In the crowded world of horror, The Conjuring franchise found a way to crave its name into the mainstream. These James Wan-produced films are something moviegoers eat up, while critics are usually pretty helpful. A perfect storm that helps explain why this franchise has made over a billion dollars worldwide. In preparation for The Nun’s […]
The Nun featurette explores the timeline of The Conjuring Universe
With the release of The Nun less than two weeks away, a new featurette has arrived online which sees producer James Wan, Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg, and The Nun director Corin Hardy discuss the timeline and characters of The Conjuring Universe; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Escape the Abbey in a 360° video for […]
The Conjuring spinoff The Nun gets a poster ahead of Wednesday’s trailer
With the first trailer set to debut tomorrow, a poster has arrived online for The Nun featuring Bonnie Aarons’ creepy demonic entity Valak along with an image, courtesy of Empire, which gives us our first look at Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene in The Conjuring spinoff movie; take a look here and be sure to check […]
The Conjuring spinoff The Nun gets a first promo image
With the first trailer set to drop for The Nun any time soon, a promo image has arrived online for the latest instalment in the Conjuring franchise featuring Bonnie Aarons’ demonic entity Valak; take a look here… “When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past […]
The Conjuring spin-off The Nun pushed back two months
Corin Hardy’s addition to The Conjuring universe, The Nun, has been pushed back two months to a September 7th release date. A direct spin-off from the holy ghost’s appearance in The Conjuring 2, The Nun will hope to build on the success of a series of films that have scared up over $1 billion dollars at the […]
Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli on why he turned down the chance to helm The Conjuring
Director Oren Peli recently revealed that James Wan wasn’t the first choice to direct 2013’s The Conjuring. Talking on the Post Mortem podcast, the Paranormal Activity director revealed that he was offered to direct The Conjuring, and also explains why he decided to decline: “I kind of wanted to just kind of cash out and […]
The Conjuring Universe becomes third biggest horror franchise of all time as it passes $1 billion worldwide
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s horror franchise / cinematic universe based around The Conjuring has now passed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, thanks to the takings for this month’s spinoff prequel Annabelle: Creation. Domestically, Annabelle: Creation has grossed $53.5 million going into its second weekend, and a further $53.6 from international markets, […]
James Wan says The Conjuring was always planned as a shared universe, unlikely to direct The Conjuring 3
2013’s The Conjuring came out of nowhere and ended up being one of the best horror films in years, forever making people jump at the sound of hands clapping. The success of this film shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise though. After all, the film was directed by James Wan: The man responsible […]
Watch five new clips from Annabelle: Creation
Ahead of tomorrow’s theatrical release of Annabelle: Creation, five new clips have arrived online from the latest chapter of The Conjuring Universe, along with a featurette which sees the cast and crew discussing the film; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Annabelle: Creation here SEE ALSO: Exclusive interview with Annabelle: Creation director […]
New Line sets screenwriter for The Conjuring 3
Given that the first two instalments have grossed almost $640 million worldwide, you won’t be surprised to hear that New Line Cinema is officially moving forward with The Conjuring 3, hiring David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2) to pen the script. According to Deadline, James Wan is expected to return to produce the third instalment, […]
