"The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel" is based on true events, with Linney playing a lawyer who defends a priest (Wilkinson) charged with negligent homicide. Anneliese Michel was a college student who, in the late 1970s, exhibited symptoms of being possessed (speaking in tongues, spasms, etc.). While performing a church-sanctioned exorcism, Anneliese died and the priests, along with her parents, were charged with her death.
Filming is expected to start in Vancouver in November 2004.
