Scarlett Johansson Will Star in Mike Flanagan’s ‘Exorcist’ Reboot

With all the joy over Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Carrie series for Prime Video, you might need forgotten he’s additionally the purpose particular person tasked with bringing The Exorcist back to form within the wake of 2023’s forgettable The Exorcist: Believer. Now, that venture has taken an enormous step by casting an enormous star: Scarlett Johansson.

Johansson, final seen on display in Jurassic World Rebirth—she’s anticipated to return for its recently announced sequel as properly—is a prolific actor who has excelled throughout genres, with each indie and blockbuster success. However she hasn’t made too many horror movies (Underneath the Pores and skin being one exception; perhaps there are some 8 Legged Freaks defenders too?), which means The Exorcist by means of Flanagan is considerably new turf for her.

In fact, there’s no phrase but on what the story of this new Exorcist will likely be. A press launch merely notes this will likely be a “radical new take” on the story, which made Hollywood historical past due to William Friedkin’s 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel.

What that can appear like stays to be seen, however The Exorcist has had a colourful display historical past thus far. The Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn-starring unique is a masterpiece; the 1977 sequel is not quite a camp classic. The Exorcist III is a supernatural serial-killer thriller directed by Blatty himself, and there are two competing fourth movies of various high quality that inform the identical story. Plus, there was a really good TV show that ran for 2 seasons, after which Believer—a sequence low regardless of bringing again each Blair and Burstyn.

“Scarlett is an excellent actress whose charming performances all the time really feel grounded and actual, from style movies to summer time blockbusters, and I couldn’t be happier to have her be a part of this Exorcist movie,” Flanagan mentioned within the press launch, which additionally (fortunately) specifies but once more that his movie just isn’t a sequel to Believer.

It can shoot in New York Metropolis, and regardless of earlier studies that it could be coming in 2026, that has very doubtless shifted. The press launch didn’t specify a launch date.

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