We still don’t know any plot details about Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist—other than it’s not a sequel to 2023’s regrettable The Exorcist: Believer, and inevitably it will involve someone getting possessed by a demon and/or the devil. However, the movie must have a killer script to go with the allure of working with in-demand horror creator Flanagan, because it keeps adding big stars.
Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) was just announced as the latest addition, following yesterday’s news that Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) was also cast. They join Scarlett Johansson and Diane Lane—making for the combined power of four Oscar nominees—plus tween actor Jacobi Jupe, currently on screens breaking hearts as Shakespeare’s tragic son in Hamnet.
The Exorcist will film in New York City and is scheduled to hit theaters March 12, 2027.
Flanagan also has Prime Video’s Carrie series coming soon—there’s no release date yet—which features a cast sprinkled with faces familiar to fans of his Netflix horror series, including The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
Flanagan’s most recent big-screen release, 2025’s The Life of Chuck, was a departure from his usual horror path, though it was based on a tale by frequent Flanagan collaborator Stephen King.
Back in 2024, Flanagan teased that he viewed The Exorcist as an opportunity to make the scariest movie he could dream up—and with his track record so far of scaring the hell out of people and this caliber of cast to back him up, we’re looking forward to some sleepless nights ahead.
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