Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson inThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It(2021).Photo: Ben RothsteinThe Conjuringuniverse continues to grow.After the success of last year’sThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the based-on-a-true-story horror franchise is moving forward with another installment, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick — who wrote the previous twoConjuringmovies, theAquamanmovies and therecent prequelOrphan: First Kill— will write the screenplay.Though starsPatrick WilsonandVera Farmiga, who portray the late real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the movies, reportedly haven’t signed on to the new movie just yet, Farmiga shared news of the sequel on her Instagram Story over the weekend.After the original James Wan–directedThe Conjuringin 2013, there have also been several spinoffs, including threeAnnabellemovies and 2018’sThe Nun, which starred Farmiga’s sisterTaissa Farmiga. Collectively, theConjuringfranchise has raked in over $2 billion at the worldwide box office so far.Deadlinereportedthat Taissa will return as Sister Irene inThe Nun 2alongsideEuphoria’s Storm Reid, with a September 2023 release date in mind. Michael Chaves (who madeDevil Made Me Do Itand 2019’sThe Curse of La Llorona) will direct.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Last June, Farmiga, 49, told PEOPLE how the subject matter of the film serieshas had an affect on her.“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t affect me, the first two films. But I think I’ve toughened up,” Farmiga said at the time. “I had to do a lot of really weirdo research for this project. I’ve gone down some dingy holes.“As far as how to separate the scary subject matter from her life, Farmiga recalled getting “tremendously” helpful advice from the real Lorraine, whodied in 2019 at age 92. (Ed died in 2006 at 79.)“One of the first things Lorraine said to me is that, from her perspective and her knowledge of the diabolical, all of that negative stuff feeds on fear. That is probably something I’ve learned to push away year after year,” Farmiga said with a laugh. “And that’s really, honestly, the trick — how does one do that? I don’t necessarily have a recipe for that, other than knowing the knowledge of that.”
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson inThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It(2021).Photo: Ben Rothstein
The Conjuringuniverse continues to grow.After the success of last year’sThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the based-on-a-true-story horror franchise is moving forward with another installment, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick — who wrote the previous twoConjuringmovies, theAquamanmovies and therecent prequelOrphan: First Kill— will write the screenplay.Though starsPatrick WilsonandVera Farmiga, who portray the late real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the movies, reportedly haven’t signed on to the new movie just yet, Farmiga shared news of the sequel on her Instagram Story over the weekend.After the original James Wan–directedThe Conjuringin 2013, there have also been several spinoffs, including threeAnnabellemovies and 2018’sThe Nun, which starred Farmiga’s sisterTaissa Farmiga. Collectively, theConjuringfranchise has raked in over $2 billion at the worldwide box office so far.Deadlinereportedthat Taissa will return as Sister Irene inThe Nun 2alongsideEuphoria’s Storm Reid, with a September 2023 release date in mind. Michael Chaves (who madeDevil Made Me Do Itand 2019’sThe Curse of La Llorona) will direct.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Last June, Farmiga, 49, told PEOPLE how the subject matter of the film serieshas had an affect on her.“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t affect me, the first two films. But I think I’ve toughened up,” Farmiga said at the time. “I had to do a lot of really weirdo research for this project. I’ve gone down some dingy holes.“As far as how to separate the scary subject matter from her life, Farmiga recalled getting “tremendously” helpful advice from the real Lorraine, whodied in 2019 at age 92. (Ed died in 2006 at 79.)“One of the first things Lorraine said to me is that, from her perspective and her knowledge of the diabolical, all of that negative stuff feeds on fear. That is probably something I’ve learned to push away year after year,” Farmiga said with a laugh. “And that’s really, honestly, the trick — how does one do that? I don’t necessarily have a recipe for that, other than knowing the knowledge of that.”
The Conjuringuniverse continues to grow.
After the success of last year’sThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the based-on-a-true-story horror franchise is moving forward with another installment, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick — who wrote the previous twoConjuringmovies, theAquamanmovies and therecent prequelOrphan: First Kill— will write the screenplay.
Though starsPatrick WilsonandVera Farmiga, who portray the late real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the movies, reportedly haven’t signed on to the new movie just yet, Farmiga shared news of the sequel on her Instagram Story over the weekend.
After the original James Wan–directedThe Conjuringin 2013, there have also been several spinoffs, including threeAnnabellemovies and 2018’sThe Nun, which starred Farmiga’s sisterTaissa Farmiga. Collectively, theConjuringfranchise has raked in over $2 billion at the worldwide box office so far.
Deadlinereportedthat Taissa will return as Sister Irene inThe Nun 2alongsideEuphoria’s Storm Reid, with a September 2023 release date in mind. Michael Chaves (who madeDevil Made Me Do Itand 2019’sThe Curse of La Llorona) will direct.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Last June, Farmiga, 49, told PEOPLE how the subject matter of the film serieshas had an affect on her.
“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t affect me, the first two films. But I think I’ve toughened up,” Farmiga said at the time. “I had to do a lot of really weirdo research for this project. I’ve gone down some dingy holes.”
As far as how to separate the scary subject matter from her life, Farmiga recalled getting “tremendously” helpful advice from the real Lorraine, whodied in 2019 at age 92. (Ed died in 2006 at 79.)
“One of the first things Lorraine said to me is that, from her perspective and her knowledge of the diabolical, all of that negative stuff feeds on fear. That is probably something I’ve learned to push away year after year,” Farmiga said with a laugh. “And that’s really, honestly, the trick — how does one do that? I don’t necessarily have a recipe for that, other than knowing the knowledge of that.”
source: people.com
