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The power of Scarlett Johansson compels you. Mike Flanagan’s highly anticipated reboot of The Exorcist has officially wrapped filming, and that means horror’s most trusted modern auteur and one of the planet’s biggest movie stars are about to deliver something that has demonic possession fans levitating with anticipation. Universal will unleash the film in theaters on March 12, 2027, so mark your calendars and maybe sleep with the lights on until then.
At the center of it all is Johansson, who leads the film as a mother fighting to save her son (played by Hamnet breakout Jacobi Jupe) from a terrifying presence. If anyone can anchor a franchise this iconic, it’s her. Johansson is one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading actresses, a genuine box office juggernaut, and she’s widely considered one of the most influential and most attractive women in the industry. Casting her as the emotional core of a radical redo of the 1973 classic is the kind of move that turns a reboot into an event.
Scarlett Johansson Is Conquering Every Corner of Hollywood at Once
She’s surrounded by a jaw-dropping ensemble, too. The cast includes Diane Lane, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Jacobi Jupe, Carla Gugino, and Hamish Linklater. That’s a murderers’ row of talent for a film Flanagan himself has called the scariest he’s ever made.
Here’s the truly wild part, though: The Exorcist is just one stop on Johansson’s absolutely jam-packed itinerary. The woman does not rest. Her dance card is overflowing with marquee projects, including Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II, a sequel to the blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth, Ari Aster’s next A24 film Scapegoat, Brad Bird’s animated neo-noir Ray Gunn, and James Gray’s crime drama Paper Tiger, which just debuted at Cannes.
Read that lineup again. Prestige horror, a comic-book tentpole, a dino-sized franchise sequel, an arthouse darling’s latest, an animated sci-fi adventure, and a buzzy festival drama, all from one actress. It’s a flex that proves Johansson can do literally anything, and audiences will follow her anywhere. Between Gotham City, Jurassic terrain, and now a haunted house courtesy of Flanagan, 2026 and 2027 belong to ScarJo. The rest of Hollywood is just living in it.
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