Warner Bros. Discovery is developing a new drama series based on New Line’s horror film franchise The Conjuring. The untitled project is coming to the company’s streaming service Max, the service currently known as HBO Max, which will be renamed and relaunched in May.
The television series Conjuring will continue the story of the feature films, according to Warner Bros. in a press release. The Conjuring producer Peter Safran – who also serves as DC Studios co-chair with James Gunn – will serve as executive producer on the project. Filmmaker James Wan is said to be in talks with executive producer. Release date and cast for The Conjuring series have not been announced.
New Line’s Conjuring franchise includes seven films to date (Conjure it, Annabel, The spell 2, Annabelle: Creation, The nun, Annabelle comes homeAnd The Conjuring: The Devil made me do it) and continues in a new episode, The nun 2, this September. The series has grossed over $2 billion internationally at the box office.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s expansion of The Conjuring into TV is similar to a handful of other projects in development for Max, including the It prequel series Welcome to Derry and The Batman spinoffs The penguin And Arkham Asylum.