The Warrens will investigate one more supernatural case before calling it quits inThe Conjuring 4.And while both Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are reprising their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren respectively, no other acting talent is officially attached to the project yet. But, according toThe Hollywood Reporter, Michael Chaves is currently negotiating to become the director.The Conjuring 4is also said to be the final installment comprising the primary part of the film franchise.
Chaves directed Ed and Lorraine’s last go-round on the Silver Screen in 2021’sThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. And Chaves is well-versed with The Conjuring Universe having helmedThe Curse of La Llarona,The Conjuring 3— the aforementionedThe Devil Made Me Do It— andThe Nun II.
The Conjuring 4
Unfortunately for Chaves, even though his creative work on all three of his entries is brilliant, hisConjuringsdidn’t translate well at the box office. With the exception ofAnnabelle Comes Home($20.3 million), Chaves' three movies rank as the lowest among the entire franchise for their opening weekends domestically:The Nun II($32.6 million),The Curse of La Llarona($26.3 million) andThe Conjuring 3($24.1 million).
The Conjuring: Last Rites
At last year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas, which was held at Caesars Palace, Warner Bros. revealed thatThe Conjuring 4would be titledThe Conjuring: Last Rites. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who also wrote the screenplay forThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, will penthe Last Ritesscript.
In January of 2023, James Wan confirmed that he and his creative team were working onThe Conjuring: Last Rites, even though it seems unlikely that he’ll direct the fourth ofEd (Wilson) and Lorraine (Farmiga) Warren’sbig-screen adventures.
The Nun II Post-Credits Scene Affects The Conjuring 4, According to Director
Director Michael Chaves provides insights into The Conjuring 4’s future after The Nun II post-credit scene.
Wan did direct the originalConjuringin 2013 andThe Conjuring 2, but he’s probably better known by modern-day audiences for his work on the DCEU’sAquamanfilms. But his horror legacy can’t be disputed thanks toWan’s stellar contributions to theSaw, InsidiousandConjuringfranchises. Wan said in an interview withCollider:
“Yeah, we are working on it [Conjuring 4] right now. With the Conjuring films, we are very precious about [them]. And so, we kind of want to just take our time to make sure we get it right and to make sure the emotion of the Warren stories that we want to tell, and moving into, and potentially wrapping up, we just want to make sure that it’s the right thing, the right story that we’re telling.”
At the time of this writing, there isn’t an expected release date set forThe Conjuring: Last Ritesyet. However, filming is expected to begin this summer.
