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If you’re a fan of bone-chilling horror, you’ve probably heard of The Conjuring Universe. Created by filmmaker James Wan, The Conjuring franchise has terrified audiences since 2013, giving us nine films and grossing over $2 billion worldwide. Based on the real-life paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the films explore a series of ghostly and demonic encounters. But with multiple prequels and side stories, it can be tricky to figure out the right order to watch them. Do you go by release date or take the chilling journey chronologically? To help you dive into the supernatural world of The Conjuring, here’s a guide on how to watch the movies in chronological order.

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As of now, there are nine movies in The Conjuring Universe, including three Conjuring films, three Annabelle films, The Nun series, and The Curse of La Llorona. With a fourth Conjuring movie already confirmed,...

One of the most iconic on-screen horror couples of the past decade is about to make their final appearance in the upcoming film The Conjuring: Last Rites. Director James Wan recently took to his Instagram page, @creepypuppet, to share a post signaling the official start of filming for the fourth and final film in the main series.

The photo shows chairs for Ed and Lorraine Warren, the infamous demonologists based on the real couple of the same name. Within The Conjuring Universe, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson have played them in all three main films, starting with the 2013 film, along with making appearances in a few others, such as Annabelle Comes Home.

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The Conjuring: Last Rites. Currently, Warner Bros. Pictures has scheduled it to be released theatrically on September 5, 2025.

No plot details have been confirmed for Last Rites yet,...

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be back one more time in The Conjuring: Last Rites, and we’ve learned that filming on the planned final installment is now underway.

Mia Tomlinson (The Beast Must Die) and Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) also star, with Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun II) directing.

The Conjuring: Last Rites will release in theaters September 5, 2025.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2) wrote the screenplay for the fourth movie. Franchise mainstays James Wan and Peter Safran are on board to produce.

The Conjuring films are based on the real-life case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga respectively.

In addition to another movie, The Conjuring is also headed to the small screen. A series for Max was originally announced in April 2023, and development continues here in 2024.

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The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5, 2025 release. We had previously heard that this movie would be filming in the Atlanta, Georgia area, but apparently they’re doing some work across the pond as well, as we also heard that filming was scheduled to take place in London, England from September 10th through October 10th this year. Whatever the schedules and locations may be, The Conjuring: Last Rite is indeed currently in production – which producer James Wan has just proven by sharing an image from the set!

Showing the chairs meant for franchise stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, Wan wrote, “Always good to see and hang out with old friends. Gonna miss everyone. End of an era.“

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Salem's Lot is widely regarded as one of Stephen King's best - and perhaps more importantly, most terrifying - novels, which is why the new adaptation currently streaming on Max simply didn't cut it for the majority of fans and critics.

The movie follows the basic premise, but does not flesh out the main characters enough and is seriously lacking in scares and gore (pretty much every kill takes place off-screen) despite the R rating. It also leaves out some major story elements, including Ben Mears' childhood connection to the Marsten House.

In the book, this haunted house is almost a character in its own right, and is the source of evil in the town of Jerusalem's Lot that attracts Kurt Barlow and Richard Straker in the first place. Ben is left traumatized after sneaking into the house as a child, and returns to "The Lot" to confront his...

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is now available to stream on Max, unleashing a stylish vampire outbreak without much in the way of story. It turns out that there was a much longer cut of the film that Dauberman ultimately trimmed down for a leaner runtime.

The filmmaker revealed in a recent interview with Den of Geek, “My first cut was about three hours. There’s a lot left out. My first draft of the script is 180-odd pages or something because you’re trying to include everything. And a lot of it has to do with a lot of the secondary characters and stuff that I spoke about. So it was sad to see that stuff go, but it’s like a necessary evil.”

One of the key scenes trimmed? Ben Mears’ chilling encounter with Depression-era hitman...

Today marks the launch of No Sleep October, a month-long celebration for Halloween and horror fans alike. Max’s brand new exclusive films, horror library, imaginative curations, designs, and specially designed art featuring iconic stars from fans’ favorite scary movies will haunt viewers and keep them up all night with fear.

