The Conjuring: Last Rites adds X-Men star Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinsonas the latest new additions to join Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren’s (Vera Farmiga) final case. Slated for release in 2025, the ninth installment in the Conjuring franchise is set to bring the paranormal investigator’s story to a close. The characters have been key parts of the franchise since the original 2013 movie, with the series having crafted a fictionalized representation of the real-world investigators and many of their notable cases.
With The Conjuring: Last Rites confirmed to be the last hurrah for the Warrens, Deadline has reported two new faces expected to star alongside Wilson and Farmiga in the fourth movie of the franchise’s core narrative. Hardy, known for his roles of Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse and Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody, will be joined by The Beast Must Die star Mia Tomlinson in the final installment in the story. However, while the 2025 feature’s cast is slowly being announced, it is currently being kept under tight wraps which of the Warren’s cases have inspired the story.
What We Know About The Conjuring: Last Rites
Several Key Franchise Creatives Will Unite For The Warrens’ Final Case
While the ongoing filming of The Conjuring: Last Rites may shine a light on other cast members expected to join the currently confirmed actors, much more is known about who is contributing to the movie behind the camera. Michael Chaves, who directed 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun II, will helm the Warren’s final chapter. Meanwhile, The Conjuring 2 and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It writer Ian B. Goldberg will join forces with Richard Naing to pen the screenplay.
Most fittingly, the director who helped launch the franchise will play a role in crafting the closing chapters. James Wan, will return to act as a producer alongside fellow producer and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Saffran. The movie is a co-production between New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster.
Our Thoughts On The Conjuring: Last Rite’s Potential Story
Two Notable Cases Remain Unexplored
Five of the Warren’s real-world cases have been adapted into the fictionalized movie universe so far. The Perron family haunting inspired The Conjuring, The Amityville Horror, and The Enfield Haunting would feature in The Conjuring 2, while the case of Arne Cheyenne Johnson inspired The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Meanwhile, the cursed Annabel doll found in their museum and the inspiration for the sub-franchise of the same name, while The Nun‘s Valak is taken from older grimoires.
The two remaining cases that The Conjuring Last Rites could be inspired by are the Snedeker House Haunting and the Smurl haunting, the former being a renovated funeral home in Connecticut and the latter involving a family haunted by a supposed demon. Both cases have been adapted previously, and it cannot be ruled out that the final Conjuring installment may be an amalgamation of the two, similar to how The Conjuring 2 handled the Amityville and Enfield cases. Regardless, viewers may be reluctant to say farewell to Wilson and Farmiga’s Warrens after watching their journey for twelve years.
Source: Deadline
The Conjuring
The Conjuring is a multi-film franchise that started in 2013 with James Wan’s The Conjuring. Since then, it has expanded with spinoffs like Annabelle, The Nun, and sequels to the original film. Due to the popularity of the movies, The Conjuring has become one of the most profitable franchises in Warner Bros.’ portfolio.
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Patrick Wilson
, Vera Farmiga
, Ron Livingston
, Lili Taylor
, Joey King
, Mackenzie Foy
, Madison Wolfe
, John Noble
, Ruairi O’Connor
, Ward Horton
, Annabelle Wallis
, Alfre Woodard
, Tony Amendola
, Anthony LaPaglia
, Miranda Otto
, Brad Greenquist
, Lulu Wilson
, Talitha Bateman
, Grace Caroline Currey
, Mckenna Grace
, Taissa Farmiga
, Bonnie Aarons
, Demián Bichir
, Jonas Bloquet
