‘Satan’s Slaves: Origin’ – First Look at Joko Anwar’s Prequel!

Variety shares first details and an image from Joko Anwar‘s prequel, Satan’s Slaves: Origin (original title: Pengabdi Setan 3: Origin).

Though it’s the third film in the franchise, Satan’s Slaves: Origin stands alone as a prequel, tracing the cult and demonic pact behind the first two movies back to their source.

“The story opens with an outbreak of mass hysteria in 16th-century Strasbourg, drawing on a real incident recorded in 1518, then jumps to a haunted lighthouse on Java’s southern coast in the 17th century.”

It’s the most ambitious production of Anwar’s career to date, spanning two continents and filmed in seven languages – Indonesian, Alsatian, Portuguese, Javanese, Dutch, Turkish and Latin.

“This film is everything I didn’t know I was building toward – the one that finally answers where the curse came from, why it never stopped, and what it’s really after,” Anwar said. “Longtime fans are going to get the answers they’ve waited years for. Newcomers are going to get the ride of their lives.”

Rapi Films is producing, with Anwar writing and directing and Come and See Pictures, Sky Media and Legacy Pictures co-producing. The film is in pre-production, targeting a 2027 theatrical release in Indonesia.