Director William Friedkin and scribe William Peter Blatty have teamed once before on a little flick called THE EXORCIST. You may have heard of it? Supposedly it’s some sort of big deal… I can’t even be sarcastic about that.. Of course you’ve heard about THE EXORCIST. And of course you dug the sh*t out of it! So it’s with that in mind that I’m coming at you today with a brand new project heading our way courtesy of the writing/directing duo!
The news broke in an interview William Peter Blatty had with Rue Morgue Magainze. Apparently the writer is once again teaming with William Friedkin to bring us an adaptation of the horror novel DIMITER! Here’s what Blatty spilled to Rue Morgue:
“Dimiter, a supernatural suspense thriller set mostly in Jerusalem, is a novel that’s been out and around since mid-March. Billy Friedkin is eager to direct it as a film, which would be our one and only other teaming since ‘The Exorcist.'”
Sounds good to me! But you want more, don’t you? How about a nice detailed plot for Blatty’s DIMITER novel? Check it:
In 1973 Albania, Colonel Vlora (aka the Interrogator), the head of a team of torturers, questions the Prisoner, who the reader later learns is Paul Dimiter, an American clandestine agent referred to in some quarters of the world as ‘legendary,’ while in others as ‘the agent from hell.’ (Rumor has it Dimiter poisoned Ho Chi Minh while the Vietnamese leader was visiting Albania shortly before his death in 1969.) Dimiter escapes to Jerusalem, where he encounters a number of engaging characters, including a doctor of neurology, a sharp-tongued nurse, and a grief-stricken Israeli policeman. The complicated plot confounds until the isolated pieces of the psychological puzzle that’s Dimiter match up and fall into place, revealing surprising truths.
So what do you guys think? Are you immediately on board this one or are you going to wait a bit before you make any rash decisions? Hit us with your thoughts on this whole thing below and be sure to keep it here for more on DIMITER as we hear it!
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