Overview
- Universal confirmed the theatrical release for March 12, 2027, moving the film back by a year from a previously planned March 13, 2026 date after production delays.
- Mike Flanagan will write, direct and produce what’s billed as a radical new take set in the universe of the 1973 classic rather than a remake or a sequel to Believer.
- Scarlett Johansson leads the cast with Jacobi Jupe, and no additional casting has been announced.
- The film is produced by Jason Blum, David Robinson and Flanagan for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek, in association with Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures.
- The new direction follows Universal’s 2021 rights acquisition for an Exorcist trilogy and Believer’s weaker-than-hoped box office, with plot details still under wraps.