“There’s only so many PG-13 movies I can make before I get bored,” says filmmaker.
“There’s only so many PG-13 movies I can make before I get bored of that.
TheConjuringfilms and theInsidiousfilms are so ghostly and supernatural and they play at a different level of horror.
James Wan.Credit: Matt Kennedy/Warner Bros.
I had so much fun making those films.
My career has kind of dictated what kind of film Ishouldbe doing now.
“I’m sure they were secretly thinking it,” the filmmaker says with a laugh.
Annabelle Wallis in ‘Malignant’.Ron Batzdorff/Warner Bros.
“I don’t know.
I think they were just excited that I was excited, that was the bottom line.
My people know that I’m very much driven by the projects that excite me.
‘Malignant’.Ron Batzdorff/Warner Bros.
Malignantconcerns a woman named Madison who starts having terrifying visions.
“When we first sent her the script I was fingers-crossed hoping that she would be attracted to it.
Am I stalked by a killer?
What’s going on?”
“The shoot was not different from my firstConjuringfilm.
I definitely had more resources to play with.
But at the same time we wanted to not let it get too big.
Saw,Insidious, andThe Conjuringall spawned multiple sequels.
Does Wan have thoughts about more terrifying tales in the world ofMalignant?
“Yes and no,” he says.
“I’ve no idea how movies are going to do these days, right?
I don’t want people to take me for granted.
That’s the bottom line.
I don’t want people to think, oh, he’s a one-trick pony.
Once again, I’m trying to constantly reinvent myself.
I don’t want people to start having a fixed idea of who they think I am.”
Watch the trailer forMalignantabove.
