Overview
- Variety reports that Laurence Fishburne has boarded the cast, with his role undisclosed for now.
- Chiwetel Ejiofor joined a day earlier, and The Hollywood Reporter says sources indicate he may play an ex-con turned priest.
- The ensemble already includes Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe and Diane Lane in a project positioned as a stand-alone story in the franchise.
- Mike Flanagan is writing, directing and producing via Red Room Pictures, with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek also producing for Universal.
- Production is preparing to start in New York City, and Universal has set a March 12, 2027 theatrical release that is not connected to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer.