The Pope's Exorcist - movie: watch streaming online (2024)

Russell Crowe stars as the real-life Father Gabriele, chief exorcist for the Vatican

The Pope’s Exorcist is a supernatural thriller directed by Julius Avery for Sony Pictures Releasing. It is based on the memoirs of Father Gabriele Amorth called An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories. He served as the actual chief exorcist for the Vatican performing thousands of exorcisms throughout his life. Avery has previously directed 2018’s Overlordand 2022’s Samaritan. The screenplay is written by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos whose previous writing credits include The Book Thief and The Unholy respectively. Ángel Gómez was initially set to direct the movie, however a new director and screenwriter were later brought in. They ultimately retained much of the original work created by the previous team.

The film features Hollywood veteran Russell Crowe playing the lead role of the Catholic priest while popular Italian actor Franco Nero portrays the Pope. Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto also star in The Pope’s Exorcist along with Laurel Marsden, Cornell S. John, and Peter DeSouza-Feighoney rounding out the cast.

• October 26, 2020
  • The rights to the story of Father Gabriele Amorth were acquired by Screen Gems. Ángel Gómez was hired to direct the movie while writing duties were set for Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary. (Source: Deadline)
• June 26, 2022
  • Russell Crowe was confirmed to play the role of the Italian Catholic priest with Julius Avery set to direct the movie. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
• July 28, 2022
  • The film casts Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto in undisclosed roles. (Source: Collider)
• August 8, 2022
  • A casting announcement revealed several new names added to the movie's call sheet including Franco Nero, Laurel Marsden, Cornell S. John and Peter DeSouza-Feighhoney. (Source: Deadline)
• January 26, 2023
  • Ralph Ineson has been added to the cast to provide the voice of a Demon. (Source: Collider)
• February 1, 2023
  • Fans have been given a glimpse of Russell Crowe in the lead role with the release of the first trailer for the movie. (Source: The Playlist)
• February 22, 2023
  • A new featurette has been released for the movie featuring an interview with Russell Crowe, in which he talks about the real-life person he is playing in the film. (Source: Collider)
• March 20, 2023
  • The release date for The Pope's Exorcist was changed from April 7 to April 14, 2023. (Source: FilmAffinity)
• March 22, 2023
  • The official release date for the film went back to its original date of April 7, 2023. (Source: FilmAffinity)
• March 28, 2023
  • The Pope's Exorcist's release date changes to April 14, 2023. (Source: Sony Pictures)
• April 14, 2023
  • The Pope's Exorcist released in theatres.