It’s no secret that this year’s upcoming sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites is said to be the final installment in the mainline franchise, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga playing the Warrens for the final time (allegedly). But what does that actually mean, you ask? Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter this week, New Line Cinema CCO Richard Brener […]
It’s no secret that this year’s upcoming sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites is said to be the final installment in the mainline franchise, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga playing the Warrens for the final time (allegedly). But what does that actually mean, you ask?
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter this week, New Line Cinema CCO Richard Brener has indicated that what’s actually ending with Last Rites is merely “phase one” of the extended Conjuring Universe which thus far includes three core Conjuring movies along with a host of spinoffs including The Nun, The Nun 2, Annabelle, and Annabelle Comes Home.
“It’s testing through the roof and we’re only at the director’s cut, the 10-week part of the movie where you’re normally very, very scared about the status of your film,” Brener said of The Conjuring: The Last Rites, which is being directed by Michael Chaves. “We’re very early in the process, have very preliminary visual effects, but it’s already through the roof.”
Brener continued, “So while this is last of what we call phase one, we are hopeful that we can make more. Phase two is TBD.”
There are currently eight films in The Conjuring universe — The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle: Creation, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and The Nun 2. That makes The Conjuring: Last Rites the ninth installment, wrapping up “Phase One” and setting the stage for “Phase Two” down the road.
In other words, The Conjuring Universe is definitely NOT ending this year. It’s been a cash cow for WB/New Line for over ten years now, and it sounds like they have no plans to let it go.
The Conjuring: Last Rites will release in theaters September 5, 2025.
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.
