Movies - The Pope's Exorcist : Discover the trailer

By Mulder, 22 february 2023

The Pope's Exorcist is an upcoming American supernatural horror film directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth. The film is based on Amorth's memoir An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories. The film also stars Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero. 

In October 2020, Screen Gems acquired the rights to the story of Father Gabriele Amorth with Ángel Gómez hired to direct. Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary were attached to write the script, while Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz, and Eddie Siebert were set to produce the film. In June 2022, Julius Avery boarded the film as director along with producer Doug Belgrad of 2.0 Entertainment. Subsequent script revisions were provided by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos. In June 2022, Russell Crowe was cast as Amorth. The following month, Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto joined the cast. In September, Franco Nero was cast as the Pope, while Laurel Marsden, Cornell S. John, and Peter DeSouza-Feighoney were added to the cast in undisclosed roles Ralph Ineson voices the demon. Principal photography took place from August to October 2022 in Dublin and Limerick, Ireland. Scenes were filmed with Crowe in at the Trinity College in Dublin.

The Pope's Exorcist is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 14, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing

Synopsis :
The film traces the exploits of Father Gabriele Amorth. The legendary Italian priest was the Vatican's chief exorcist. He performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Church until his death in 2016 during the filming of William Friedkin's documentary, The Devil and Father Amorth.

The Pope's Exorcist
Directed by Julius Avery
Screenplay by Michael Petroni, Evan Spiliotopoulos
Story by Michael Petroni, R. Dean McCreary, Chester Hastings
Based on An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories by Gabriele Amorth
Produced by Doug Belgrad, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz
Starring  Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero
Cinematography : Khalid Mohtaseb
Edited by Matt Evans
Music by Jed Kurzel
Production companies : Screen Gems,2.0 Entertainment, Loyola Productions
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date : April 14, 2023