Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick franchise) has been cast in the new take on The Exorcist from writer-director Mike Flanagan’s (“The Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep), Variety reports.

The Oscar nominee joins the previously announced Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers), Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave).

Plot details remain under wraps, but the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe. It is neither a remake of William Friedkin’s 1974 horror classic nor a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist:...