Scarlett Johansson Mike Flanagan Movie Debuts First-Look Photos
Scarlett Johansson mike flanagan movie first-look photos have arrived, putting Johansson inside Mike Flanagan’s reboot of The Exorcist and giving the project its first public cast glimpse. The set images arrive with a release date already set for March 12, 2027, which makes this more than a casting tease.
TV Insider has a batch of set photos from the upcoming remake, and Johansson is in them alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sasha Calle, Diane Lane, and Jacobi Jupe. The photos mostly show the cast on city streets, a small but useful sign that the production is moving through live-location shooting rather than staying locked behind closed doors.
Johansson's rare horror turn
Johansson has comparatively few horror credits, which makes this remake a sharper fit than a routine franchise assignment. Her earlier genre work includes Eight-Legged Freaks and the 2013 A24 movie Under the Skin, so this return places her back in a corner of the market she has touched only a few times across a much broader filmography.
Flanagan’s name matters here too. He was tapped to direct a new take on The Exorcist, and the pairing gives the studio a familiar horror specialist with a lead actor whose résumé is not built around the genre. That is the real business story behind the photos: a legacy horror title now has a bankable star and a director associated with the field.
The Exorcist franchise's reset
The franchise has spent years cycling through sequels, prequels, and TV reboots with uneven results. The original The Exorcist is still described as one of the most terrifying movies of all time, but the follow-ups did not sustain that standing; The Exorcist: Believer landed in 2023 with a 22% approval rating and underperformed at the box office, which led to the cancellation of the planned follow-up films.
That history is the friction point for this reboot. The brand is durable enough to keep returning, but the recent record is thin: the 2016 TV series from Jeremy Slater was later revealed to be a direct sequel to the original movie, then canceled after Season 2, and the franchise has also included Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist III, and a prequel released twice as Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
March 12, 2027 release
March 12, 2027 is the date to watch now. Flanagan and Johansson’s The Exorcist is set for release then, and the new photos move the project from development talk to visible production. For a franchise that has already burned through sequels, prequels, and a canceled TV branch, the cleaner read is simple: this reboot needs to land on-screen, not just in casting announcements.
Johansson’s first look does that part of the work. It tells audiences the movie exists in the open now, with a cast assembled, cameras rolling on city streets, and a release window already on the board.
