James Wan explains how 'The Conjuring' morphed into a shared universe.
Even if The Conjuring has been very successful at expanding its shared narrative, it wasn't always meant to be that way. During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, James Wan, the director of the original film and producer of the entire franchise, discussed how what was a small horror movie became a collection of sequels and spin-offs that managed to earn more than $2 billion at the worldwide box office.
It happened organically, but in the back of our minds, we always knew that the Warrens investigated so many different cases and that they had a museum of haunted artifacts. So, even while working on the first movie, we would spitball ideas, like, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could do a spinoff movie or a TV series where we touch on the different haunted artifacts in their museum?”
And that was really how the idea for Annabelle came about. Annabelle is the crown jewel of the Warrens’ collection, and so a spinoff movie was a natural stepping stone. And after Annabelle became successful, we realized that The Conjuring could become the mothership to spawn other stories. In 2013, The Conjuring went on to earn $320 million at the worldwide box office based on a $20 million budget, proving to be an extremely profitable endeavor for Warner Bros. Before jumping into any direct sequels immediately after the release of the horror story, Wan knew that here was enough room for the studio to explore a couple of spin-offs, first.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT That's how the first spin-off in the franchise came to be and, a year after the release of the original movie, Annabelle made her way to theaters. In that story, Annabelle Wallis and Ward Horton played a couple expecting their first child, buying the doll to decorate the baby's room. When they realized what the toy truly was, it was already too late, and their house was haunted.
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