Details regarding the plot and production of Insidious 3 are slowly surfacing, and the most recent updates suggest that the film will be very different this time and not be based on the Lambert family.

Third Film to Be 'A Lot More Like Part One Than Two;' Director For Film Revealed?

Leigh Whanell, who wrote the first two films, has been giving away a few details but very cautiously. The script for the film is completed. In a recent interview with Screenrant Whanell said that the film is not based around the Lambert family anymore.

"[Producer] Jason Blum will probably kill me if I say anything," he said. "But I can say that it's not based around the Lambert family anymore, it's not Rose Byrne's character -- which I actually really liked, going back and just wiping the slate clean and starting over again. It felt like writing the first film, 'cause you weren't bound to any particular character. ... It felt really good."

Insidious 3 Release Date 2015 Revealed

It was also revealed that Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne will not be reprising their roles from the last two films.

James Wan who collaborated with Whanell on the last two films, will also not be directing this film. Wan recently revealed that they had found a new director for the film.

Insidious: Chapter 2 was released on Sept. 13 and topped the U.S. box office scoring $41.1 million over in its opening weekend. The film stars Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, and Barbara Hershey reprised their roles from  the first film in the series. 

The first film followed the story of the haunted Lambert family, whose son inexiplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for demons. In Insidious: Chapter 2, the married couple try to explore the secrets that tie them to the paranormal world and the demons that possessed their son.

Entertainment One, FilmDistrict, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will be developing the third chapter of the micro-budgeted franchise. Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions) will be co-producing the third film with Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity). Steven Schneider, Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Peter Schlessel, Lia Buman and Xavier Marchand will come on board as executive producers.

The first installment in the franchise, Insidious, was made for only $1.5 million and released in 2010. The film went on to gross $97 million worldwide. Insidious: Chapter 2 was made for $5 million.

Watch the trailer for Insidious: Chapter 2:

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