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The Exorcist: Believer has launched its second trailer forward of its premiere on October 6, with new footage teasing the sequel’s hyperlinks to the 1973 movie. With Ellen Burstyn’s protecting mom Chris MacNeil returning for the rebooted sequel, it appears to be like like her daughter Regan may additionally have extra to her story.

The brand new trailer opens with a scene between MacNeil and Katherine, {one of the} two ladies whose posession is the main focus of the movie. After MacNeil reveals that the 2 have met earlier than, the demon taunts her asking “are you in search of Regan?” earlier than revealing that “she burns in hell.” That is the primary time we have seen Regan talked about within the sequel, and whereas she’s unlikely to make an look within the film–as the actress Linda Blair acknowledged she hasn’t been requested to reprise her role–it looks like she’s going to nonetheless be a motivating power for MacNeil.

The Exorcist: Believer is the primary of a deliberate Exorcist trilogy from Common in partnership with Blumhouse, with the trilogy performing as a direct sequel to the unique 1973 film–ignoring earlier sequels and spin-offs.

The film focuses on two ladies who exhibit indicators of demonic posessions after going lacking within the woods for 3 days. Leslie Odom Jr. stars as Victor Fielding, the involved single father of {one of the} ladies. Fielding seeks assist from MacNeil, as a consequence of her expertise with related occasions.

The trailers have revealed that MacNeil is acquainted with this particular demon, that means it is prone to as soon as once more be Pazuzu, who was named within the authentic movie. The most recent trailer has additionally revealed that the demon is providing the dad and mom a choice–one of the 2 posessed ladies can stay, however the different should die, and the selection is as much as them.

The Exorcist: Believer will premiere on October 6, after being moved up per week to keep away from clashing with Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour live performance film.