Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist film seemingly casts a key character alongside Scarlett Johansson. It’s set to be a brand new story in The Exorcist franchise’s timeline and isn’t a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. Flanagan is directing and writing the venture.
Now, Hamnet star Jacobi Jupe has been solid in Flanagan’s Exorcist film. For the reason that little one characters are often the possessed in these movies, this may doubtless maintain true for Jupe’s character as effectively. Filming is slated to start in New York in 2026.
Jupe’s casting comes within the midst of vital popularity of his titular position in Hamnet. The movie is extensively predicted to win Finest Image on the upcoming Oscars, with Jupe’s emotional efficiency being one of many many components resulting in in depth recognition. He additionally acquired a Critics Selection Award nomination for Finest Younger Actor.
Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist film is being produced below his Pink Room Photos banner, together with Blumhouse and Atomic Photos. The movie was beforehand scheduled to be launched in theaters on March 13, 2026. With manufacturing starting subsequent 12 months, there may be not a brand new official launch date but.
Hopes are excessive for Flanagan’s tackle the long-running horror franchise after The Exorcist: Believer underperformed on the field workplace. It made $65.5 million within the U.S. and $136.2 million worldwide, which was a disappointment after NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Blumhouse purchased the franchise rights from Morgan Creek for $400 million in 2021.
From his quite a few Stephen King variations to his Netflix sequence, a lot of Mike Flanagan’s motion pictures and reveals have been hits within the horror style. He directed function movie variations of King’s Gerald’s Sport and Physician Sleep and is helming an upcoming sequence at Prime Video adapting Carrie. On the Netflix aspect, his credit embrace the well-received The Haunting of Hill Home, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the Home of Usher.
Whereas the most recent addition to the film, Jupe, is now greatest recognized for Hamnet, he has appeared in a number of different motion pictures and reveals as effectively. He performed Michael Darling in Disney+’s 2023 movie Peter Pan & Wendy. Jupe was additionally a sequence common in Apple TV’s psychological thriller 2024 psychological thriller Earlier than starring Billy Crystal.
Flanagan is thought for casting most of the identical actors in his numerous initiatives. This makes it extra doubtless that some acquainted faces from his numerous motion pictures and reveals can be subsequent to affix Johansson and Jupe within the new iteration of The Exorcist starting manufacturing in 2026.
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