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‘The Conjuring’ Gets A Spinoff About Annabelle, and A Director
The Conjuring‘s Director of Photography John R. Leonetti is getting behind the camera for Annabelle, the spinoff-prequel to James Wan’s The Conjuring, says Schmoeville. We can confirm this news as we were unfortunately asked to restrain from posting (why do I listen?).
Pending schedule, the movie will begin filming in Spring of 2014.
There’s a bit more as New Line/Warner Bros. is also co-developing The Conjuring 2 simultaneously with the Hayes brothers (writers of the original) penning second chapter. You can actually read about the plot for that here.
The studio (obviously) wants James Wan back for the sequel, but that ain’t happening, sorry folks. The aforementioned site sort of writes it up as a threat, that they’ll move on without him, like he gives a shit shooting Fast & Furious 7.
With that said, which are you more excited for, The Conjuring 2, or its prequel, Annabelle?
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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