The Exorcist reboot is lastly again on monitor, and its launch date has been revealed.
Common confirmed that Mike Flanagan’s upcoming untitled revival of The Exorcist has been set for a March 12, 2027, theatrical launch. It had initially been scheduled to debut earlier, however manufacturing delays pushed the movie again by a yr. The mission will function Scarlett Johansson and Hamnet star Jacobi Jupe.
Flanagan, who can be rebooting Stephen King’s traditional novel Carrie, will likely be writing, directing, and producing the brand new Exorcist movie. Common is creating the film in partnership with the enduring horror duo James Wan and Jason Blum’s joint manufacturing firm, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.
Identical to his new Carrie present, Flanagan is breaking his “no sequel or remake” rule for The Exorcist. The director has acknowledged prior to now that the one method he would think about making a movie or TV collection based mostly on a pre-existing story or franchise is that if the brand new mission must be one thing that has by no means been accomplished earlier than. And, based on Flanagan, he had been ready for fairly some time to develop the world of The Exorcist.
The primary Exorcist movie was launched in 1973 and directed by William Friedkin. The story revolved round Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), who requested Catholic clergymen to carry out an exorcism on her 12-year-old daughter, Reagan (Linda Blair), who was possessed by an evil entity. The film was a hit. It was praised by each critics and informal viewers, incomes $441 million globally and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
Common paid roughly $400 million to safe the rights to the Exorcist franchise in 2021 so it may produce a brand new trilogy. The primary launch was The Exorcist: Believer in 2023. The mission noticed the return of Ellen Burstyn, who reprised her position as Chris MacNeil and went on to gross $136 million worldwide. The upcoming movie from Flanagan is related to the world of the unique 1973 traditional, but it surely will not be a direct sequel to The Exorcist: Believer.
The movie continues Flanagan’s long-standing relationship with Blumhouse. The Exorcist reboot will likely be their fourth mission collectively. The primary three have been Oculus (2013), Hush (2016), and Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016).
The untitled Exorcist reboot will likely be launched in theaters on March 12, 2027.
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