Smile and Smile 2 director Parker Finn is writing, directing, and producing the new take on Possession, which has received a surprising Summer 2027 theatrical release from Paramount.
Possession will open in theaters on June 11, 2027.
The original 1981 film from Andrzej Żuławski starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as married couple Anna and Mark in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner lead the remake cast that includes Madeline Brewer (Cam, “You”), Emory Cohen (Sweetheart, Lords of Chaos), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (“Grotesquerie“), Diego Calva (Her Private Hell), and Paul Dano (The Batman).
Adjani previously gave the remake, and Qualley’s casting in particular, her blessing.
Producers include Jonathan Fass, Roy Lee, Andrew Childs, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock will executive produce.
For Possession’s 40th anniversary, Brian Keiper captures why a remake of this particular film feels so daunting and curious: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This new release date puts Possession in direct competition with How to Train Your Dragon 2 and arrives one week after the release of JT Mollner’s Skeletons.