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Scarlett Johansson To Lead Mike Flanagan’s Standalone Exorcist Film

The casting signals a franchise reset led by Flanagan after The Exorcist: Believer fell short at the box office.

Overview

  • Johansson is confirmed to star in a new Exorcist movie written, directed and produced by Mike Flanagan.
  • The film is an all‑new story set in the original Exorcist universe and is not a sequel to 2023’s Believer.
  • Blumhouse‑Atomic Monster, Morgan Creek and Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures are producing, with Jason Blum, David Robinson, Alexandra Magistro and Ryan Turek attached.
  • Production has not begun, no release date or additional cast have been announced, and filming is expected to take place in New York City.
  • Flanagan has described a radical approach that honors the original without leaning on nostalgia, as Universal presses forward after investing roughly $400 million in the property.