Actor Russell Crowe is set to star in filmmaker Julius Avery's film ‘The Pope's Exorcist’, set at Screen Gems. The film is based on Father Gabriel Amorth’s international bestselling memoirs ‘An Exorcist Tells His Story’ and ‘An Exorcist: More Stories’.?

According to Deadline, the supernatural thriller will feature the Academy Award winner in the role of Father Amorth, the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.

Two years after Father Amorth's death in 2016, Screen Gems acquired his life rights for the film adaptation, along with rights to his memoirs.

Evan Spiliotopoulos has penned the latest draft of the script, with revisions by Chuck MacLean. Doug Belgrad of 2.0 Entertainment will produce the film along with Michael Patrick Kaczmarek for Jesus & Mary, Jeff Katz of Worldwide Katz and Loyola Productions' president Eddie Siebert.

Scott Strauss, Michael Bitar and Giselle Johnson will oversee the project for the production company Screen Gems.

[With Inputs From PTI]