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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of the film and television production company Atomic Monster. Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise. Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Howling Death is a 2022 American action film directed by David Twohy and produced by David Fincher from a story by him and Twohy. It was written by Matt Reeves and edited by James Wan, and is the first installment in the Chronicles of Mister Wolf film series. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Emma Stone, John Krasinski, Tyrese Gibson, David Morse, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Rooker, and Laurence Fishburne. The Howling Death was released on October 11th, 2022, to generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the direction, visual style, music, cinematography, action sequences, story, depiction of the wilderness, and Skarsgård's performance, but the script, violence and runtime were criticized. The film was a box-office success, grossing $819 million against a production budget of $178 million, advertisement costs of $200 million, and a break-even point of $150 million. Its success prompted Twohy to proceed with planned sequels, and the first sequel, The Chronicles of Mister Wolf, was released 2 years later.
