After Last Rites’ $487 Million Run, The Conjuring’s Next Movie Is Finally Revealed
After The Conjuring: Last Rites scared up $487 million at the box office, Warner Bros. and New Line are wasting no time—another prequel is in the works, with an award-winning filmmaker in talks to direct.
Well, that did not take long. After The Conjuring: Last Rites steamrolled to nearly half a billion worldwide, New Line is already pushing the next move: a prequel. And they are eyeing a rising horror filmmaker to steer it.
The next Conjuring movie is a go — with a new voice circling the director's chair
Per The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit, New Line has given the green light to a Conjuring prequel and is in talks with short film standout Rodrigue Huart to direct. Translation: the movie is happening; the ink on the director deal just is not dry yet. If Huart signs, this would be his first major studio feature.
Borys Kit: 'True news: short film director Rodrigue Huart in talks to direct THE CONJURING prequel. This is a go movie for New Line, especially after LAST RITES has now grossed almost half a BILLION dollars ($487M to be more precise).' (posted Oct. 30, 2025)
Why Huart makes sense here
Huart has been on a fast climb through the horror world this year. His short Transylvanie won the Midnight Short Jury Award at SXSW 2024. He also premiered two more shorts, Trigger and Real, at Fantasia 2024 — both leaning into found-footage and digital-age nightmare tech in clever ways. Paramount recently picked up his feature script Suffer Little Children, a modern take on the 1976 Spanish shocker Who Can Kill a Child?, with Walter Hamada producing.
That Hamada connection matters. He has been a key executive force behind this franchise since the beginning — The Conjuring films, Annabelle, The Nun, the whole web — and his continued work with Huart likely helped this come together.
Where the franchise sits after Last Rites
Last Rites wrapped up the Ed and Lorraine Warren era with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, dramatizing the Smurl haunting under director Michael Chaves. It hit big both as a finale and at the box office, landing around $487 million worldwide. With that chapter closed, the universe is now pivoting to prequels and spinoffs to keep the mythology going.
What changes if Huart signs on
If Huart boards, this would be the first Conjuring Universe entry not directed by Michael Chaves since 2019’s Annabelle Comes Home. No knock on Chaves, but a fresh set of eyes could be a healthy jolt for a series that thrives on atmosphere and craft.
- Status: New Line has greenlit a Conjuring prequel; Rodrigue Huart is in talks to direct.
- Box office context: Last Rites sits at roughly $487M worldwide, which greased the wheels for this.
- Huart’s track record: SXSW-winning Transylvanie; Fantasia shorts Trigger and Real; feature script Suffer Little Children set up at Paramount with Walter Hamada.
- Franchise pivot: Last Rites closed the Warren storyline; expect mythology-building through prequels/spinoffs.
- Creative wrinkle: Would be the first Conjuring Universe film since 2019 not helmed by Michael Chaves.
No plot details yet, no casting yet, and no release window either. But for a franchise this sturdy, tapping a buzzy filmmaker with a knack for form-driven scares feels like the right next move.
Note: SuperHeroHype’s Devanshi Basu flagged this first, with THR’s Borys Kit backing it up today.