Stuart Little’s Geena Davis will be seen in The Exorcist’s TV adaptation

Davis is no stranger to television, the actress has previously played a fictional US president in Commander in Chief and a veteran doctor in Grey’s Anatomy.

Academy award-winning star and Stuart’s mom in Stuart Little, Geena Davis, is returning to television with Fox Studio’s drama pilot The Exorcist.

Davis is no stranger to television, the actress has previously played a fictional US president in Commander in Chief and a veteran doctor in Grey’s Anatomy. (AP)

Inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book, the new version will see the 60-year-old actor playing a struggling woman of faith named Angela Rance whose dreams are plagued with demonic imagery, reported Deadline.

A still from The Exorcist. (YouTube)

Behind the television version of The Exorcist are writer Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) and director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).

Davis is no stranger to television, the actress has previously played a fictional US president in Commander in Chief and a veteran doctor in Grey’s Anatomy.

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