No Sleep October brings horror fans three films only available to stream on Max, including Salem’s Lot on October 3. In the film, author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

The new Max Original film Caddo Lake debuts on October 10. When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history. And in Trap, debuting October 25, a father and teen daughter attend a pop concert,...

Max has announced its collections of Halloween-ready films curated for fans to enjoy all month long throughout October. The library includes some brand-new original films, including the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot premiering on October 3, Max’s original film Caddo Lake premiering on October 10, the streaming addition of Ti West’s X trilogy closer MaXXXine on October 18, and the streaming debut of M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap on October 25. The streamer also has an array of other classics of horror cinema organized into taste-specific categories, from Halloween musts to creature features to Stephen King universe adaptations, as indicated below. Screaming Now: Essential Picks A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Caddo Lake (2024) (Premieres 10/10) Fright Night (1985) It (2017) Malignant (2021) MaXXXine (2024) (Premieres 10/18) Paranormal Activity (2009) Salem’s Lot (2024) (Premieres 10/3) Scream (1996) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) The Exorcist (1973) The Final Destination (2009) The Shining (1980) The Sixth Sense (1999) Trap (2024) (Premieres 10/25) Trick ‘r Treat...

October is here! Which means peak Halloween season is now underway, and that includes the launch of “No Sleep October,” a month-long celebration for Halloween and horror fans alike at Max. Max’s brand new exclusive films, a best-in-class horror library, imaginative curations, and specially designed art featuring iconic stars will keep you busy all month long.

Look for new Max Original Film, Salem’s Lot on October 3. In the film, “Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.”

Max Original Film Caddo Lake arrives on October 10. “When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.” Celine Held & Logan George (Topside) wrote and directed for New Line Cinema, and the film...

Ready for Halloween? So is Max. The streamer just debuted their month-long Halloween and horror movie celebration, dubbed “No Sleep October,” and we’ve got the full list for your perusal.

There’s a batch of A24 horror movies that includes favorites like “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and “Midsommar” alongside new releases “MaXXXine” and “I Saw the TV Glow.”

Timed to the release of Max’s “Salem’s Lot” adaptation from “Anabelle Comes Home” director Gary Dauberman, which debuts on Oct. 3, Max also has a collection of Stephen King movies, including Tobe Hooper’s 1979 mini-series adaptation, “It” and “It: Chapter Two,” “The Shining” and “Doctor Sleep.”

And with the streaming debut of “Trap” landing on Max on Oct. 25, M. Night Shyamalan is also getting the spotlight with a collection that includes “Unbreakable,” “The Sixth Sense” and “The Visit.”

Finally, there are of course plenty of horror and Halloween classics, including “A Nightmare on Elm Street,...

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5, 2025 release. We had previously heard that this movie would be filming in the Atlanta, Georgia area, but apparently they’re doing some work across the pond as well, as we’ve also heard that filming was scheduled to take place in London, England from September 10th through October 10th this year. So it makes sense that the first two cast members to be announced, other than returning franchise stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, are both English. Deadline reports that Wilson and Farmiga have been joined in the cast by Ben Hardy (Love at First Sight) and Mia Tomlinson (The Lost Pirate Kingdom). Details on the characters they’re playing have not been revealed.

We don’t have any plot...

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be back (at least) one more time in The Conjuring: Last Rites, and Deadline reports that Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) have also signed on for the upcoming installment.

Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun II) is returning to the franchise to direct The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is reportedly said to be the final installment in the main series of The Conjuring movies.

The Conjuring: Last Rites will release in theaters September 5, 2025.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2) wrote the screenplay for the fourth movie. Franchise mainstays James Wan and Peter Safran are on board to produce.

The Conjuring films are based on the real-life case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga respectively.

In addition to another movie, The Conjuring is also headed to the small screen.

