The full trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs has officially arrived, giving us a proper look at Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan’s new take on The Exorcist franchise. Released by Universal and Blumhouse following its debut at New York Comic-Con, the film stars Johansson as NYPD homicide detective Julie Miller. Thirteen years after ending the killing spree of satanic murderer Father Sunday, played by John Leguizamo, Julie is pulled back into the case when her name is written in the blood of a murdered altar boy inside a church crypt.
The investigation sees Julie team up with former prison chaplain Father William, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, and rookie detective Gina Restrepo, played by Sasha Calle. They uncover an ancient evil connected to killers across generations, with the new case also putting Julie’s 12-year-old son, played by Jacobi Jupe, in danger.
The cast also includes Diane Lane, Scoot McNairy, Gil Bellows and Laurence Fishburne. Flanagan writes and directs the film, which is based on characters created by The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty, with Jason Blum and David Robinson among the producers.
You can watch the official The Exorcist: Martyrs trailer below.
The film marks a new direction for the franchise following The Exorcist: Believer in 2023. A planned follow-up to that film, The Exorcist: Deceiver, was later scrapped, with Flanagan now taking over for this new story.
For CultureCues, the trailer looks so good and has made us really excited for this one. We love the crime-thriller angle mixed with the supernatural side of The Exorcist. We loved Mike Flanagan’s recent Carrie series, and with his track record in horror plus Scarlett Johansson leading this one, we are really looking forward to it. The Exorcist is such a huge name in the genre, and we cannot wait to see what Flanagan does with it.
The Exorcist: Martyrs is released in cinemas on 12 March 2027
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