Did James Wan Directing Conjuring 3?

James Wan, who directed the first two Conjuring movies and produces this threequel, hand-picked filmmaker Michael Chaves to oversee this latest horror movie following his work on 2019's Conjuring universe-adjacent The Curse of La Llorona.

Why is the conjuring 3 Not Directed by James Wan?

Wan adds that his desire to create a brand new horror story—one that certainly has an original new menace at its center​​—is what led him to step away from one of his most successful previous undertakings. “There's a reason I didn't come back to do Conjuring 3,” he admits.

Did conjuring 3 actually happen?

As in the previous Conjuring movies, the events are treated as fact so it makes sense that the movie takes creative licence with the real-life events after the murder to provide a satisfying conclusion. As director Michael Chaves puts it, the Warrens believed what happened to Johnson was true.