The Exorcist (film series) search for the missing footage is "ongoing". An upcoming book titled "The Evolution Of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III: From Concept To Novel To Screen" by author Erik Kristopher Myers will reveal the whole story behind the film's development, and publish never-before-seen images, the original script, studio notes, various drafts of the story as it has evolved, and interviews with Blatty, Brad Dourif, Mark Kermode, John Carpenter, and many others associated with the film. Myers in an interview said that "The Exorcist III" "has sort of turned into horror genre’s equivalent to Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons", in that
The Exorcist III the film went under various titles, including "The Exorcist: 1990". Morgan Creek and Fox insisted on including the word "Exorcist" in the title, which producer Carter DeHaven and Blatty protested against: I begged them when they were considering titles not to name it "Exorcist" anything -- because "Exorcist II" was a disaster beyond imagination. You can't call it "Exorcist III", because people will shun the box office. But they went and named it "Exorcist III". Then they called me after the third week when we were beginning to fade at the box office and they said 'We'll tell you the