Horror fans, we've just learned some new information about the upcoming supernatural horror film The Conjuring: Last Rites. Two actors have just been added to the movie's cast in undisclosed roles, Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson. They join the previously announced cast that includes Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.

The Conjuring: Last Rites will be the fourth and final installment in the main series of The Conjuring movies. The other movies that are part of the main series are The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).

American filmmaker Michael Chaves is signed on to direct the horror flick. He previously helmed two movies in The Conjuring Universe, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun II. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan (The Conjuring Universe) came up with the story for the fourth film, and Johnson-McGoldrick wrote the script. Additionally,...

Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson have joined Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga on the cast of ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites.’

Plot details are being kept locked up safe in the Warren’s evil relic room for now.

Wilson and Farmiga are reprising their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life husband and wife evil spirit warriors ‘The Conjuring’ franchise is based on.

Michael Chaves returns to take the helm on the sequel, Chaves previously directed ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ and ‘The Nun II.’

Also in news – Colman Domingo in talks for Steven Spielberg untitled event project

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) wrote the screenplay with current revisions by writing team Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing (The Nun II) based on a story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. Wan is also returning to produce with Peter Safran.

Exclusive: Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson have joined Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in New Line’s The Conjuring: Last Rites.

Wilson and Farmiga are reprising their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the Michael Chaves directed sequel. Chaves previously directed The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun II. New Line’s Conjuring Universe counts $2.25B at the global box office.

The Conjuring films are based on the real-life case files of the Warrens. However, the exact case for The Conjuring: Last Rites is being held closely under wraps.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) wrote the screenplay with current revisions by writing team Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing (The Nun II) based on a story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. Wan is also returning to produce with Peter Safran; the duo...

Stars: Charles Cottier, Dirk Hunter, Christian Willis, John Noble, Tobie Webster | Written by Steven Boyle, Toby Osborne | Directed by Steven Boyle

The Demon Disorder marks the directorial debut of Steven Boyle, it’s also his first credit as a writer, or rather co-writer along with Toby Osborne. He’s no stranger to film though, or to horror for that matter, having effects and makeup credits on films ranging from Daybreakers and Ghost Ship to Boar and Two Heads Creek. And he’s channelled that experience into a tale of dark secrets and demonic activity somewhere in the Outback.

It begins with a nightmare of an old man shackled to his bed turning into a waking nightmare as Phillip wakes up and finds his brother Jake in the barn looking at one of their pigs, skinned but still alive.

This prompts Jake to visit their other brother, Graham. Graham left the...

Sarah Catherine Hook (The White Lotus), Jameela Jamil (The Good Place), Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris), and Lukas Gage (Smile 2) have joined the cast of People We Meet on Vacation, the forthcoming adaptation of Emily Henry’s bestseller from Netflix and 3000 Pictures, on which we were first to report.

Details as to the quartet’s roles are under wraps. Tom Blyth and Emily Bader topline the pic from director Brett Haley (I’ll See You in My Dreams), which marks Henry’s first book adaptation to go into production.

The film follows free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex, who have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else — could they actually be the perfect romantic match?

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The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Watch the official trailer for Max’s Salem’s Lot below.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon…

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally hitting Max this October, and Entertainment Weekly ran a preview piece today that includes the first clip from the new movie.

The outlet explains, “In EW’s exclusive clip from Salem’s Lot, Ben [Lewis Pullman] and Susan [Makenzie Leigh] join Alfre Woodard as Dr. Cody, who first fears the spread of a blood illness; Jordan Preston Carter as school kid horror expert Mark Petrie; and John Benjamin Hickey as local priest Father Callahan as they investigate the Straker’s mansion to find evidence of a dead body. Bill Camp also stars as Van Helsing-esque school teacher Matthew Burke.”

Check out the clip below and read on for everything you need to know.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot...

