Director James Wan Talks Possibilities Of MALIGNANT Sequel

Some fans loved it. Other fans down right hate it. Either way, James Wan had a hit at the box office with his most recent horror romp, Malignant. Today we learn that a sequel COULD happen…under the right circumstances.

Speaking with our friends over at Comicbook.com the director/writer/producer, chimed in on what his idea for Malignant was and how fans can actually make a sequel happen.

When asked about the divide the movie made among horror fans, Wan had this to say: “Well, going into it, I knew that it was a very specific kind of horror film that I wanted to make. I knew that I wasn't necessarily going in to make an outright, across the board, mainstream-mainstream genre film that I guess I've become known for. But I've always said that pretty much everything that I've made has been things that are personal to me and I make the movies that I want to see, at the end of the day.”

“I knew I wanted to do something in the same spirit as Insidious and Saw.”

“I guess I just made a movie that was super charged in that direction that the rest of the mainstream crowd were like, "What the f-ck is this movie? We thought we were getting another supernatural ghost story from James like The Conjuring," but instead, they got something different, and I think that did turn a big chunk of people off, but like I said, I feel like in between my big movies, this is where I have the opportunity to take the chance to do something different, to not make a movie that just adheres to the norm of commercial filmmaking. I still want to make a commercial movie. It's still a film with a traditional beginning, middle, and an end, but that doesn't mean that I cannot have all this really fun stuff in between it.”

He also goes into brief detail on what fans can do to get a Malignant sequel off the ground.

“…for the fans out there that want more of the films, that they should start a groundswell movement. Start a hashtag of a Malignant sequel.”

Well, I think that can be arranged as social media always has a big sway when it comes to studios. Look what it did for the Snyder cut of Justice League? Or getting Amber Heard semi-removed from Aquaman 2…anything can happen with the help of social media these days. When we see a Malignant sequel though, still remains to be seen.

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