Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist has discovered its star. Academy Award-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson will play the lead position in director Mike Flanagan’s radical new tackle The Exorcist for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Leisure for Common Photos.
Johansson acquired her first two Academy Award nominations, for Finest Actress and Finest Supporting Actress for her performances in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, respectively, changing into the twelfth performer to be nominated for 2 Oscars in the identical 12 months. Her different notable performing credit embrace Jurassic World Rebirth, Asteroid Metropolis, Fly Me to the Moon, Black Widow, Misplaced in Translation, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity Conflict, Lucy, Beneath the Pores and skin, Ghost within the Shell, Isle of Canine, Sing, Sing 2, and Her.
“Scarlett is a superb actress whose charming performances all the time really feel grounded and actual, from style movies to summer season blockbusters, and I couldn’t be happier to have her be part of this Exorcist movie,” stated Flanagan.
The movie will inform an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and isn’t a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. It’s produced by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Morgan Creek Leisure and Flanagan, who may also write and direct by way of his Crimson Room Photos banner. Alexandra Magistro may also govt produce for Crimson Room Photos. David Robinson produces for Morgan Creek Leisure. Jason Blum and Ryan Turek function producer and govt producer for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.
The movie is ready to shoot in New York Metropolis. Preserve it locked to Horror Information Community for extra on The Exorcist.
