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Ti West Tells Tale of Haunted Hotel in ‘The Innkeepers’

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14 years ago

January 30, 2010

Horror helmer Ti West (The Roost) is prepping The Innkeepers, about the last two staffers of a haunted hotel that’s going out of business. West said he intends for Innkeepers to be “a truly terrifying” follow-up to his 2009 pic The House of the Devil. Lensing is set to commence in Connecticut this spring. MPI Media Group’s Dark Sky Films will finance and produce along with Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix. Derek Curl, Fessenden and Peter Phok produce. West directed Lionsgate’s Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, which bows on DVD next montn. He had been attached to Gold Circle’s The Haunting in Georgia (but isn’t anymore).
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Dan Stevens and Al Pacino Starring in Exorcism Horror Movie ‘The Ritual’

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39 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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Pictured: Dan Stevens in 'The Guest'

Dan Stevens is everywhere lately, from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to Abigail and the upcoming Cuckoo. We’re not complaining. Up next? He’s starring in horror movie The Ritual.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have both joined the cast of the upcoming exorcism horror movie from XYZ Films and director David Midell, Variety reports this afternoon.

Based on a true story, the film “follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.”

Variety details, “The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.”

David Midell and Enrico Natale wrote the screenplay for The Ritual.

XYZ Films is planning to release the horror film theatrically in 2025.