Chiwetel Ejiofor is the latest actor to join the cast of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming reboot of ‘The Exorcist’ for Blumhouse. Learn more.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will once again work with with director Mike Flanagan in The Exorcist, following their recent collaboration on The Life of Chuck, which won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is produced by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment for Universal Pictures. Ejiofor will star alongside Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, and Diane Lane.
What’s known so far is that the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and is not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. It’s also rumored to be titled The Exorcist: Martyrs, which I personally support.
Universal Pictures plans to unleash Flanagan’s fresh take on The Exorcist in theaters on March 12, 2027.
The Exorcist franchise includes The Exorcist (1973), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Exorcist III (1990), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005), “The Exorcist” (TV series, 2016–2018), and The Exorcist: Believer (2023).
Flanagan will direct from his own script, with production taking place in New York City. He’s also producing via his Red Room Pictures banner, alongside David Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment, and Jason Blum for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. Exec producers include Alexandra Magistro for Red Room Pictures and Ryan Turek for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.