Like Rian Johnson’s Knives Out Mysteries franchise, casting for Mike White’s The White Lotus is always an event. Fans love to speculate who could join the cast of White’s award-winning series, and now Conan O’Brien wants to put his fiery red quaff in the ring. According to legend, O’Brien bumped into White in a restaurant, and the two started talking about The White Lotus Season 3. O’Brien offered to appear on the show, wanting to be a part of White’s hit project, though his proposed role could raise an eyebrow or two.

Speaking with Walton Goggins for episode 19 of Conan’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, the former late-night host recapped his run-in with White, telling Goggins, “Before you guys started shooting The White Lotus, I ran into none other than Mike White in a restaurant. I said, ‘Hey, so the next season of The White Lotus,...

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally seeing release later this year, with a Vanity Fair preview piece today revealing that it’s going straight-to-streaming on Max in October 2024.

Check out a series of first-look images below and see more on Vanity Fair now.

“You could do a very dry version of this movie, but that’s just not my personality,” Gary Dauberman tells the outlet, previewing his vision for the classic Stephen King horror story. “It’s trying to ride that wave’s ups and downs. You’re having fun with it, and then you can have a scare, and then you’re having fun again. Hopefully it feels like a complete ride at the end.”

Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate.

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. set to give the film a theatrical release on September 5, 2025 release. We had previously heard that this movie would be filming in the Atlanta, Georgia area, but apparently they’ll be doing some work across the pond as well, with filming scheduled to take place in London, England from September 10th through October 10th this year. Industry scooper Daniel Richtman has gotten his hands on a casting call that reveals some details on a few supporting characters that will be required on the set in London.

We don’t have any plot info on The Conjuring: Last Rites at this time, all we know that the story takes place in the United States in the 1980s, but thanks to Richtman and the casting call we know about these characters:

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James Wan, the mastermind behind The Conjuring franchise, which has been a beacon of modern horror, is set to conclude his iconic run with the release of the final film on September 5, 2025. Marking the end of a series that not only redefined the horror genre but also revived interest in the supernatural, Wan is now poised to focus on other projects.

Director James Wan | image: Gage Skidmore, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Meanwhile, as the release date of the last Conjuring movie hit social media, fans expressed their excitement as well as heartfelt appreciation for the iconic franchise. Praising James Wan for revolutionizing the horror genre and leaving an indelible mark on the industry, fans await the last outing in 2025.

James Wan’s Final Movie in The Conjuring Universe Will Release in 2025

Launched in 2013, James Wan‘s The Conjuring introduced audiences to the real-life investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren,...

Are you ready for one last scare from everyone’s favorite ghost hunters, Ed and Lorraine Warren? New Line Cinema just announced that the final chapter in The Conjuring franchise will hit theaters on September 5, 2025.

Over the past decade, The Conjuring movies have terrified audiences around the world, grossing over $2 billion total. The first film in 2013 really started it all, taking in almost $320 million on just a $20 million budget. It introduced us to the real-life married paranormal investigators played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.

Since then we’ve seen all sorts of spin-offs, like Annabelle and The Nun. Director James Wan really helped define the modern haunted house style of horror. His classic approach in The Conjuring was both creepy and a big success.

Now Michael Chavez, who also directed The Conjuring 3, is taking the reins for the fourth and last installment. While we don’t know much yet about the plot,...

Paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) are suiting up to investigate what could be their final case. Warner Bros. has set a September 5, 2025 release date for The Conjuring 4, which is said to be the final installment of the main series.

The untitled Conjuring movie is set to be directed by Michael Chaves, who is no stranger to the franchise. He helmed The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, as well as The Nun II. Chaves also directed The Curse of La Llorona, which is often mistakenly included in the franchise. While the film has several notable connections to The Conjuring Universe (including an Annabelle easter egg and Tony Amendola reprising his role as Father Perez), Chaves confirmed last year that it’s not part of the franchise.

“There’s so much debate about it and I think I’ve played coy in the past,” Chaves said.

The work of famed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren is coming to a long, and no doubt, spine-tingling end on the big screen.

