Sometimes something really ugly requires a makeover.

To Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, the studios behind 2023’s Exorcist: Believer, having their movie underperform at the box office and get panned by critics definitely wasn’t pretty, especially after they paid $400 million to acquire the rights to the IP.

The studios announced Wednesday that rather than shelve the planned Exorcist revival trilogy, they are handing over the reins of the franchise to known quantity Mike Flanagan, whose deft touch with horror made him a household name. Flanagan is responsible for the critically-acclaimed and generally beloved Netflix series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass.

Flanagan will write, direct and produce what Blumhouse is calling a “radical new take” on The Exorcist, set in the same universe as all the other films. The studio confirmed that the new film will not be a sequel to Believer. This effectively kills the two planned sequesl to Believer, which brought back Ellen Burstyn, who starred in the 1973 original Exorcist movie.

Flanagan, who is currently working on an adaptation of The Dark Tower for Prime Video, the studio that offered him a development deal once his contract with Netflix ended, is taking over from David Gordon Green, who directed Believer and who revived the Halloween franchise with a threesome of movies for Blumhouse.

“The Exorcist is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker, and it is an honor to have the chance to try something fresh, bold and terrifying within its universe. Reuniting with my friends at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made some of my favorite pieces of work, only makes this more exciting,” said Flanagan in a statement.

Flanagan previously worked with Blumhouse as a writer and director on Oculus (2013), Hush (2016) and Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016).