James Wan
has been the mastermind behind a few of the biggest horror motion pictures of the final 20 years, each as a director and producer. Nevertheless, one film that received away – for now – was his deliberate spinoff from The Conjuring
franchise centered on The Crooked Man character. Whereas followers of the creepy franchise have been massively disenchanted when the offshoot was scrapped, it appears that evidently they’re really responsible for the movie’s demise – as they turned too obsessive about one other character as a substitute.
The Conjuring was launched in 2013, with a sequel following 2016. Nevertheless, in between was Annabelle, a derivative specializing in the classic doll, which proved that there was loads of scope for motion pictures outdoors the principle franchise to be extremely fashionable. Following The Conjuring 2, there have been plans for The Crooked Man to be the following adjoining film, however one thing else captured the general public’s consideration. As Wan informed Leisure Weekly:
“We thought the Crooked Man was mainly going to be the Annabelle for Conjuring 2…however when the viewers noticed the film, they needed to know extra in regards to the nun. That is what they gravitated in direction of. So you bought to hearken to your followers, you bought to hearken to the viewers.”
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Whereas there was one other film for Annabelle, and two movies primarily based on The Nun, that sadly meant The Crooked Man was shelved. With The Conjuring franchise set to finish with this yr’s The Conjuring: Final Rites, maybe followers won’t ever get to see what that film would have seemed like. Or, as Wan teased, possibly it’ll creep into the world in some unspecified time in the future. He added:
“I nonetheless have a film in my head that I might hopefully like to get off the bottom someday, however we’ll see. I get followers that attain out to me every so often, begging us to make a Crooked Man film. Simply as a fan, I might like to do it someday, if I can persuade the studio to take action.”
James Wan Has Many New Tasks within the Works
James Wan is a type of individuals who by no means appears to cease working, and his title is connected to greater than 20 upcoming motion pictures. Having lately been producer or government producer on releases such because the TV sequence Teacup, and Stephen King motion pictures Salem’s Lot and The Monkey, his upcoming tasks embody M3GAN 2.0 and the franchise’s spinoff SOULM8TE, Mortal Kombat II, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, a return to a different fashionable franchise with Thread: An Insidious Story, and Noticed XI – if it ever occurs.
Wan has been an enormous a part of Hollywood since he blew everybody away because the director of Noticed in 2004. Since then, he has been behind the Insidious and Conjuring franchises, and dipped his toe in some massive IPs with Quick & Livid 7 and two Aquaman movies to his title.
Amongst his extra speculative future tasks are a TV sequence primarily based on Disney’s Gargoyles cartoon sequence, a film model of the David Hasselhoff sequence Knight Rider, a Backrooms film, and a brand new model of Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers. Whereas not all of those tasks could find yourself being made, or could not have Wan connected in the event that they do, it’s sure that Wan might be including much more to this listing sooner or later.
Supply: Leisure Weekly