New Line announced that the final, fourth film in the Conjuring horror franchise will arrive on Sept. 5, 2025, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Michael Chavez, the currently untitled movie will follow the original 2013 film, 2016’s The Conjuring 2, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It from 2021. Per the outlet, the Conjuring universe has amassed $2 billion globally.

James Wan directed the original Conjuring, which brought...

Ed and Lorraine Warren are returning to us in the fictional universe of The Conjuring. According to Variety, Warner Bros. has confirmed the date of the fourth film in the popular horror franchise, and it's set for release in theaters and IMAX on September 5, 2025.

Supposedly, this will also be the "final" film in The Conjuring film series, though I don't necessarily believe that. Even if the mainline films are finished after The Conjuring 4, I'm assuming we'll still see additional installments in the franchise in the form of its spinoff series like The Nun and Annabelle. But we'll see what happens.

Variety says The Conjuring 4 hasn't been officially titled yet, but I've seen conflicting reports indicating it will be called The Conjuring: Last Rites, which would fit with the finality of it all. Still, September 2025 is a long way off, so I wouldn't be surprised if the name undergoes changes between now and then.

The end of the Conjuring story is now in sight. New Line has set a Sept. 5, 2025, release date for the untitled fourth Conjuring movie, which the studio is billing as a finale for the main set of films.

Michael Chavez is directing the movie after helming 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. He is a Conjuring mainstay, also known for the 2023 Conjuring spinoff, The Nun II. Screenwriter David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick penned the script.

James Wan helmed the original The Conjuring, which bowed in 2013 and earned nearly $320 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. The series centers on supernatural investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. Combined with its spinoff movies, the franchise has grossed more than $2 billion globally. In addition to the Conjuring and Nun movies, the universe has launched a series of Annabelle features, focused on a doll first featured in The Conjuring.

Warner Bros has pushed up the release date of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein pic The Bride!, at the same time setting a date for its Untitled Conjuring Finale (fka Untitled Nl Horror Event).

The Bride! will open against Lionsgate’s Saw XI and the Uni kids’ title Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, having been pushed up from October 3 to September 26, 2025, while the final of four Conjuring films is currently the sole feature occupying September 5, 2025. Both titles will open in IMAX.

Marking Gyllenhaal’s follow-up to the Academy Award-nominated Netflix drama The Lost Daughter, The Bride! watches as a lonely Frankenstein (Christian Bale) travel to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.

There are currently eight films in The Conjuring Universe, and as we recently learned, a ninth movie is actively in development. Last we heard, Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun II) is returning to the franchise to direct The Conjuring 4, which is reportedly said to be the final installment in the main series of The Conjuring movies.

The Conjuring 4 will release in theaters September 5, 2025.

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are both expected to return.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2) wrote the screenplay for the fourth movie. Franchise mainstays James Wan and Peter Safran are on board to produce.

The Conjuring films are based on the real-life case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga respectively.

In addition to another movie, The Conjuring is also headed to the small screen. A series for Max was originally...

The $2 billion-grossing “Conjuring” franchise gets its grand finale, with Warner Bros. dating a final “The Conjuring” movie for release in theaters and Imax on Sept. 5, 2025.

The yet-to-be titled fourth film in the supernatural horror franchise comes as Warner Bros. and New Line’s “The Conjuring” universe has expanded to include prequel, sequel and spinoff titles like “The Nun,” “Annabelle” and “The Curse of La Llorona.”

Directed by James Wan and produced by Peter Safran, 2013’s “The Conjuring” established the franchise’s mythology, following paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) as they work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. The film was a massive hit, nabbing $319 million worldwide. The franchise’s top-grossing movie to date is the 2018 prequel “The Nun,” which followed Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) as she fended off the possessed demon nun Valek in 1952 Romania. The film earned $366 million worldwide.

Ruairi O’Connor, Freddie Fox y Clive Russell se unen a Tom Sturridge. © Netflix

La segunda temporada de “Sandman”, de Netflix, suma nuevas incorporaciones a su reparto.

