Posted by ReallyScary.com on April 17, 2010 Variety reports Summit Entertainment paid mid- against high-six figures for The Conjuring, a thriller pitch from the writer brothers Chad and Carey Hayes.

Deal comes with life rights to the Perron family, whose experiences in their Rhode Island home informs the film, and Ed and Lorraine Warren, experts in paranormal activities who investigated and battled the activities occurring in the Perron household and did the same in the cases that inspired The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut.

The bidding was reportedly aggressive, with New Line and Screen Gems also in the mix.

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Summit Picks Up Rights to The Conjuring

Posted by ReallyScary.com on April 17, 2010 Variety reports Summit Entertainment paid mid- against high-six figures for The Conjuring, a thriller pitch from the writer brothers Chad and Carey Hayes.

Deal comes with life rights to the Perron family, whose experiences in their Rhode Island home informs the film, and Ed and Lorraine Warren, experts in paranormal activities who investigated and battled the activities occurring in the Perron household and did the same in the cases that inspired The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut.

The bidding was reportedly aggressive, with New Line and Screen Gems also in the mix.

Posted under Horror News

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