The first The Conjuring film got a spin-off, Annabelle, that was so success it spawned a franchise of its own. So it made sense when it was announced that The Conjuring 2 was going to get two spin-offs. One was The Nun, which did well enough to get a sequel. The other was The Crooked Man. But eight years have passed since The Crooked Man was first announced, and there was no sign that it was ever close to production. Two years ago, producer James Wan confirmed that the project had been scrapped for reasons beyond his control… but in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wan admitted that he would still love to make the film.

Years ago, Wan told Entertainment Weekly that “What we want to do, with the Conjuring Universe, is we want each of our little offshoots to have a very different flavor, right? So, for example,...