It sees the Oscar-winning actor play a real-life exorcist.
The first trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist, the horror movie Russell Crowe shot in Ireland, has hit the web.
In the film, the Gladiator Oscar-winner plays Father Gabriele Amorth, who was an Italian Catholic priest and served as the Chief Exorcist of the Vatican.
Before his death in 2016, he claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms throughout his life and was the subject of a 2017 documentary by William Friedkin, who also directed The Exorcist.
The Pope’s Exorcist is said to be inspired by Amorth’s actual files and will revolve around the priest as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession.
However, his probe leads him to “uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden”.
Helmed by director Julius Avery (Overlord), The Pope’s Exorcist was shot last year in Dublin and Limerick.
Alongside Crowe, the movie also features Alex Essoe (Midnight Mass), Daniel Zovatto (It Follows), Franco Nero (Django) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch).
If you were an extra in the film, you might get to see yourself on the big screen on 7 April when it is released in Irish theatres. You can check out the trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist below.
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