{"id":35460,"date":"2026-10-07T12:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=35460"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:41:20","slug":"firts-look-mike-flanagans-the-exorcist-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=35460","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Mike Flanagan\u2019s \u201cThe Exorcist: Martyrs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>\u00a9<\/b>Courtesy of Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the day before the first trailer was scheduled to debut on Friday, a preview segment from <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Mike+Flanagan\">Mike Flanagan<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32492552\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_0_in_0_q_The%20Exorcist%3A%20Martyrs\"><strong>The Exorcist: Martyrs<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; featuring Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Leguizamo, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, and Sasha Calle, was made available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Essentially given full creative control, the project rebooted the franchise with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5606664\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Doctor%20Sleep\"><strong>Doctor Sleep<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; director and &#8220;<strong>Midnight Mass<\/strong>&#8221; creator Flanagan, allowing him to take the series in new directions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite an official synopsis not yet being released, reports suggest the story centers around a single-mother police officer (Johansson), who, thirteen years after dismantling a feared Satanist serial killer known as Father Sunday (Leguizamo), probes a fresh string of killings linked to her past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At that time, her 12-year-old son becomes the victim of a terrifying demonic presence. Ejiofor will portray a priest affiliated with the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many of Flanagan\u2019s regulars from his limited series works like \u201c<strong>The Haunting of Hill House<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Fall of the House of Usher<\/strong>\u201d are set to co-star, including Rahul Kohli, Carla Gugino, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, John Gallagher Jr., and Benjamin Pajak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Flanagan has stated his goal is to create the scariest film of his career and something that is both &#8220;a first within the franchise&#8221; and &#8220;honors the previous installments without relying on nostalgia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c<strong>The Exorcist: Martyrs<\/strong>\u201d will open in cinemas in March next year while Flanagan has his reinvention of \u201c<strong>Carrie<\/strong>\u201d hitting Amazon Prime Video tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/exorcistmartyrs\/status\/2107637120173211994\">https:\/\/x.com\/exorcistmartyrs\/status\/2107637120173211994<\/a><\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Courtesy of Universal Pictures On the day before the first trailer was scheduled to debut on Friday, a preview segment from Mike Flanagan&#8216;s &#8220;The Exorcist: Martyrs,&#8221; featuring Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Leguizamo, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, and Sasha Calle, was made available. 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