The Pope's Exorcist

The Pope's Exorcist is an American supernatural horror film directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth. The film is based on Gabriele Amorth's memoir An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories. The film also stars Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero 
The film released in the United States on April 14, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing.
==Cast==
* Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth
* Daniel Zovatto as Father Esquibel
* Alex Essoe
* Franco Nero as The Pope
* Laurel Marsden
* Cornell S. John
* Peter DeSouza-Feighoney
* Ralph Ineson as the voice of the demon
==Production==
===Development===
In October 2020, Screen Gems acquired the rights to the story of Father Gabriele Amorth with Ángel Gómez directing a feature film. 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.
===Casting===
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.
 
===Filming===
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.
==Release==
The Pope's Exorcist is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 14, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing. 
==Videos==
THE POPE'S EXORCIST – Official Trailer (HD)
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