A first teaser has dropped for The Exorcist: Martyrs, Mike Flanagan’s radical reboot of the franchise that arrives in theaters March 12, 2027. Scarlett Johansson, who has said the original 1973 Exorcist is the reason she can’t watch horror movies at all, stars.
“I think the Exorcist, the original Exorcist is the reason why I can’t watch horror movies. I just cannot watch them. And I think it actually was because I saw that movie very young.”
Johansson plays NYPD homicide detective Julie Miller, investigating a murderer known as Father Sunday (John Leguizamo), a priest (Chiwetel Ejiofor), and a new string of killings that put her 12-year-old son in danger.
The film is Universal’s latest attempt to revive the property after the previous reboot effort collapsed following the underwhelming The Exorcist: Believer.
