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James Wan
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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of…
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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of the film and television production company Atomic Monster. Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise. Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2027
Seasons
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2027
Untitled Blair Witch Film
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2027
Paranormal Activity 8
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2027
The Revenge of La Llorona
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2026
Other Mommy
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2026
Insidious: Out of the Further
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2026
Soulm8te
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2026
Backrooms
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2026
Mortal Kombat II
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2026
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
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2026
56 Days
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2025
The Copenhagen Test
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2025
True Haunting
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2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites
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2025
M3GAN 2.0
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2025
The Monkey
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2024
Teacup
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2024
Salem's Lot
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2024
Night Swim
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2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
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2023
Saw X
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2023
The Nun II
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2023
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2023
Insidious: The Red Door
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2022
M3GAN
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2022
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles
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2022
Archive 81
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2021
I Know What You Did Last Summer
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2021
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
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2021
There's Someone Inside Your House
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2021
Malignant
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2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
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2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
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2021
Mortal Kombat
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2020
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
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2019
Annabelle Comes Home
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2019
Swamp Thing
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2019
The Curse of La Llorona
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2019
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
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2019
Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman'
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