woman.

Scott Derrickson (HELLRAISER: INFERNO) will direct the picture from a script co-written by Paul Harris Boardman and Derrickson.


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