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Scarlett Johansson Stars in 'The Exorcist: Martyrs' Trailer
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In Short: The first trailer for Mike Flanagan's horror film 'The Exorcist: Martyrs' was unveiled, featuring Scarlett Johansson as Detective Julie Miller.
At New York Comic Con, Blumhouse released the first trailer for 'The Exorcist: Martyrs,' which premieres March 12, 2027. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as Detective Julie Miller, who investigates a series of gruesome murders that lead her into a supernatural mystery.
In the trailer, Detective Julie Miller ends the killing spree of satanic Father Sunday, only to be dragged back into darkness 13 years later when her name is written in blood on the walls of a church crypt.
Flanagan, known for his work on 'The Haunting of Hill House' and 'Doctor Sleep,' wrote and directed the film, which is based on characters created by William Peter Blatty, the author of the original 'The Exorcist.'
The cast includes Diane Lane, Jacobi Jupe, Scoot McNairy, Gil Bellows, and Laurence Fishburne, alongside Johansson.
Flanagan cited 'Se7en,' 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and William Friedkin’s 'The Exorcist' as inspirations for the genre blend of 'The Exorcist: Martyrs.'
The trailer, rated by Consumer Protection BC, runs for 2 minutes and 27 seconds, featuring flashes of Johansson finding bodies, discussions about past possessed killers, and scenes of death penalty protests.
Flanagan emphasized that 'The Exorcist: Martyrs' is a radical new take on the franchise, aiming to use familiar elements to create something new.
The film marks Flanagan's return to franchise storytelling after his work on 'Doctor Sleep' in 2019.
The Exorcist franchise had previously struggled with 'The Exorcist: Believer,' which made $137 million globally amid poor reviews.
Flanagan's 'The Exorcist: Martyrs' is produced by David Robinson, Jason Blum, and Flanagan's Red Room Pictures.
The film is set to explore crime thriller elements within the established horror setting of the Exorcist universe, diverging from the previous reboot 'The Exorcist: Believer.'
Background
The first trailer for Mike Flanagan's horror film 'The Exorcist: Martyrs' was unveiled at New York Comic Con, featuring Scarlett Johansson as Detective Julie Miller.
The Exorcist: Martyrs is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is the seventh film in The Exorcist franchise.
What's confirmed
- Written and directed by Flanagan, and based on characters created by The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty, the cast also includes Diane Lane, Jacobi Jupe, Scoot McNairy, Gil Bellows and Laurence Fishburne.
- Even though Flanagan is trying something new, this looks extra freaky anyway!
- Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mike Flanagan's horror The Exorcist: Martyrs, on YouTube : "Darkness must be hunted." Thirteen years ago, NYC detective Julie Miller (Scarlett Johansson) ended the terror reign of satanic serial killer Father Sunday.
- I know, The Exorcist III is decent, and this trailer is giving me vibes from that movie with its serial-killer story, but the franchise has always struggled to recapture the magic of the original.
- The new film stars Scarlett Johansson as Detective Julie Miller, an NYPD homicide detective and single mother whose investigation into a series of gruesome murders eventually leads her toward something far more terrifying than a human killer.
- The filmmaker behind Carrie and The Haunting of Hill House is putting his stamp on the iconic horror franchise Universal has unveiled the first trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs.
- “ The Exorcist, as we've approached it, is radically different,” Flanagan told Phantasmag, referencing the serial killer mystery framework of Martyrs.
- Serving as the first proper reboot of the classic horror franchise, Flanagan's new film centers on Scarlett Johansson as a New York City Police Department homicide detective who begins investigating a string of ritualistic killings seemingly tied to a case in her past, only to discover a much more sinister force behind both the original case and new one.
- With its detective storyline and ritualistic serial killer, the movie immediately sparks flashbacks to 1990's The Exorcist III, helmed by the franchise-launching author William Peter Blatty.
- The film is produced by David Robinson ( The Exorcist series, Dead Ringers series), three-time Academy Award nominee Jason Blum ( Get Out, Black Phone films), and Mike Flanagan.
- Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson fronts The Exorcist: Martyrs, an unsettling new chapter in one of the most storied titles in cinema history from genre auteur Mike Flanagan, the creator of acclaimed series The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, and Carrie, as well as the films Doctor Sleep, The Life of Chuck, Hush, and Gerald’s Game.
What's still developing
- As T he Exorcist makes its way back to theaters, a first look at Mike Flanagan ‘s new chilling take on the horror classic has been unveiled.
- “There's a kind of inherent need for escalation in that; when our entertainment intermingles with real-life horror, it makes for something very interesting to talk about,” he tells me.
- After all of his horror success, they let Flanagan create his own story - he's both writer & director.
- For The Exorcist fans, Mike Flanagan ’s The Exorcist: Martyrs trailer is coming very soon.
- Check out the trailer below: The Exorcist: Martyrs notably marks Flanagan's first foray back into franchise storytelling in close to a decade, his last venture being that of Doctor Sleep, which adapted both Stephen King's 2013 novel and served as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining film.
- The announced second film in the trilogy, The Exorcist: Deceiver, was scrapped in 2024.
- “This movie is unlike any other ‘Exorcist’ movie that’s 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,” Flanagan said during the panel.
- The original “The Exorcist” 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 Exorcist: Martyrs” is a Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment production, in association with Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures.
- The prolific horror filmmaker unveiled the trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs, which he said is "the scariest movie" he's ever made.
- Following the launch of his Carrie reboot series for Prime Video, Mike Flanagan is entering the world of The Exorcist.
- His new film will be hitting theaters in 2027, but fans can get a sneak peek now by watching the official trailer.