'The Conjuring' launches a prequel centered on Ed and Lorraine Warren

New Line Cinema y Warner Bros. are applying an Uno Reverse to their franchise The spell.

After having promoted the most recent sequel, The Conjuring: Last Riteslike “The Final Chapter of the Ed and Lorraine Warren Files”the studios could not resist launching a new chapter, after the enormous commercial success that crowned Last Rites as the highest-grossing installment of the saga with more than $480 million dollars at the global box office, also extending the dominance of the Universe The Conjuring like the highest grossing horror franchise of all timewith a combined global box office of more than $2.5 billion.

With these great results, it was logical that the studios would continue carrying out more paranormal projects, and this is confirmed as the plan to follow.

Making it official thatWB and New Line have given prequel film greenlit with return of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warrenconfirming the first reports that emerged in September.

The short film director, Rodrigue Huart, holds negotiations to be the director of the prequelcon script written by Richard Naing e Ian Goldberghorror franchise veterans who co-wrote Last Rites and the spinoff The Nun IIreported Variety.

If the agreement with Huart is finalized, it would mark his debut as a feature film director. Its short Transylvaniawon the 2024 SXSW Festival Jury Prize.

At the moment the return of Patrick Wilson y Vera Farmigaas the demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, whom they have played since 2013, in the four installments of The Conjuringand the spinoff Annabelle Comes Home.

It is expected that The next chapter picks up the beginnings and focuses on the couple's early years.. This probably means that new actors will take the reins of the universe of The Conjuring.

And just to have a little more context, The Conjuring 4: Last Rites concluded the story of the Warren family, however, during the opening sequence of Last riteswe saw the Warren couple in their beginnings during a flashback, so this could be an idea that is taken up in the prequel. The actors who played them were Madison Lawlor y Orion Smith. Below is an image:

James Wan go on closely linked as producer through his company, Atomic Monster. Wan had been in contract negotiations with Warner Bros., insisting on receiving proper credit and a stake in future projects, but an agreement has finally been reached, so he will remain involved in The Conjuring Universe.

Wan created the franchise, directed the first two installments of The spelland has produced all nine installments, along with Peter Safran.

In addition to this new prequel, a television series with a house in HBO Maxwhich in September announced the signing of Nancy Won as screenwriter, executive producer, and showrunner, and Peter Cameron y Cameron Squires as screenwriters.

Without details about the plot, it is known that the series “will continue the story established in the feature films.”

This is the Global box office of The Conjuring Universe films from highest to lowest:

• The Conjuring: Last Rites – $487.2 million dollars
• The Nun – $366.1 million dollars
• The Conjuring 2 – $321.4 million dollars
• The Conjuring – $319.5 million dollars
• Annabelle: Creation – $306.6 million dollars
• The Nun II: $269.7 million dollars
• Annabelle – $257.5 million dollars
• Annabelle Comes Home – $231.3 million dollars
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – $206.4 million dollars