Basada en la galardonada serie de cómics de DC escrita por Neil Gaiman, “Sandman” es una gran combinación de mitos y fantasías oscuras que siguen las aventuras de Sueño.

La primera temporada gira en torno a Sandman – o Sueño (Tom Sturridge) – el poderoso ser cósmico que controla todos los sueños y que, tras ser capturado y encarcelado durante más de un siglo, debe embarcarse en un viaje a través de diferentes mundos y épocas para resolver el caos que provocó su ausencia.

Entre las nuevas caras que se unen al reparto se encuentran Ruairi O’Connor (“Expediente Warren: Obligado por el Demonio”), que interpretará a Orfeo, el poeta, músico y oráculo, hijo único de Sueño y la musa Calíope, Freddie Fox (“Slow Horses”), que dará vida a Loki,...

The Sandman is Morpheus, also known as Dream of the Endless. And the Endless never end, right? I mean, it’s right there in the name.

Yet, with the show’s latest casting announcement, it’s clear that producers of the Netflix series The Sandman have the end in mind. The latest characters to appear in the series include some major players in Neil Gaiman‘s climactic tale World’s End, including Morpheus’s son Orpheus, Puck from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin.

Orpheus will be played by Ruairi O’Connor, best known for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Morning Show. Comic book readers know Orpheus as the son of Morpheus and Calliope, the muse kidnapped by insecure writers in the episode bearing her name. Newcomers to the Sandman story were struck at how cruelly Morpheus treated Calliope, and...

After spending decades in development hell, a live-action adaptation of the Neil Gaiman comic book series The Sandman actually made it into production and was released into the world as a Netflix series in August of 2022. (Read our review Here.) Season 2 of the show went into production last year, then had to be put on pause for a while due to the writers and actors strikes. Thankfully, The Sandman season 2 was able to resume production as soon as those strikes came to an end, and a couple months ago we heard that new cast additions include Esmé Creed-Miles (Hanna) as Delirium, Adrian Lester (Hustle) as Destiny, and Barry Sloane (Pleasureland) as The Prodigal. Now the names of several more new cast members and characters have been revealed:

Ruairi O’Connor (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) has been cast as Orpheus,” the poet, musician, and oracle, is the only...

James Wan built the Conjuring Universe out of his 2013 film The Conjuring, producing sequels, spin-offs, a Universe-adjacent film (The Curse of La Llorona), and now there’s a TV series in the works. And it looks like he’s interested in doing something similar with the 2022 film M3GAN. While the sequel M3GAN 2.0 is in the works and aiming for a June 27, 2025 theatrical release, Deadline reports that the recently merged companies Atomic Monster (headed up by Wan) and Blumhouse Productions (headed up by Jason Blum) are developing SOULM8TE, “a new movie in the M3GAN universe.” Universal Pictures has already picked out a release date for the film: January 2, 2026.

James Wan, his wife Ingrid Bisu, and Rafael Jordan (Salvage Marines) crafted the story for this one, with Jordan writing the first draft of the screenplay. Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother) is on board to direct the film...

The Conjuring 4 – which, last we heard, was going by the title The Conjuring: Last Rites – is expected to be the final installment of the series at the heart of the Conjuring Universe… but it’s only the ending when it comes to big screen feature films. Fourteen months ago, it was announced that a The Conjuring TV series is in the works at the Max streaming service, and now Casey Bloys, the chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content, has confirmed that the show is still in development.

When asked what’s in the HBO and Max pipeline, Bloys told Variety, “One of the advantages that I think we have as a company, putting aside HBO for a second, is all the Warner Bros. IP. So after House of the Dragon, the next big tentpole series that we have coming up will be The Penguin with Colin Farrell. That...

There are currently eight films in The Conjuring Universe, and as we recently learned, a ninth movie is actively in development. Last we heard, Michael Chaves is returning to the franchise to direct The Conjuring 4, which is reportedly said to be the final installment in the main series of The Conjuring movies.

