Mike Flanagan’s vision of The Exorcist continues to come together with the announcement that Diane Lane will be joining Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe in the Blumhouse-Atomic Monster production set to startle audiences March 12, 2027. Lane, fresh off her Emmy-nominated turn in FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans, brings serious gravitas to Flanagan’s standalone story within the franchise universe. One that’s notably not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. Thank all that is holy.
For those keeping following along at home, this is the Flanagan who gave us The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, the best Steven King adaptations, and of course the TIFF Audience Award-winning The Life of Chuck. He’s writing, directing, and producing via his Red Room Pictures banner, with production kicking off in New York City, with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment backing the project. Given Mike’s tendency to treat horror as a vehicle for exploring grief, trauma, and human vulnerability rather than just jump scares (even though he tends to toss these in, and affectively), this new chapter in the Exorcist universe might actually have something to say. And with Lane anchoring the cast alongside ScarJo, we’re talking about a film that’s as interested in performance as it is in terror.
Mark your calendars.
