The Exorcist is likely one of the most terrifying and profitable horror motion pictures of all time, and the franchise will expertise a large revival now that filming for its subsequent reboot has begun. Whereas a lot of the film is shrouded in thriller, it has a beloved horror director on the helm who has teased a daring new imaginative and prescient for the enduring franchise.
On high of that, The Exorcist has assembled a star-studded forged, paving the best way for it to be one of many greatest horror motion pictures of 2027. Because the world awaits its launch, we’ll hold horror followers up to date on what has been revealed about The Exorcist.
Who’s making The Exorcist?
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Horror grasp Mike Flanagan will write and direct The Exorcist. Flanagan is legendary for bringing new life to beloved horror franchises with movies and TV reveals like The Haunting of Hill Home, Physician Sleep, and The Fall of the Home of Usher. He’s additionally tackled demonic possession within the shockingly stellar prequel, Ouija: Origin of Evil.
“The Exorcist is likely one of the causes I grew to become a filmmaker, and it’s an honor to have the possibility to strive one thing recent, daring, and terrifying inside its universe,” Flanagan mentioned by way of The Hollywood Reporter. “Reuniting with my associates at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made a few of my favourite items of labor, solely makes this extra thrilling.”
Jason Blum is producing The Exorcist as a Blumhouse horror film. Flanagan can even produce it by way of his firm, Pink Room Photos, alongside Atomic Monster and David Robison of Morgan Creek Leisure. The Exorcist can be distributed by Common Photos.
Some audiences might have doubts about Flanagan’s Exorcist movie succeeding, particularly after Believer upset in theaters. Nonetheless, authentic Exorcist director William Friedkin praised Flanagan’s work on X. Whereas we are able to’t communicate for the useless, it appears probably Friedkin would assist Flanagan’s imaginative and prescient for the franchise.
Who stars in The Exorcist (2027)?
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- Scarlett Johansson
- Jacobi Jupe
- Diane Lane
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Laurence Fishburne
- Sasha Calle
- John Leguizamo
- Rahul Kohli
- Hamish Linklater
- Gil Bellows
- Carl Lumbly
- John Gallagher Jr.
- Benjamin Pajak
- Carla Gugino
- Robert Longstreet
- Matt Biedel
- Samatha Sloyan
- Kate Siegel
Most of The Exorcist‘s forged has labored with Flanagan earlier than, notably in The Haunting of Hill Home, Midnight Mass, and The Lifetime of Chuck. The movie additionally brings thrilling new faces to the Flanagan household, together with Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World: Rebirth), Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet), Diane Lane (Man of Metal), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Sasha Calle (The Flash), and John Leguizamo (The Odyssey).
The Hollywood Reporter says that Johansson would be the mom of Jupe’s character. In the meantime, Ejofor will play an ex-con turned priest, hinting at a redemption story much like that of Damien Karras within the authentic Exorcist movie.
What’s the story of The Exorcist (2027)?
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Because the new Exorcist film remains to be in growth, the filmmakers have naturally saved its story within the shadows to keep away from spoilers. Nonetheless, Flanagan’s movie has been featured on the business monitoring service Productionlist.com underneath the title, “The Exorcist: Martyrs,” with this logline:
“In an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe, a rookie detective making an attempt to show herself is plunged into an unimaginable evil that rattles all the things she believes.”
This sounds very completely different from the franchise’s authentic movie. Nonetheless, followers will keep in mind that The Exorcist III was a supernatural detective movie, following Lt. Kinderman (who investigated crimes linked to Regan’s possession within the first movie) as he pursues a demonic serial killer. We’ll have to attend and see how Flanagan’s subsequent movie will differ from its predecessors.
How scary will The Exorcist be?
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William Friedkin’s The Exorcist is notorious for its head-spinning, vomit-inducing scares that pushed audiences to their limits in theaters. Due to this, the bar Flanagan’s movie has to succeed in when it comes to terror is floating means above the mattress.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Flanagan mentioned he signed as much as make The Exorcist as a result of he noticed “the chance to make the scariest film [he’s] ever made.”
Given the extraordinary scares Flanagan has delivered together with his filmography, this assertion says loads concerning the top of horror we are able to anticipate from The Exorcist.
“I do know expectations are excessive. Nobody’s extra intimidated than I’m,” added Flanagan.
Is The Exorcist a sequel, a reboot, or a remake?
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Blumhouse gave us a transparent concept of the place Flanagan’s “radical new take” on The Exorcist will match within the franchise. Deadline reported that, in a press launch, Blumhouse wrote that the brand new movie gained’t be a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer, all however ending the studio’s authentic plans for a reboot trilogy starting with Believer.
Given the detrimental suggestions that Believer acquired, it is sensible for the studios to begin recent with Flanagan’s movie. It’s unclear whether or not any of the brand new film’s characters are associated to anybody who appeared in 1973’s The Exorcist.
The place and when will filming happen?
On March 13, 2026, Flanagan introduced that filming for The Exorcist had begun, with Michael Fimognari (Gerald’s Recreation) serving as cinematographer. Manufacturing of The Exorcist will happen in New York Metropolis.
When will The Exorcist (2027) come out?
Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist will premiere in theaters on March 12, 2027. The movie was initially deliberate for March 2026, however the launch date was pushed again a 12 months on account of Flanagan’s busy schedule creating his miniseries remake of Stephen King’s Carrie.