In addition to another movie, The Conjuring is also headed to the small screen. The series for Max was originally announced in April 2023, and development continues here in 2024.

Max’s Casey Bloys tells Variety this week, “There are other properties [in development] like The Conjuring, which is a big movie franchise that we’re developing into a series.”

It had been well over a year since we heard a peep about Max’s planned The Conjuring television series, so it’s good to hear it’s still being cooked up. Stay tuned for more soon.

Peter Safran is developing the...

If you like to get your nerves tickled by a scary movie and want to watch a bunch of them in a row, we’ve got some good news for you. The most chilling horror trilogy of the 21st century finally arrives on Netflix, and it has no deal with Final Destination or Paranormal Activity and The Ring franchises, it’s something even better than these ones.

Back in 2013, the world saw the first installment of this movie universe. Set in the 1970s, the movie focused on Lorraine and Ed, the duo of paranormal investigators on their way to solve the case of an isolated farmhouse that is haunted by supernatural creatures.

They are quick to realize that the house has its own macabre past, the aftermath of which is now tormenting the Perrons, who have just moved in there. Lorraine and Ed’s investigation offered the audience a number...

SFX master Steven Boyle’s effects work has been seen in 2005’s King Kong, Love and Monsters, Bait, What We Do in the Shadows, The Matrix trilogy, and so much more. Now, Boyle is set to make his feature directorial debut, The Demon Disorder, a new upcoming Shudder original with an eerie new trailer.

The film, described as a demonic family drama, will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.

Watch the new trailer below to get acquainted with Graham, Jake, and Phillip Reilly, whose lives are upended by a long-buried family secret. As their pasts collide, their late father’s garage becomes the eerie epicenter of supernatural revenge. Boyle puts his SFX background to good use if these goopy, gory, demonic images are anything to go by.

The Demon Disorder “centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers.

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date, but we’ve learned from The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon that the film will Not be releasing in theaters at all.

As we suspected, Salem’s Lot will be a straight-to-streaming release for the Max streaming service. THR notes, “No date was given, but sources believe a fourth quarter release is likely.”

Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate.

For what it’s worth, Stephen King has recently tweeted praise for the film.

King wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ran an undercover sting on a Georgia-based animal training firm that services the major studios and networks. Then the activist group filed a Feb. 21 complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The Usda’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service tells THR that it’s reviewing the matter. “Aphis takes all animal welfare-related complaints very seriously,” says a spokesperson.

The company, Atlanta Film Animals (Afa), disputes PETA’s claims related to a variety of its creatures, from monkeys to cockatoos. It also counters that it has evidence it will share with the federal agency that, in at least one instance, the clandestine operative failed to adequately provide medication to a pair of elderly pigs — which the organization denies.

In a statement provided to THR, the company portrayed PETA’s...

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date here in 2024, and Stephen King has once more taken to Twitter this week to ask the big question: What’S The Deal?!

Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date.

King tweets tonight, “Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the fucking things.”

The concern from horror fans is that Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot will be trashed completely by Warner Bros., a...

One of the most successful cinematic universes in Hollywood doesn't have any superheroes, isn't set in outer space, and wasn't originally designed as a cinematic universe at all. James Wan's 2013 horror movie "The Conjuring" was made on a budget of just $20 million but became a stunning box office success, grossing more than $320 million worldwide. That success has since spawned a whole world of horror that includes not only two "Conjuring" sequels, but also the spin-off "Annabelle" trilogy, two "Nun" movies, and (tenuously) "The Curse of La Llorona."

A big part of what makes the "Conjuring" movies so frightening is their commitment to practical effects. The strangest supernatural feats are achieved using wire work, contortionists, and stunt performers, while monsters like the Nun and the Crooked Man are real actors in make-up.

Digital effects are used sparingly for certain scares where CGI is the best option (like the sheet scene...

