It’s long been rumored that Mike Flanagan‘s new take on The Exorcist is titled The Exorcist: Martyrs. Over the weekend, […]
It’s long been rumored that Mike Flanagan‘s new take on The Exorcist is titled The Exorcist: Martyrs.
Over the weekend, eagle-eyed fans spotted Exorcist: Martyrs listed among the productions on Mike Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures website, seemingly confirming the long-standing rumor.
The cast is stacked. Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Backrooms), Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Sasha Calle, and Jacobi Jupe headline the project, alongside several familiar faces from Flanagan’s previous work, including Carla Gugino, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, Hamish Linklater, Carl Lumbly, and John Gallagher Jr.
His Exorcist is currently scheduled for release on March 12, 2027.
Maybe I’m setting myself up for disappointment, but this is the first time in decades that an Exorcist project actually feels exciting. Not because it’s another possession movie, but because it has a filmmaker attached who might bring something genuinely different to the table.
After decades of sequels, prequels, reboots, and imitators, Mike Flanagan’s film has a rare opportunity: not just to continue the Exorcist franchise, but to finally give it a worthy successor.
Exorcist Franchise Timeline
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- The Exorcist III (1990)
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
