Jeffrey Dean Morgan horror movie The Unholy gets a release date

The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan will star in the Sam Raimi-produced horror film titled The Unholy. This film was formerly titled The Shrine. Deadline reports that The Unholy is set to be released in theaters on April 2.

This film is written and directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos, and this will mark his directorial debut. Spiliotopoulos is known for the screenplay for Hercules (2014), The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) and the live-action film Beauty and the Beast. 

Raimi, Spiliotopoulos and Rob Tapert produce the movie.  Raimi is primarily known for his cult horror series, Evil Dead, and Tapert is known for co-creating the Zena: Warrior Princess series.

Morgan will star alongside Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Cricket Brown, with Diogo Morgado and Cary Elwes in this film adaptation of the James Herbert novel Shrine. 

What is The Unholy film about?

Morgan plays Gerry Fenn, a disgraced journalist who travels to a small-town New England town to investigate some divine miracles.

A young hearing-impaired girl, Alice (Brown), can hear after an alleged visit from the Virgin Mary. She also gains the ability to speak and heal sickness. People travel from all over to witness these miracles. As Feen investigates, terrifying events start to occur, making him question whether these miracles are divine or perhaps something evil.

Morgan is currently filming the final season of The Walking Dead in Georgia. He plays the villain Negan, who is seeking redemption for his past actions. On April 4, AMC will air the Negan centric episode titled “Here’s Negan.” This is the sixth and final episode of a special season 10c of bonus episodes. Each of the six episodes was more character-centric looks at individual characters.

The Morgan family has actually spent time living on The Walking Dead set due to covid restrictions. JDM’s wife, Hilarie Burton Morgan, will play her husband’s on-screen wife in the “Here’s Negan” episode. She shared with Interview Magazine about what it was like to live on-site in The Walking Dead town of Alexandria, located in Senoia, Georgia.

Be sure to check out JDM in his newest project, The Unholy, on April 2.

The Walking Dead episode “One More” will air on AMC Sunday, March 7 and will be available to stream on AMC+ on March 11.