The Exorcist was greenlit for a first season. In February 2008, American playwright John Pielmeier expressed an interest in adapting William Peter Blatty's novel of the same name into a play and soon met with Blatty. He then began working on a script for the play, in which the first draft was completed in ten days. "The Exorcist" first premiered at the Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles in 2012. A horror VR video game, called "The Exorcist: Legion VR", was published on Steam, Oculus and PlayStation in 2018 and was based on the events of "The Exorcist III". In November 2009, it was
The Exorcist (film) graphic he wrote, "That it received an R rating and not the X is stupefying." Some theaters provided "Exorcist barf bags". "The Exorcist" was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 1974, winning two. It is the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture. At the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the film won two statuettes (highlighted in bold). The film was nominated for: "The Exorcist" was nominated for seven total Golden Globes in 1974. At the 31st Golden Globes ceremony that year, the film won four awards. The film was nominated for Several versions of "The Exorcist" have