\n\tThere\u2019s an exorcism scheduled at the box office for spring 2027. <\/p>\n
\n\tMike Flanagan<\/a>\u2018s \u201cThe Exorcist<\/a>\u201d movie, starring Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson<\/a> and \u201cHamnet\u201d breakout Jacobi Jupe<\/a>, is dated for March 12, 2027, Universal announced Friday. The film was once expected to hit theaters<\/a> this March, but production was delayed.<\/p>\n \n\tFlanagan (\u201cThe Fall of the House of Usher,\u201d \u201cDoctor Sleep,\u201d The Life of Chuck\u201d) is writing, directing and producing the newest installment for Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, which has been described as a \u201cradical new take\u201d on the iconic horror property. <\/p>\n \n\tThe original \u201cExorcist,\u201d directed by William Friedkin, follows a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who hires two Catholic priests to perform an exorcism on her demonically possessed 12-year-old (Linda Blair). Released in 1973, the film was a critical and commercial hit, grossing $441 million globally and garnering 10 Oscar nominations. <\/p>\n \n\tIn 2021, Universal spent a staggering $400 million to buy the rights for a new \u201cExorcist\u201d trilogy. 2023\u2019s \u201cThe Exorcist: Believer\u201d brought back Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, earning $136 million at the global box office. Flanagan\u2019s film will be set in the same universe as the 1973 film; however, it is not a sequel to \u201cBeliever.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Exorcist\u201d is produced by David Robinson, Jason Blum and Flanagan. Alexandra Magistro and Ryan Turek serve as executive producers. The movie is a Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment production, in association with Flanagan\u2019s Red Room Pictures.<\/p>\n \n\tThis film marks the fourth collaboration for Flanagan and Blumhouse; he wrote and directed 2013\u2019s \u201cOculus,\u201d 2016\u2019s \u201cHush\u201d and 2016\u2019s \u201cOuija: Origin of Evil.\u201d Flanagan\u2019s latest film, 2024\u2019s \u201cThe Life of Chuck,\u201d won the TIFF audience award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an exorcism scheduled at the box office for spring 2027. Mike Flanagan\u2018s \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d movie, starring Oscar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,193693,144861,344,1310,150764],"class_list":{"0":"post-418241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-jacobi-jupe","12":"tag-mike-flanagan","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-scarlett-johansson","15":"tag-the-exorcist"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}