William Friedkin May Direct Film Adaptation of Dimiter by William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty tells the Rue Morgue magazine (as reported by Shock Till You Drop) that he is planning on working with director William Friedkin on a film adaptation of his latest thriller, Dimiter. Friedkin last worked with the author on the 1973 film The Exorcist, adapted from the author's novel of the same name.

Dimiter, published earlier this year, is set in Albania in the 1970s, where an American agent named Paul Dimiter escapes state security, and on his way to freedom in Jerusalem, completes a mysterious mission.