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‘The Conjuring’ Universe Producer Talks Potential Crooked Man Spinoff
Annabelle and the Nun got the spinoff treatment. Is the Crooked Man next?
Portrayed by Javier Botet (no, that wasn’t CGI) in James Wan’s The Conjuring 2, the so-called Crooked Man sure as hell made an impression in his limited appearance as a secondary antagonist. But will the character ever get his own movie?
Producer Peter Safran just answered that very question, as best he could, in a chat with Arrow in the Head.
“I think there’s something fascinating in the Crooked Man,” Safran told the site. “Maybe tonally he’s not as grounded as the Conjuring itself is and maybe that’s why some people felt it wasn’t what they were looking for in the Conjuring but I suspect a movie with him would be really really cool.”
He added, “I love the character, just things like the transformation from the dog into the Crooked Man and the way he walked. I just love what that character can be. We have some interesting ideas for him. So we’ll see.”
In the full chat, which we encourage you to read, Safran also noted that the Crooked Man proved to be a very polarizing figure, with some fans loving him and others hating him. Most who hated the character were under the impression that he was brought to the screen with some shoddy CGI, which couldn’t have been further from the truth.
What about you? Would you like to see a Crooked Man movie?
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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