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When Is Untitled Exorcist Mike Flanagan?Premiere date
Scroll to release dateWhen does Flanagan’s Exorcist premiere? March 12, 2027 Universal — Johansson/Jupe; radical new-universe take. Not Believer sequel; not a Friedkin remake.
Current target date: Friday, March 12, 2027 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Flanagan Exorcist opens March 12, 2027 (Universal). Johansson/Jupe; Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. New story in 1973 universe — ≠ Believer; ≠ shot-for-shot remake. Production wrapped.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, March 12, 2027
March 12, 2027 — Flanagan’s Exorcist gets a Universal Friday (not Believer 2)
Flanagan’s untitled Exorcist opens Friday, March 12, 2027. He writes, directs, and produces a new-universe-story pitch for Universal after the studio’s expensive rights buy and Believer’s underwhelming trilogy launch. Johansson and Jupe headline; New York production has wrapped.
The useful distinction: same Friedkin cosmos, new narrative — Flanagan’s own line about making the scariest film he’s attempted, not a MacNeil legacy soft reboot. Believer’s Chris MacNeil thread is not the ticket this URL sells.
Confirmed: Mar 12 2027 new-take Exorcist — not Believer, not a shot-for-shot remake
Confirmed: March 12, 2027 theatrical; Flanagan; Johansson/Jupe; stacked supporting cast; Blumhouse-Atomic Monster / Morgan Creek; wrapped shoot. Not confirmed as Believer Part II, as Ellen Burstyn returning as the center, or as still locked to an earlier 2026 March stub. Fake “Exorcist 2026” countdowns from pre-delay chatter are stale.
Who’s possessed the call sheet
Leads first — Flanagan repertory after.
- Theatrical
- March 12, 2027 (Universal)
- Writer / director
- Mike Flanagan
- Leads
- Scarlett Johansson / Jacobi Jupe
- Also announced
- Lane / Ejiofor / Fishburne / Calle / Leguizamo
- Universe stance
- New story; not Believer sequel
- Production
- Wrapped (NYC shoot)
Before March — pick the right demon Friday
- Ticket: Flanagan / Mar 12, 2027 — not Believer re-releases.
- Expect Flanagan ensemble DNA (Siegel, Gugino, Kohli, etc.), not only Johansson posters.
- Day Drinker is Mar 26 the same spring — different studio thriller.
- Ignore “remake of Friedkin shot-for-shot” listicles; studio pitch is radical new take.
- Clayface script credit for Flanagan is a different DC film — don’t merge dates.
Universal spent $400M on Exorcist rights, Believer stumbled — then Flanagan got March 12 to start over inside the same universe
The interesting fact is corporate scar tissue. After Believer failed to launch a clean trilogy, Universal handed the brand to Flanagan for a non-sequel set in the classic cosmos — Johansson/Jupe, repertory cast, wrap already in the can, March 12, 2027 on the board. That is a course correction with a dated Friday, not another “legacy sequel TBA.”
SEO that files this under Believer 2 or invents a 2026 open from the slipped early window is wrong twice.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist open?
March 12, 2027 in theaters from Universal Pictures. An earlier hope of a sooner March window slipped when production delayed — March 12, 2027 is the dated Friday now.
2Is it a remake of 1973 or a sequel to Believer?
Neither. Flanagan has framed it as a radical new story set in the Exorcist universe that honors what came before without nostalgia karaoke. It is explicitly not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer.
3Who stars?
Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe lead. Also announced: Diane Lane, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, Sasha Calle, John Leguizamo, plus Flanagan regulars including Kate Siegel, Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, and others. Specific character names remain under wraps.
4Who is producing?
Flanagan produces with Jason Blum and David Robinson for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment, in association with Red Room Pictures. Alexandra Magistro and Ryan Turek executive produce.
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