▁David ▁Les lie ▁Johnson - Mc G old rick ▁h ired ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁screen play . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁W an ▁told ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁that ▁the ▁film m akers ▁have ▁" be en ▁working ▁hard ▁on ▁The ▁Con j uring ▁ 3 ", ▁and ▁that ▁" we ' re ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁script , ▁and ▁still ▁has hing ▁[ it ] ▁out . ▁We ▁want ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁that ▁the ▁script ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁really ▁good ▁place . ▁With ▁how ▁much ▁people ▁have ▁loved ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁[ Con j uring ▁films ], ▁I ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁r ush ▁in ▁to ▁the ▁third ▁one ▁if ▁possible ." ▁By ▁September ▁of ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁producer ▁Peter ▁Saf ran ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁script ▁was ▁near ▁completion ▁and ▁that ▁production ▁would ▁begin ▁som etime ▁during ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁James ▁W an ▁co - w rote ▁the ▁story ▁with ▁David ▁Les lie ▁Johnson - Mc G old rick . ▁ ▁Pre - production ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁The ▁Con j uring ▁ 3 ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁directed ▁by ▁W an , ▁but ▁instead ▁would ▁be ▁directed ▁by ▁The ▁Cur se ▁of ▁La ▁L lor ona ▁director ▁Michael ▁Ch aves . ▁W an ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁im pressed ▁while ▁working ▁with ▁him ▁on ▁The ▁Cur se ▁of ▁La ▁L