First glances to 'The Conjuring: last rites'; Mark the conclusion of the history of the Warren

The horror franchise The Conjuringof the studies New Line Cinema y Warner Bros., He is preparing the audience for the premiere in cinemas of The Conjuring: Last Ritesthe fourth installment of the main story of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, with the return of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.

According to studies information, actors, which They have given life to Ed and Lorraine since 2013starting in The spellits two sequelae, and the spinoff Annabelle Comes Homethey will say goodbye to their roles with this sequel, because this film has been promoting as “The final chapter of Ed and Lorraine Warren's files”.

Last Ritesof the director Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun II), is described as the film that It will mark the farewell to the story of Ed and Lorraine Warren. That is to say, It will be the final delivery and conclusion of the main story of the horror franchise.

In recent weeks, New Line's CCO, Richard Brener, explained that Last Rites It will mark the end of the “phase one” of the Universe of El Conjuro, saying: “Although this is the last part of what we call phase one, we hope to be able to do more. Phase two is yet to be determined.”

This serves as confirmation that The Conjuring Universe will not end this year. There will be more projects that will come after Last Ritesand they will be the ones that conform phase two. Probably one of them is the previously announced television series with home in MAXthat “The story established in the feature films will continue.”

Back to Last Rites, his cast is headed by Farmiga and Wilson as the Warren marriage, accompanied by Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody, Unicorns) y Mia Tomlinson (The Beast Must Die, The Lost Pirate Kingdom)

The first details about the plot reveal that the case that inspires it is an incident in which the daughters of a marriage, made up of Jack and Janet Smurl, saw black silhouettes on their beds. The Warren failed to solve it.

After twelve years playing demonologists, Wilson and Farmiga share the environment EW their respective impressions about their last day of filming in Last Rites. Wilson explained first:

“You can only say a limited number of times: 'This is the worst case we have had!'”the actor jokes.

Farmiga feels something similar:

“My rosary literally broke. The accounts said: 'Girl, we leave here!' I think we have already done everything possible for this.”

At the end of the note we share the first official eyes to Last Rites, included in the EW interview.

The script was written by Ian Goldberg y Richard Naing. Both wrote the script of The Nun II, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Eli, y Fear the Walking Dead. The script is based on a story of David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), y James Wan.

During the development of the film, multiple options were handled for one last time of the Warren on a large screen, “How epic can we do it?” Chaves asked, briefly considering the idea of ​​gathering all the entities of the spell for an end, before discarding it and opting for another way:

“I firmly felt that the greatest and most emotional story we could tell was the most personal,” Chaves said to EW.

James Wan y Peter Safran are producerswork that they have carried out in all deliveries that make up this horror franchise (WAN directed the first two films of The spell).

Wan also shared a few words with EW:

“The heart of this franchise is Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, who play Ed and Lorraine. Family dynamics, the faith that the characters and faith have to each other are the pillars of this franchise. I think that is what people love. At least for me and for Peter Safran, It's about finding a way to tell the stories of these characters and conclude them in a way that respects the starting point.”

Official synopsis:

“When Paranormal researchers and Lorraine Warren are involved in another terrifying case related to mysterious creatures, they are forced to solve everything for the last time.”

WB plans the premiere of The Conjuring: Last Rites to on September 5, 2025.