Said to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms, the late Father Gabriele Amorth‘s career serves as the inspiration for upcoming Screen Gems movie The Pope’s Exorcist.
Deadline reports that Ángel Gómez (Voices) will direct the film for Screen Gems.
Amorth was the longtime Chief Exorcist of the Vatican. He passed away in 2016.
Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary wrote the screenplay.
The Exorcist director William Friedkin told Father Gabriele Amorth’s story in the recent documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which can currently be streamed via Netflix.