THR reports that Michael Chaves is in negotiations to serve as the director of The Conjuring 4, which is expected to be the final installment of the main series.

Michael Chaves is no stranger to The Conjuring franchise as he was the director of the last installment, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and also helmed The Nun II. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who penned the screenplay for the third installment, will return to write this final sequel. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are naturally expected to return as Ed and Lorraine Warren, with production looking to start shooting this summer in Atlanta. Plot details are being kept under wraps at this point, but a few ghostly apparitions and demonic possessions are a good bet.

Related The Devil on Trial trailer: Netflix documentary on true crime case that inspired The Conjuring 3 coming soon

Prior to officially joining The Conjuring franchise with the third movie,...

The hugely successful Conjuring Universe is getting a brand new installment with The Conjuring 4, and THR reports tonight that Michael Chaves is on board to direct.

Chaves just directed Conjuring Universe installment The Nun II, and he also previously directed The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the main series’ third movie.

The Conjuring 4 is said to be the final installment in the main series, THR notes.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2) wrote the screenplay for the fourth movie.

THR adds, “Plot details are being kept six feet under but once again supernatural investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren will face creaky doors, shadows in the windows, inverted crosses, and a demonic possession or two. Stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are expected to return and the feature is eyeing a summer shoot in Atlanta.”

Also returning to produce are franchise mainstays James Wan and Peter Safran.

The Conjuring...

New Line’s The Conjuring movie series is coming back for one last ride. Or one last rite, as it were.

The project, operating currently under the simple title of The Conjuring 4, has been in the works since early last year but has finally landed on a director. And it’s a familiar visage.

Michael Chaves, who helmed the previous installment, 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, is in negotiations to direct what is being eyed as the fourth and final outing. The move makes Chaves a true Conjuring Universe player as he also directed last year’s spinoff, The Nun II.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who co-wrote the third installment with franchise creator James Wan, penned the screenplay.

Wan is producing with Peter Safran.

Plot details are being kept six feet under but once again supernatural investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren will face creaky doors, shadows in the windows,...

Five more cast members have been confirmed for the cast of the upcoming third season of HBO’s The White Lotus!

Walton Goggins and Patrick Schwarzenegger are among the five names that were just added to the ever-growing cast list for the third installment of Mike White’s fan-fave anthology series.

Walton is best known for his Emmy-nominated work on Justified and he currently stars in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. Patrick previously worked on HBO’s limited series The Staircase and most recently starred in The Boys: Gen V.

All five of the castings were already rumored in media reports, but now HBO has confirmed the rumors were true.

So, who else is joining the cast?

Keep reading to find out more…

Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, and Aimee Lou Wood are the other three cast additions.

Sarah is best known for Netflix’s First Kill and the movie...

Good lord, White Lotus. Save some actors for the rest of Hollywood. The third season of the HBO series is set to begin filming in Thailand next month with a massive ensemble cast, but hell, why not add a few more? The latest addition to White Lotus season 3 includes Walton Goggins, one of my favourite actors, as well as Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), Sarah Catherine Hook (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), and Sam Nivola (Maestro).

As with the previous cast announcements, there are no details on the character Walton Goggins and the rest will be playing in White Lotus season 3. The rest of the cast includes Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Leslie Bibb (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Parker Posey (Scream 3), Miloš Biković (The Challenge), Dom Hetrakul (Bangkok Dangerous), Christian Friedel...

The cast of The White Lotus continues to grow.

The third season of HBO’s resort-set series, which is set to film in Thailand beginning in February, has added five more actors to its cast: Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood. As with previous casting announcements, details of their roles aren’t being made public for now.

The five actors are joining an already large ensemble that includes Leslie Bibb, Miloš Biković, Carrie Coon, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, season one regular Natasha Rothwell and Tayme Thapthimthong.

Filming is set to take place in and around Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok; HBO is working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand on filming and promotion of the season.

Goggins is a regular on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones; his recent credits also include...