The Conjuring: Last Rites: Release Date, Cast, And Other Things We Know About The Horror Movie Sequel

Fans of the Conjuring movies are not going to want to miss The Conjuring: Last Rites. The title of this upcoming horror movie seems to suggest that this long-running, blockbuster horror movie franchise is officially coming to an end. Well, the future of the Conjuring Universe movies in order is also something we will cover in this guide.

What Is The Conjuring: Last Rites Release Date?

While The Conjuring: Last Rites is coming out just a little early for spooky season on the upcoming 2025 movies schedule (September 5, 2025, to be exact), it is also one of many exciting horror releases set for that summer. For instance, there are two highly anticipated scary sequels due in June – the upcoming “zombie” movie sequel, 28 Years Later, and the return of the dancing killer robot in M3GAN 2.0 – and a new sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer is slashing into theaters the following month.

The Conjuring: Last Rites Cast

As expected, two of the most iconic horror movie actors of their time are returning to lead the Conjuring: Last Rites cast in their beloved roles. Take a look at what else you may know them from and the franchise newcomers joining the ensemble.

Patrick Wilson (Ed Warren)

Patrick Wilson first portrayed real-life paranormal investigator Ed Warren in the original Conjuring from 2013 two years after starring in another haunted house movie favorite from director James Wan called Insidious. The Emmy nominee (for HBO’s 2003 miniseries Angels in America) has also worked with Wan on the Aquaman movies and, in 2023, made his directorial debut with the fifth Insidious movie, Insidious: The Red Door.

Vera Farmiga (Lorraine Warren)

Ed Warren’s wife, Lorraine (who is depicted as a medium in the franchise), is once again played by Vera Farmiga, whose additional roles in 2009’s Orphan and the A&E’s Psycho prequel series, Bates Motel, have earned her undeniable Scream Queen status. Other great Vera Farmiga credits include her Academy Award-nominated performance in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air, Martin Scorsese’s Best Picture Oscar winner The Departed, and playing Kate Bishop’s mother on Disney+’s Hawkeye.

Mia Tomlinson

The Warrens’ daughter, Judy, has been played by Sterling Jerins and McKenna Grace, and rumors suggest she will be played as an adult for the first time in The Conjuring: Last Rites by Mia Tomlinson. The horror flick will mark the British actor’s feature film debut and, according to Deadline, her previous acting gigs include an appearance in dramatized sequences from the Netflix docuseries, The Lost Pirate Kingdom, a TV show called The Beast Must Die, and a pair of short films called Bandits and The Mediator.

Ben Hardy

Deadline also reports that Ben Hardy has joined the Conjuring: Last Rites cast, possibly as Judy Warren’s husband, Tony Spera, if the rumors prove true. The English actor was on the popular U.K. soap opera EastEnders, starred in X-Men: Apocalypse as Angel, and is perhaps best known for drumming with Queen as Roger Taylor in the music biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody.

What The Conjuring: Last Rites Is About

As of April 2025, the plot of The Conjuring: Last Rites still has yet to be revealed, but we can infer that it will take inspiration from one of the alleged case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Speaking of which, the film will mark the end of Wilson and Farmiga’s portrayals of the demonologists. Farmiga would “bid adieu” to her fake marriage to Wilson in an Instagram post commemorating the end of principal photography on the sequel in November 2024.

So, if The Conjuring: Last Rites is serving as a finale for the Warrens’ onscreen counterparts, does that mean it will also serve as a finale for the franchise as a whole? It certainly seemed that way, based on Michael Chavez’s comments to SlashFilm in 2023. However, further information has come out which suggests that is not the case.

Last Rites Concludes The Conjuring Universe's "Phase One”

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter from April 2025, New Line Cinema president Richard Brener echoes Chavez’s previous comments about The Conjuring: Last Rites, but builds on it. He says that the film is the end of what they would call “Phase One” of the Conjuring franchise, adding that there is great potential for more.

He does not go into detail about what to expect from “Phase Two,” and only describes it as TBD. However, there is one forthcoming installment being planned…

There Is Also A Conjuring TV Show Spin-Off In Development

While we do not know when the Conjuring Universe will continue on the big screen after Last Rites, there are plans for the story to continue on the small screen at some point. An upcoming horror TV show spun off from the world of the Warrens has been in the works.

The first word about a Conjuring TV show occurred in 2023. Variety would report that plans for the series were still moving forward, but we are still in the dark over the specific plot of the spin-off or when it will become available to stream with a Max subscription.

Michael Chaves Is Directing The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites will be helmed by the aforementioned Michael Chaves, who is already a veteran of the franchise. He previously made his directorial debut with 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona, before inheriting the reins of the universe’s main series by overseeing The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in 2021.

Fellow Conjuring Universe veteran David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick – also known for penning Orphan and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – is handling the screenplay. As always, James Wan, who is known for helming great horror movies outside of the Conjuring Universe like the first Saw and the original two Insidious films, is producing with Peter Safran.

How To Watch The Previous Conjuring Movies

One of the best streaming services to subscribe to today, especially if you are a horror fan, is Max. In fact, many of the best horror movies on Max come from the Conjuring Universe, including the first three in the central series. See where you can stream all of the installments so far below:

How to watch the Conjuring Movies

It has been one creepy ride with the Warrens so far. See where they end up when The Conjuring: Last Rites haunts theaters this year!