'The Conjuring 3' Is "Completely Different" Than The Last Two Films

‘The Conjuring 3’ Is “Completely Different” Than The Last Two Films

Let’s take a break from the real scary world to check in on the fictional scary world ofJames Wan-related movies. First: the screenwriter ofThe Conjuring 3, AKAThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, has revealed that the upcoming sequel is completely different from the previous two flicks. In fact, the franchise as a whole is going to start moving away from haunted house stories. Second: we now know when theAquamanspin-offThe Trenchtakes place.

The Conjuring 3

What can we expect fromThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It? According to screenwriterDavid Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, something completely different. The first two films – both directed by James Wan – dealt with haunted houses. But the third, which comes from director Michael Chaves (Wan is producing) will be focusing on other things that go bump in the night.

“[The Conjuring 3] is a completely different movie than the first two,” Johnson-McGoldrick said onTwitter. “The franchise is expanding beyond the ‘haunted house’ formula.”

Here’s the synopsis that was released for the film: “The Devil Made Me Do Itreveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.”

I’m a fan of the officialConjuringfilms (not so much the spin-off movies in theConjuringUniverse, though), and I’m excited to see where the story goes next. I only wish James Wan was still directing.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itis due out July 04, 2025.

The Trench

Another film that’ll eventually swim into the James Wan-adjacent universe isThe Trench, a spin-off of Wan’sAquaman. The film will focus on the monsters who made quite an impact in Wan’s superhero flick, and is said to be a horror movie. Beyond that, though, we really don’t know much about it. But Johnson-McGoldrick (again on Twitter) did just reveal that the film will “theoretically” be set betweenAquamanandAquaman 2. However, “some pieces of this is still being worked out.”

While this might seem like a no-brainer, there was always a chance thatThe Trenchcould’ve been some sort of prequel. But now it looks like it’ll be a natural progression betweenAquamanintoAquaman 2. Beyond that, though, the secrets ofThe Trenchremain deep beneath the surface…for now.