Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 33

I hope everyone had a good Friday the 13th last week (and didn't DIE!!!!!11). We are back this week to discuss a little bit about the new Fall television lineup with special guest Logan, and then the two hosts discuss some more Renny Harlin goodies in Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) and The Covenant (2006).

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) - d. Renny Harlin, starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney

The Covenant (2006) - d. Renny Harlin, starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Taylor Kitsch

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More of the Harlin Retrospective:

Episode 13 - Prison/Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Episode 16 - Die Hard 2/The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Episode 19 - Cliffhanger/Cutthroat Island
Episode 22 - Long Kiss Goodnight/Deep Blue Sea
Episode 25 - Driven/Mindhunters

- Sincerely,
The Dudes From Your Favorite Renny Harlin Podcast

Music used: Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist

Television Exorcise Program!

The Exorcist Coming to TV

Well, it looks like director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) is planning on turning the classic William Peter Blatty novel into a ten-part (!) series for television. It's still be shopped for a network. Hopefully he's looking for a pay cable station in order to do this right. It would have to be pretty tamed down to make it into the CBS lineup.

You may remember that William Friedkin already made this book into a film in 1973. You may also remember that his effort was super-duper fantastic, and one of the best horror films of all time. Not sure why Durkin would want to face such a daunting task as living up to the original The Exorcist, but I'm interested. Hopefully he uses practical effects, but, again, how can you top the original?

Read the article at CinemaBlend: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Exorcist-Being-Adapted-TV-Mini-Series-42847.html