{"id":797585,"date":"2026-10-10T01:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797585\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T01:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:18:10","slug":"the-exorcist-martyrs-trailer-scarlett-johansson-stars-in-horror-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797585\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exorcist Martyrs Trailer: Scarlett Johansson Stars in Horror Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe Exorcist\u201d franchise is about to get bigger. <\/p>\n

\n\tChiwetel Ejiofor and director, writer and producer Mike Flanagan<\/a> unveiled the trailer for \u201cThe Exorcist: Martyrs<\/a>\u201d at New York City Comic Con, with Scarlett Johansson<\/a> starring as a homicide detective who soon realizes she isn\u2019t dealing with a normal serial killer. <\/p>\n

\n\tReleasing in theaters March 12, the trailer shows a slew of gruesome murders that were committed in a church, prompting Johansson\u2019s character to question if the claims of previous killers alleging they were posessed by Satan could, in fact, have merit.<\/p>\n

\n\tStarring alongside Ejiofor and Johansson are John Leguizamo, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane and \u201cHamnet\u201d star Jacobi Jupe. <\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to revealing the trailer, Flanagan teased \u201cThe Exorcist: Martyrs\u201d is the scariest project he\u2019s done in his career. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis movie is unlike any other \u2018Exorcist\u2019 movie that\u2019s ever been made, which was something that we were really determined to do from the very beginning, to take this franchise in a completely different direction,\u201d Flanagan said during the panel. \u201cAnd one of the things that we all kind of agreed on going in was that it had to be scary. It had to just be goddamn scary, like to your bones scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal bought the rights for a new \u201cExorcist\u201d trilogy for $400 million in 2021, launching with \u201cThe Excorcist: Believer\u201d two years later. However, Flanagan\u2019s film will not serve as a sequel to the 2023 movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2019The Exorcist\u2019 is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker, and it is an honor to have the chance to try something fresh, bold and terrifying within its universe,\u201d Flanagan said in 2024<\/a>. \u201cReuniting with my friends at Blumhouse, with whom I\u2019ve made some of my favorite pieces of work, only makes this more exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is Flanagan\u2019s fourth collaboration with Blumhouse, previously writing and directing 2013\u2019s \u201cOculus,\u201d 2016\u2019s \u201cHush\u201d and 2016\u2019s \u201cOuija: Origin of Evil.\u201d The three films were produced by Trevor Macy, who will return as producer for \u201cThe Exorcist: Martyrs\u201d on behalf of Intrepid Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlexandra Magistro executive produces for Red Room Pictures alongside Topher Merrill and John Baden executive produce for Morgan Creek Entertainment. Trevor Macy, Karl Frankenfield, David Robinson and Roy Lee produce, and Jason Blum and Ryan Turek serve as producer and executive producer for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Exorcist: Martyrs\u201d is a Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment production, in association with Flanagan\u2019s Red Room Pictures. The film was originally set to premiere this March but was pushed to 2027 after production was delayed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe original \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d released in 1973 and was directed by William Friedkin, following a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who hired Catholic priests to perform an exorcism on her 12-year-old daughter (Linda Blair) who became possessed by a demon. The film went on to earn $441 million globally and received 10 Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n

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