What an excellent day for an exorcism, as Mike Flanagan‘s The Exorcist has officially entered production in New York City.
“Day 1… here we go,” Flanagan wrote on Instagram.
The accompanying photo of the slate reveals that frequent Flanagan collaborator Michael Fimognari (“The Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep) is serving as director of photography on the project.
Neither a remake of William Friedkin’s 1974 horror classic nor a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer, the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe.
Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers), Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Sasha Calle (The Flash), and John Leguizamo (John Wick) star.
The cast also includes Flanagan regulars Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, Carl Lumbly, Robert Longstreet, Matt Biedel, Samantha Sloyan, Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Benjamin Pajak, and Carla Gugino.
Plot details remain under wraps, but Johansson is said to be playing a mother with Jupe as her son.
Flanagan is producing via his Red Room Pictures alongside Jason Blum for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and David Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment. Executive producers include Red Room’s Alexandra Magistro and Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek.
“This is an opportunity to do something that I believe has never been done within the franchise — something that honors what came before it but isn’t built on nostalgia,” Flanagan said of the project. “I really just saw an opportunity to make the scariest movie I’ve ever made. I know expectations are high. No one’s more intimidated than I am.”
The Exorcist will possess theaters on March 12, 2027 via Universal.
Before that, Flanagan’s series adaptation of Stephen King’s “Carrie” is eying an October premiere on Prime Video. He also co-wrote DC’s comic book horror movie Clayface, releasing October 23, and he’s attached to a new take of King’s The Mist.