The Pope’s Exorcist, an Oscar-winning performance by Russell Crowe portrays the actual exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. It will be accessible for home viewing this week.

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, The Pope’s Exorcist will be available on home PVOD for $24.99.

We also discovered that a sequel to The Pope’s Exorcist is already in the early stages of development. Screen Gems may very well have a big franchise on their hands with this film.

The Pope’s Exorcist was directed by Julius Avery (Overlord).

“Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s top exorcist, investigates the possession of a child and unearths a conspiracy the Vatican has tried to keep secret,” according to The Pope’s Exorcist.

As the titular pope, Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) plays the lead role. Along with Daniel Zovatto (It Follows), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), and Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) also star. The demon in the movie is voiced by Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Green Knight).

The Pope’s Exorcist, produced by Sony Screen Gems, is based on Father Gabriele Amorth, “the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.”

Based on the Michael Petroni-revised initial drafts by Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary, Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the current draft with changes by Chuck MacLean.

Along with Jesus & Mary’s Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz of Worldwide Katz, and Eddie Siebert of Loyola Productions, Doug Belgrad of 2.0 Entertainment produced the film.

In the recently released documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which is available on several VOD platforms, The Exorcist filmmaker William Friedkin revealed the story of Father Gabriele Amorth.

At the age of 91, Father Gabriele Amorth passed away back in 2016.