{"id":24399,"date":"2024-06-20T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2024-06-21T00:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:41:08","slug":"the-exorcism-joshua-john-miller-m-a-fortin-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24399","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Exorcism\u2019: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Joshua John Miller, Co-Writer M.A. Fortin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in the &#8217;80s, Joshua John Miller was known as a child actor from movies like Kathryn Bigelow\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Near Dark<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b><i>River\u2019s Edge<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but his father, Jason Miller, was also an actor, playing Father Karras in William Friedkin\u2019s horror classic, <\/span><b><i>The Exorcist<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the young Joshua heard lots of stories about that shoot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miller has reteamed with his writing (and life) partner M.A. Fortin for <\/span><b><i>The Exorcism<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a horror movie starring Russell Crowe as washed-up actor, Anthony Miller, who has gotten a job playing a preacher in a horror movie about demonic possession called, <\/span><b><i>The Georgetown Project<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As Anthony tries to mend things with his estranged daughter Lee (Ryan Simpkins from the <\/span><b><i>Fear Street<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movies), odd occurrences start happening on the set of the movie that mirror the supernatural events being depicted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke with Miller and Fortin about the origins of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Exorcism<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an interview you can watch in the video above, and you can also watch interviews with actors Ryan Simpkins and Adam Goldberg here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24376\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TheExorcismPoster-696x1033.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua John Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg,David Hyde Pierce<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Williamson, Ben Fast, Bill Block<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miramax, Outerbanks Entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vertical\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Horror\/Thriller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 21, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 93 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer\u00a0 below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"I1lNNd_klK4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Exorcism | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I1lNNd_klK4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; 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