Fast & Furious 7's world-conquering box office means James Wan can pretty much do what he likes these days. But he hasn't forgotten his smaller-scale roots, and what he clearly still likes is horror. Already working on The Conjuring 2, he's now also set his sights on a new version of the 1983 horror **The Entity{
The Conjuring's Chad and Carey Hayes will write the screenplay, finding a new spin for the tale of the demon-abused single mother and her sceptical psychiatrist. Based on a true story - of course - the original's director was Sidney J. Furie (The Ipcress File, Superman IV, Iron Eagle) whose stars were Barbara Hershey and Ron Silver. Martin Scorsese thinks it's one of the scariest films ever made. So no pressure there for the Hayes brothers.
Wan won't direct this one, since he currently has his hands full of Enfield Poltergeist and may also be diving towards **Aquaman. Instead, he'll take a producer role much as he did on Annabelle and Demonic, joining forces with Roy Lee (who in turn is also working with Cary Fukunaga on **It).
The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist starts shooting in the autumn. The Entity is further away at present. In fact, while it's not among the real-life Warren casefiles, it's not outside the realm of possibility that it could be being earmarked as The Conjuring 3...