Diane Lane (FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans, Unfaithful) has been cast in Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist, produced by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment for Universal Pictures. She joins Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe, who were previously announced.
The film is set to be released theatrically on Friday, March 12, 2027, and is set to shoot in New York City.
Diane Lane is one of Hollywood’s most beloved and respected actors. She most recently led the Jan Komasa thriller Anniversary, alongside Phoebe Dynevor and Kyle Chandler. Prior to this, she starred in Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans, opposite Naomi Watts, Demi Moore, and Tom Hollander for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series. She can also be seen in the David E. Kelley-produced Netflix limited series A Man in Full, co-starring Jeff Daniels, as well as Disney’s Inside Out 2.
Lane earned an Academy Award nomination in 2003 for her leading role in Adrian Lyne’s thriller Unfaithful, and secured Emmy nominations for the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove and the HBO TV movie Cinema Verite in 1989 and 2011, respectively. Her screen work has been recognized with Best Actress honors from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics, along with three Golden Globe nominations, as well as nominations from the SAG Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, and the Film Independent Spirit Awards. She is widely known for films including A Little Romance, Under the Tuscan Sun, A Walk on the Moon, Let Him Go, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club and Perfect Storm, in addition to her role as the President’s nemesis in Netflix’s Emmy-nominated series, House of Cards.
Lane is represented by CAA, Range Media Partners, Viewpoint, and Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin.
The film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and is not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. It is produced by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Morgan Creek Entertainment and Flanagan, who will also write and direct via his Red Room Pictures banner. Alexandra Magistro will also executive produce for Red Room Pictures. David Robinson produces for Morgan Creek Entertainment. Jason Blum and Ryan Turek serve as producer and executive producer, respectively, for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.
From revolutionary writer-director Mike Flanagan-revered creator of the acclaimed series The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House and the groundbreaking films The Life of Chuck (TIFF Audience Award Winner), Oculus, Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game-comes a radical new vision of the most terrifying title in the history of cinematic horror.
