A trailer has been released for The Exorcist: Martyrs, Mike Flanagan’s entry in the franchise starring Scarlett Johansson. The supernatural crime thriller is headed to theaters early next year.
The the official description reads, “Thirteen years ago, New York City detective Julie Miller (Johansson) ended the terror reign of satanic serial killer Father Sunday. The case made her a hero, and she has thrown herself into her work ever since. Now a new killer scrawls her name in an altar boy’s blood on the walls of a church crypt, dragging her back into the darkness she believed she had buried with him. Aided by former prison chaplain Father William (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who heard Father Sunday’s final confession, and sharp rookie detective Gina Restrepo (Sasha Calle), Detective Miller will discover a filament linking a lineage of serial killers, from H.H. Holmes to the Zodiac, that could corrupt everything, and everyone, she loves with an evil that goes well beyond the mortal.”
Who stars in ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’?
Johansson plays Detective Miller, with Ejiofor as Father William and Calle as Detective Restrepo. Diane Lane plays Mary, Miller’s mother, who has moved in to help raise Miller’s son Max (Jacobi Jupe). Scoot McNairy plays paroled convict Clay Silver, Gil Bellows is Peter Nicks, a former acolyte of Father Sunday, and Laurence Fishburne plays Father Nichol. John Leguizamo plays Father Sunday.
Flanagan wrote and directed the film, which is based on characters created by William Peter Blatty. His credits include the series The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass and the upcoming Carrie, and the films Doctor Sleep and The Life of Chuck. David Robinson, Jason Blum and Flanagan produce, and Alexandra Magistro and Ryan Turek are executive producers.
When does ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’ premiere?
The Exorcist: Martyrs opens in theaters March 12, 2027. Watch the trailer below:
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