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Variety reported yesterday that Oz (Osgood) Perkins will write and direct the exorcism thriller Incident at Fort Bragg for Lionsgate. The project is inspired by the true story of Irish priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., the largest military installation in the world. Perkins has been on the rise since his feature film debut The Blackcoat's Daughter, followed by I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. His next feature Gretel & Hansel is due out in the new year and the first trailer created a tonne of buzz. FlynnPictureCo’s Beau Flynn will produce. Flynn produced The Exorcism of Emily Rose and...

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“The Blackcoat’s Daughter” director Osgood Perkins has signed on to write and direct the supernatural thriller “Incident at Fort Bragg” for Lionsgate.

The project is inspired by the true story of Irish priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., the largest military installation in the world.

FlynnPictureCo’s Beau Flynn will produce. Flynn previously produced “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” which totaled $144 million worldwide for Screen Gems, and “The Rite,” starring Anthony Hopkins, which earned $96 million worldwide.

Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment is also a producer, with Scott Sheldon of FlynnPictureCo serving as executive producer. Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing development of the project for Lionsgate.

In addition to writing and directing A24’s “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka, Perkins wrote and helmed...

Osgood Perkins, whose latest film Gretel & Hansel hits theaters in January, has been tapped to next write and direct Incident At Fort Bragg, a supernatural thriller set up at Lionsgate.

The pic is inspired by the true story of the renowned writer and Irish Catholic priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier at the famed Army base. Jeff Buhler (Pet Sematary) wrote the latest version of the script from a previous draft by Evan Turner and Harrison Query, who sold the pitch to the studio.

Beau Flynn, whose credits include exorcism pics The Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Rite, is producing this one via his FlynnPictureCo along with Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment. FlynnPictureCo’s Scott Sheldon is executive producing. Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing for Lionsgate.

Perkins’ credits included 2015’s The...

Author: Zehra Phelan

Damning reports on the Catholic Church and its corruption can be dated as far back as King Henry VIII’s reign in the 1500s right through to this very day. Canadian filmmaker Paul Stark’s latest documentary, The Vatican Deception, brings to light one of Rome’s most current deception of its loyal faithful by enlightening audiences on the Vatican’s lack of transparency concerning The Fatima Prophecies — a famous apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917 — and its administration’s efforts to cover up the secrets entrusted in three young children, of who only one survived to become Sister Lúcia.

Explained via a timeline of miracle celestial events, the documentary goes to considerable lengths to explain exactly what The Fátima Prophecies are even though, as claimed, the Vatican has taken it upon themselves to keep certain prophecy scripture a secret, even going as...

Around these parts, the name Father Malachi Martin is pretty well known. Martin, a former Jesuit priest, professor, and theologian-turned-author of 15 novels and nonfiction books, was an acknowledged expert on and frequent critic of the Catholic Church. After moving… Continue Reading →

The post Penchant Entertainment Acquires Film/TV Rights to Exorcism Bestseller Hostage to the Devil appeared first on Dread Central.

Up-and-coming production house Penchant Entertainment has picked up the film and TV rights to Hostage to the Devil, the influential exorcism account by Father Malachi Martin.

Penchant principals Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter hope to simultaneously adapt different elements from the book into big-screen and small-screen projects. The trio will act as producers on the multiple adaptations.

Martin was a former Jesuit priest who became frequent critic and commentator of the Catholic Church while also becoming an expert in the field of exorcism. He is sometimes cited as an inspiration for William Blatty’s famed novel, The Exorcist, a...

Exorcism movies don’t get anymore audacious (or fun) than J.T. Petty’s latest, Hellbenders 3D, which arrives on VOD platforms everywhere today. The story follows a group of priests known as the “Hellbound Saints” whose jobs it is to rid the world of demonic forces, even if it means they must drag them down to hell themselves.

During a recent press day for the horror/comedy hybrid, Daily Dead spoke with Petty and the film’s co-stars, Clancy Brown and Clifton Collins Jr., about their experiences working on the project, what inspired Petty to take such an off-beat take on what’s usually a very traditional world, and much more about Hellbenders 3D.

Daily Dead: This is definitely one of the more unique exorcism films I’ve experienced. What inspired the story and your approach to creating the Hellbound Saints?

J.T. Petty: Right around the time I had the idea for Hellbenders 3D,...