New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “The Conjuring 2,” with James Wan (“Furious 7”) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of “The Conjuring,” brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
VERA FARMIGA as Lorraine Warren in New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “THE CONJURING 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Matt Kennedy) |
The film follows the phenomenal worldwide reception of Wan’s “The Conjuring,” which marked the largest opening ever for an original horror movie.
The film went on to make more than $319 million worldwide and still remains the second highest grossing original horror movie of all time, second only to “The Exorcist.”
PATRICK WILSON as Ed Warren in New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “THE CONJURING 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Matt Kennedy) |
Rounding out the cast are Frances O’Connor (TV’s “The Missing”) as the single mom, with Madison Wolfe (TV’s “Zoo”) and newcomers Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley and Benjamin Haigh as her children; Maria Doyle Kennedy (TV’s “Orphan Black”); Simon Delaney (TV’s “Roy”); Franka Potente (TV’s “The Bridge”); and Simon McBurney (“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”).
The screenplay is by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan.
Peter Safran and Rob Cowan, who previously collaborated on “The Conjuring,” are producing.
The executive producers are Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter.
VERA FARMIGA as Lorraine Warren and PATRICK WILSON as Ed Warren in New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “THE CONJURING 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Matt Kennedy) |
Reuniting with the director from “The Conjuring” are production designer Julie Berghoff, editor Kirk Morri, costume designer Kristin Burke, and composer Joseph Bishara.
New Line Cinema presents a Safran Company Production, a James Wan film, “The Conjuring 2.”
Scheduled for release on June 10, 2016, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.