CBS Films Acquires THE LAST EXORCISM PART II
By: Caryn Robbins
CBS Films announced today that it has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to THE LAST EXORCISM PART II from StudioCanal.
Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly from a screenplay by Gass-Donnelly and Damien Chazelle, The Last Exorcism Part II is the sequel to the 2010 hit The Last Exorcism, which surpassed all expectations by grossing more than $20 million its opening weekend. Eli Roth produced the film along with Marc Abraham, Thomas A. Bliss and Eric Newman of Strike Entertainment. Patty Long and Gabrielle Neimand served as executive producers.Continuing where the first film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found alone and terrified in the woods. Back in the relative safety of civilization, Nell realizes that she can't remember entire portions of the previous months only that she is the last surviving member of her family. Just as Nell begins the difficult process of starting a new life, the evil force that once possessed her is back with other, unimaginably horrific plans that mean herlast exorcism was just the beginning. CBS Films will release The Last Exorcism Part II wide on March 1, 2013.Recent Articles
