‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’ Trailer Puts Scarlett Johansson on the Trail of a Demonic Killer

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Blumhouse unveiled the first trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs on October 9, the day of its BlumFest panel at New York Comic Con (The Hollywood Reporter). The film opens March 12, 2027 (Deadline).

Scarlett Johansson plays Detective Julie Miller, who ended the killing spree of satanic Father Sunday (John Leguizamo). Thirteen years later, her name is written in the blood of a murdered altar boy on a church crypt wall. With former prison chaplain Father William (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and rookie detective Gina Restrepo (Sasha Calle), she uncovers an ancient evil linking killers like H.H. Holmes, the Night Stalker and the Zodiac (Deadline).

Mike Flanagan wrote and directed the film, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty. Diane Lane, Jacobi Jupe, Scoot McNairy, Gil Bellows and Laurence Fishburne also star, and Jason Blum produces (Deadline).

On stage, Flanagan said the goal was “to take this franchise in a completely different direction” and that “it had to be scary.” He also singled out The Exorcist III as “one of the most underrated, underappreciated films in the franchise” (The Hollywood Reporter).