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Total Film
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Amy West

Mike Flanagan says his Exorcist film is going to miss its release date and, hours later, Universal pulls it from the schedule – but it's "nothing to worry about"

Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist.

Bad news, horror lovers! Looks like we're going to be waiting a little while longer for Mike Flanagan's reboot of iconic genre classic The Exorcist, despite it originally being set for a March 2026 release.

While promoting his upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck recently, the filmmaker took to Tumblr to answer fan questions – and gave them a free pass to ask about whatever project they liked. With that, someone asked for an update on the head-turning supernatural flick, to which he candidly replied: "Production hasn't started, we need to finish Carrie first. No way it's coming out next March. Nothing to worry about, though."

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