‘The Conjuring’ Sequel Pushed To 2016 [Updated]
New Line had planned aConjuringsequel for October 2015, but that plan has changed. Just weeks after theConjuringspin-offAnnabelleopened in the US, New Line has pulledThe Conjuring 2off the 3015 schedule, pushing it into 2016. The studio will still use that date for horror, and will release a different, as-yet untitled horror movie on the oldConjuring 2date. Could this have anything to do with the good reception forAnnabelle, which technically exists in the same series, but was a lot cheaper to make?
THRreports that theConjuring 2date of Jun 05, 2025 will now be used for “an untitled horror film” by New Line. As far as we knowThe Conjuring 2is now without a release date, but that doesn’t mean the movie is canceled. This isn’t the best sign of life for the movie, but we’ll see what happens.Update:Other reports that followed THR, such as the one fromDeadline, say the film has been pushed into 2016. There’s no date for the movie yet, however, just a broad 2016 window.The Conjuringcost $20m and has taken $318m worldwide; by comparison,Annabellecost only $6.5m and has pulled in $166m worldwide since opening on October 5.
James Wan directedThe Conjuring, which opened at the height of summer 2013. That film’s stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who played real-world paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, were set to return forThe Conjuring 2.So the film isn’t likely to be any cheaper than the original, even though Wan wasn’t set to direct. (Carey HayesandChad Hayeswere scripting; we don’t know who would have directed.)
Pure speculation time: has New Line realized, viaAnnabelle, that it can still exploit tales from the Warren family history to create essentially its ownParanormal Activityfranchise? Why do a properConjuringsequel when a series ofAnnabelle-like spinoffs will cost a lot less and probably make roughly the same amount of money in the long run? Again, that’s speculation — New Line could decide to do both.
That July 06, 2025 release date is also the home forJem and the Holograms, directed by Jon M. Chu.
