News The Exorcist Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist Casts Some Familiar Faces If you’ve seen Flanagan’s other work, you’ll recognize these names… as well as John Leguizamo’s By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on March 5, 2026 Screenshot: Warner Bros. Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Warner Bros. It looks like Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist is moving full steam ahead. We got a slew of casting news over the last 48 hours, additional names to go with those who’ve already been announced. We already knew that Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, and Diane Lane are starring in the film. And we also found out yesterday that John Leguizamo has joined the cast and, according to The Hollywood Reporter, “may be playing an antagonist.” Today, we also found out (via Deadline) that eleven actors we’ve seen in Flanagan’s previous works will also be on the call sheet. Flanagan likes the actors he likes, which is why you might have noticed familiar faces in each of his works, including The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Life of Chuck, and Midnight Mass. The names that go with those faces are: Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, Carl Lumbly, Robert Longstreet, Matt Biedel, Samantha Sloyan, Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Benjamin Pajak, and Carla Gugino. We don’t know who any of these actors are playing. Indeed, the only character information we have is that Johansson is playing a mother and Jupe is her child. We also don’t know anything about the plot of the film, although it will shoot in New York City and will follow timeline established by the original 1973 film (pictured above). When we’ll know more is uncertain, although we’ll be able to see the entire film for ourselves when Flanagan’s The Exorcist premieres in theaters on March 12, 2027. [end-mark] The post Mike Flanagan’s <i>The Exorcist</i> Casts Some Familiar Faces appeared first on Reactor.