"Legion" was adapted into a film, "The Exorcist III", in 1990, directed by Blatty and starring George C. Scott as Lieutenant Kinderman and Brad Dourif and Jason Miller alternating as Sunlight (although the name Sunlight is not actually given to the character in the film; he is referred to as simply "the man in Cell 11" or "Patient X").Both the novel and film ignore the events of the 1977 film "", a theatrical sequel with which Blatty had no involvement (who also panned the film as well).