Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson aren’t set to appear in The Conjuring: First Communion, but fans can still catch the duo together in Liam Neeson’s 2018 thriller The Commuter—now streaming on Paramount+ after debuting there on July 1.
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson may be stepping back from the next chapter of their horror legacy, but the reunion some fans have been craving is already here—quietly, on a different streamer, with a different kind of suspense.
In 2025, Farmiga and Wilson reprised their roles as paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren in The Conjuring: Last Rites. Directed by Michael Chaves. the film was inspired by “the case that ended their careers. ” marked an end to the mainline Conjuring franchise. and still managed to land like a shockwave: it scored $500 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing horror film of 2025. For a franchise that seemed ready to close the book, that success only raised the stakes.
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have since confirmed that a new prequel, The Conjuring: First Communion, is officially in development. But prequels don’t usually bring the same characters back into focus—Farmiga and Wilson are very unlikely to appear. and their absence is the kind of missing presence that horror fans feel instantly.
That’s why the current streaming option matters. The Commuter. a 2018 Liam Neeson-led thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. features Farmiga and Wilson together in the same story for fans who want more than trailers and nostalgia. The pair. who starred opposite each other in five films across 12 years in the Conjuring franchise. also share the screen here.
The Commuter didn’t win over everyone when it arrived. It opened to mixed reviews, including a mediocre 55% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Even so. one line from a review captured the film’s energy for those willing to give it a shot: “It may not be as smooth or devilishly clever as a Hitchcock movie. but The Commuter is still exhilarating all the same. ” wrote Matt Goldberg in Collider’s review.
For Conjuring fans, though, it’s the practical hook that hits hardest. The Commuter is the only non-Conjuring movie featuring Wilson and Farmiga—so while The Conjuring: First Communion moves toward a prequel future without them, Paramount+ is giving viewers a chance to keep their dynamic close.
Right now, The Commuter is available to watch on Paramount+, following its debut on the streamer on July 1.
There’s also a reason the switch to streaming has extra pull: The Commuter was built around suspense and momentum. and its numbers suggest audiences leaned in even when critics didn’t fully agree. Against a reported budget of $40 million, it earned $118 million worldwide—$36 million domestically and $82 million from overseas markets. It debuted at #3 at the North American box office. outperforming The Greatest Showman and a debuting Paddington 2. though it lost to The Post and the all-conquering Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
Even with The Conjuring: First Communion in development, the path forward isn’t just about what’s coming next—it’s also about what’s still available right now. And for Farmiga and Wilson fans, that answer is simple: the duo is streaming together again, in The Commuter, on Paramount+.
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson The Commuter Paramount+ The Conjuring: Last Rites Michael Chaves Lorraine Warren Ed Warren The Conjuring: First Communion Warner Bros. New Line Cinema Liam Neeson
So they’re not in First Communion? Lame.
Wait, The Commuter is on Paramount+ now? I thought that movie was like… already everywhere, like Netflix or whatever. Also I don’t get why they’re calling it suspense when it’s just Liam Neeson getting mad on a train.
I’m confused, if Conjuring Last Rites already ended their careers (??) how are they still doing stuff in 2025. Like either it ended it or it didn’t lol. I guess horror movies just reuse the same ghost plot forever.
Honestly Paramount+ always pulls these like “quietly streaming” moves and then everyone pretends they knew. I saw Farmiga/Wilson in the Conjuring stuff and thought that was the whole point, so dropping them from First Communion is gonna hurt. But hey, at least The Commuter has them together, even if the reviews were kinda meh… 55% or whatever. Still weird that a prequel is in development after they said the franchise was ending.