Laurence Fishburne, Morpheus himself, has signed on to the cast of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming reboot of ‘The Exorcist’.
Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix franchise) has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan‘s upcoming reboot of The Exorcist!
The film is produced by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment for Universal Pictures. Fishburne joins Chiwetel Ejiofor, 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.
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.
