According toThe Numbers, his directorial work alone has generated over $4 billion worldwide.
Wan’s horror pet projectMalignantmay haveunderperformed, but he shows no signs of exiting the genre anytime soon.
He’s still producing TheConjurversefranchise and has an adaptation of H.P.
Lovecraft’sCall of Cthulhuin development too.
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With Wan taking over, it feels like it mightfinallyhead before cameras.
The first attempt with Landis was supposed to focus on two creatures; one kind and one evil.
There was a time during the 1980s whenGremlinsdirector Joe Dante became attached to the project too.
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Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) briefly replaced Jackson, before exiting to focus on other films.
Guillermo del Toro was next in line, with a 2002IGNarticle confirming he was directing.
Ross was replaced by Breck Eisner, but this remake was ultimately derailed by the 2007-2008 Writers Strike.
Wan knows how to make crowd-pleasing movies that also never water down the scares.
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A cameo for Gill-man was scripted for 2004’sVan Helsing, but the sequence was later cut.
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