True Story Inspired Book HOSTAGE TO THE DEVIL Being Adapted
Penchant Entertainment has announced that they have acquired the film and television rights to the New York Times best-selling nonfiction book Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans penned by Father Malachi Martin, the inspiration behind The Exorcist. Penchant has both a film and series adaptions in mind. First published in 1976 and selling over a million copies, Hostage to the Devil recounts examples of possession and exorcisms in modern times. It also spawned a documentary in 2016, titled Hostage to the Devil. Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson, and Matthew Porter will produce the series and film., Bloody Disgusting reports. In Hostage to the Devil, Martin presents a chilling and thoroughly-researched analysis of demonic possession and the Rite of Exorcism, offering rich new details on the practice and its participants never explored on screen. Presenting exorcism as an epic battle between priest and demon, Martin reveals how this profoundly personal battle can span a lifetime, exacting
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