Universal Pictures released the first trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs on October 9, 2026, which stars Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson and is written & directed by Mike Flanagan, the creator of acclaimed series The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, and the Carrie television series, along with the films Doctor Sleep, The Life of Chuck, Hush and Gerald’s Game. The trailer was released online after playing attached to screenings of the film Other Mommy and debuting at New York Comic-Con the same day.

Johansson plays Julie Miller, a New York City detective hunting for a serial killer, who’s helped by a former prison chaplain Father William (Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor), and sharp rookie detective Gina Restrepo (Sasha Calle, The Rip). The cast also includes Academy Award nominee Diane Lane as Mary, Detective Miller’s mother, who has moved in with her to help raise her grandson Max (Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet); Actor Award winner Scoot McNairy (Argo) as paroled convict Clay Silver; Emmy winner Gil Bellows (Carrie) as Peter Nicks, a former acolyte of Father Sunday; Emmy and Tony winning screen legend Laurence Fishburne as revered priest Father Nichol; and acclaimed star of The Odyssey, Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo as serial killer Father Sunday.

The Exorcist: Martyrs is released in movie theaters on March 12, 2027.

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