Although an official green light from the studio has not been given yet, it seems rather clear thatThe Conjuring 3will happen, since bothThe ConjuringandThe Conjuring 2were so successful that they each warranted their own spin-off, withAnnabelleand the upcomingAnnabelle: Creationspun off of the first movie, and the upcomingThe Nunspun off from last year’s sequel. Peter Safran, who has produced all ofThe Conjuringmovies and the spin-offs, recently teased thatThe Conjuring 3will not be anotherhaunted house movie.
JoBlocaught up with Peter Safran during a visit to the set ofAnnabelle: Creation, which hits theaters August 11. When the talk eventually turned toThe Conjuring 3, the producer revealed they plan on delving deeper into theWarren case files, by tackling some of the cases that are lesser known than the cases shown in the first two movies. While he didn’t specify what cases they may be exploring, the producer made it clearThe Conjuring 3will not feature a “family in peril.”
“There are some [cases] that maybe aren’t as well known, but they spent a fair bit of time researching and were part of [them]. Clearly, we can’t do another haunted house movie, right? We can’t do anothersupernatural possessionin a house, with a family in peril. Right? So, it’s got to be something different than that, I think. There are a lot of places to go, and there’s a fair bit of material there.”
Last summer, just afterThe Conjuring 2was released in theaters,The ConjuringandThe Conjuring 2director James Wan hinted thatThe Conjuring 3may focus onwerewolves, with a story that could be in the same vein asAn American Werewolf in Londonthat sees “the Warren’s set against the backdrop ofThe Hound of Baskerville.” It is actually possible, too, since The Warren’s published a book in 1991 entitledWerewolf: A True Story of Demonic Possession, which chronicles the true story of a man named Bill Ramsey, a.k.a. The Southend Werewolf. The Warren’s were brought in to perform an exorcism in 1989, believing the man was possessed by the devil. While his werewolf incidents were happening more frequently shortly before the exorcism, there were no recorded incidents after the exorcism.
There has been no confirmation that this story will be used forThe Conjuring 3quite yet, or even confirmation thatThe Conjuring 3is happening. DirectorJames Wanis currently directing Warner Bros.' superhero adventureAquamanat the moment, and it isn’t known if there is a writer working onThe Conjuring 3script.The Conjuringearned $137.4 million domestic and $318 million worldwide in 2013 from just a $20 million budget. The 2016 follow-upThe Conjuring 2earned $102.4 million domestic and $320.2 million worldwide from a $40 million budget.
