The Conjuring was an unusual film. Not in the sense that what we saw was unusual, but it was one of those rare horror films where fans and critics both loved the film. Being made on a $6.5 million budget, it pulled in over $257 million worldwide. It also gave us a spinoff movie (which was not directed by James Wan, by the way) called Annabelle. It doesn't really bother me whether or not you enjoyed the spinoff, because no matter how bad you thought it was, creepy little possessed dolls can scare the crap out of you.
Now James Wan is back, and he's given us The Conjuring 2, which is currently playing in theaters. I haven't had an opportunity to see this movie yet, but it is definitely on my "to-do" list. From what I've seen in the trailers, though, it looks to be even better than the first one (no easy achievement). Made on a little bit big budget, but still a modest one at $40 million, it's already pulled in close to $100 million in it's first week of release. With returns like that on a film, it's safe to say that Warner Bros. will keep this movie franchise going for as long as it can. Don't believe me? Warner Bros. has said that Annabelle 2 will be coming out next year, they're already planning The Conjuring 3, and now it's been announced that they are going to make another spinoff, this time from the sequel, called The Nun.
According to THR, Warner Bros. is going to make a movie based on the demonic nun that is featured in The Conjuring 2. While Annabelle dealt with the backstory of haunted doll (by the way, there is a great article over at birthmoviesdeath.com that talks about the real doll that it was based on. You can read the story by going to this link: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/07/23/the-true-story-of-annabelle-the-haunted-doll-from-the-conjuring) there doesn't seem to be much more of a backstory for the nun that they say hadn't already been revealed by the end of the movie, so it will probably feature other haunting that the nun was involved with. The movie is going to be written by David Leslie Johnson, who also wrote the Aquaman script that Wan is directing, While Wan won't be directing the spinoff, he will be one of the executive producers for the film, along with Peter Safran, who also produces The Conjuring movies. Here's a little bit of interesting news about the nun from the sequel, the demonic look that they gave her wasn't finalized until they started doing reshoots that took place only three months before the movies release!
While the Wan-directed films in the franchise seem to be pure gold, the spinoff Annabelle didn't seem to connect with movie goers. Was it because Wan didn't direct it? Who knows, but if that's the case, then my guess is that we shouldn't expect too much from this next spinoff. What are your thoughts on the franchise? Let my know what you think in the comment section below.
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