The Exorcist Sneak Peek Released

Fox has released a new “Sneak Peek” video for their upcoming television adaptation of The Exorcist. In it,Executive Producer Jeremy Slate and star Geena Davis preview the darkness that will descend upon the Rance family in the first season.

“There’s no horror movie more revered than The Exorcist,” Slate says in this new video. “It’s the scariest horror movie ever made. It’s still a film that has a primal power, and that’s what we wanted to capture in this show. If we can give a couple of people nightmares, I’ll go to bed a happy man. The Exorcist, as a television show, was designed to be a compelling beginning to end story of the possession of a normal American family in the suburbs of Chicago and the two priests who are brought in to try and save this one innocent victim from the forces of darkness. This show tackles some big questions about faith and redemption; compelling characters we’ve never seen before on television.”

Davis adds, “I just love this story; it’s very much a thriller but also has aspects of horror.”

Widely regarded as the greatest horror movie ever made, “The Exorcist” broke box office records and terrified audiences around the world. Now, more than four decades after the Academy Award-nominated film, The Exorcist returns as a TV series. Directed by Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), The Exorcist is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. He runs a small but loyal parish in the suburbs of Chicago. He has no idea that his quiet life is about to change forever. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another priest finds himself locked in a life-and-death struggle with evil. Father Marcus Brennan (Ben Daniels) is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Father Marcus is everything Father Tomas is not: relentless, abrasive and utterly consumed by his sacred mission. Caught in the middle is the Rance family, members of Tomas’ parish. On the surface, they’re a normal, suburban family, but all is not as it seems in this household. The patriarch, Henry Rance (guest star Alan Ruck), is slowly but surely losing his mind. Eldest daughter Katherine (Brianne Howey) has become a recluse who refuses to leave her room. Her younger sister, Casey (Hannah Kasulka), thinks she’s hearing strange noises coming from inside the walls.And mother Angela (Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Geena Davis) has been plagued by recurring nightmares, each more frightening than the last. Angela believes there is something in the house, a demonic presence, growing stronger by the day. Desperate, she begs Father Tomas for help, unwittingly setting the naïve young priest on a collision course with Father Marcus. Separately, each faces an insurmountable task, but together they become the only hope against an evil force that has been mobilizing for centuries.

The cast features Alfonso Herrera (“Sense8,” “The Chosen”) as Father Tomas Ortega, Ben Daniels (“Flesh and Bone,” “House of Cards”) as Father Marcus Brennan, Geena Davis (“Commander in Chief,” “Thelma & Louise”) as Angela Rance, Brianne Howey (“Scream Queens”) as Katherine Rance, Hannah Kasulka (“The Fosters”) as Casey Rance, and Kurt Egyiawan (“Beasts of No Nation”) as Brother Bennett.

The Exorcist will premiere Friday, September 23 at 9/8c on FOX!