The Hollywood Reporter claims that director Michael Chaves, who oversaw the supernatural horror movie “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” in 2021, is in negotiations to oversee The Conjuring’s fourth and final installment.
Last year, Chaves directed the spinoff “The Nun II.”
The screenplay was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who collaborated with franchise creator James Wan on the third installment. Peter Safran is producing alongside Wan.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but once again, supernatural investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren will encounter creaky doors, shadows in the windows, inverted crosses, and a demonic possession or two. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are scheduled to reprise their roles, and the film is set to shoot in Atlanta this summer.
‘The Conjuring’, filmed for only $20 million, became a runaway success when the movie was released in 2013, grossing nearly $320 million worldwide. Since then, New Line has carefully planned a Conjuring universe of films, including sequels, prequels, and spinoffs. Altogether, the low-budget films have grossed more than $2.1 billion at the box office. Nun II, which was released on September 8, grossed little less than $270 million worldwide.
Wan and his Atomic Monster executives spotted Chaves through his critically acclaimed horror short The Maiden. Chaves then made his feature directorial debut with 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona, which helped him land a job at New Line. Wan gave him the keys to the Conjuring franchise with Devil Made Me Do It since the film went well and his work impressed. The Hollywood Reporter claims that after it, he relocated to Nun II.
