Draft:The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites is an upcoming American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves and written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. It stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren. It is a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) and is the ninth installment in The Conjuring Universe. James Wan and Peter Safran return as producers.

The Conjuring: Last Rites is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 5, 2025.

Cast

 * Patrick Wilson as Ed Warren
 * Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren

Production
Prior to the release of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in May 2021, director Michael Chaves commented in an interview with Empire on the possibility of future installments in The Conjuring series: "What [The Devil Made Me Do It] hopefully does is open up this new chapter for the Warrens. This has a very unique ending to The Conjuring films. I would be excited to see where it could go from here." Actors Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga have also expressed interest in returning. "Oh my God, I'd love to [continue]," stated Farmiga. "It's interesting, we have to up the fear in each one. Demonology is already so high-pitched and operatic." In October 2022, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that a fourth Conjuring film was in development with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick writing the screenplay and James Wan and Peter Safran returning as producers.

Prior to the release of The Nun II in September 2023, Chaves stated that work on the script is likely to be continuing, stating that the project is intended to be seen as a "finale" of the stories in the franchise that had come before. By February 2024, Chaves was in negotiations to direct. Principal photography is set to begin in mid-2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Release
The Conjuring: Last Rites is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 5, 2025.