Stories by @benpopplewell

Sword of the Ancient World (Video Game 2025)

Set in Ancient Britain in 725 BCE during the Iron Age of Civilization as a fantasy background. Domhnall, a member of the Catuvellauni, a player, a leading protagonist and a fictional character of Sword of the Ancient World, the first action and stealth video game developed by Ubisoft from warfare to victory with several side quest missions, treasures, drinking challenge and many more to explore an early Iron Age Britain.

Anna Popplewell in Around the World in 40 Days

Anna Popplewell attempts to emulate the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to circumnavigate the globe in 40 days without flying. Popplewell is the first woman to become a female presenter and narrator after Michael Palin's retirement.

Year Zero (2026)

Based on a True Story about the Khmer Rouge who took power between 1975 and 1979. A Young American Researcher David Wilson plans a trip to Cambodia to study as a doctor who falls in love with the Vietnamese interest Linh Hoa Bao in early April 1975 just before the Khmer Rouge took power on 17 April. The Nightmare begun when David feels that Pol Pot's government forces are about to arrest both him and Bao for their crimes against Angkor, until Wilson defeats a nightmarish villain that stands in his way on 7 January 1979.

A Dog's Life

A new story about Anna Baker and her dog Pearl in the early 20th century Edwardian England.

The Pacific with Anna Popplewell

Anna Popplewell embarks on another epic journey of exploration and adventure, this time 15,000 miles through 18 countries around the Pacific ocean.

The Conjuring: Last Rites (2024)

In 1986, After the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship led by a brutal dictator Baby Doc fled to France. Gaston Perrault which was played by Giancarlo Esposito, a new antagonist that was introduced to the Conjuring Universe who was the former chief of the Tonton Macoute, a bokor and a witch who has moved to New England and met the Warren Family played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga along with their daughter Judy played by Sterling Jerins and her best friend Rebekah played by Rachel Skarsten about a new evil entity that a new voodoo ritual possession practiced by Perrault is to sacrifice his victims before The Warrens defeated him with a Haitian Vodou spell.

Good Dog

A new story of Anna Baker and her beloved dog Pearl in the 19th century Victorian Britain.

The Conjuring 4

The fourth instalment from The Conjuring franchise has been revealed as The Conjuring: Last Rites. The announcement was made during the CinemaCon event that took place in Las Vegas. The Conjuring franchise stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Giancarlo Esposito will later be casted to play Gaston Perrault, the former chief of the Tonton Macoute While the director of the fourth instalment is yet to be revealed, it is highly likely that James Wan who backed and helmed the first film, might return to helm the film."With the Conjuring films, we are very precious about [them]. And so we kind of want to just take our time to make sure we get it right and to make sure the emotion of the Warren stories that we want to tell, and moving into, and potentially wrapping up, we just want to make sure that it's the right thing, the right story that we're telling," James was quoted as saying earlier. However, the makers did not confirm if The Conjuring: Last Rites will be the last part of the horror franchise. It was the first Conjuring film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures internationally along with the North American distributor Warner Bros. Pictures and the production companies of New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions and The Safran Company.

A Dog's Tale

A Story about Anna Baker and her dog Pearl in the late 19th century Victorian England.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites will cast Giancarlo Esposito as he will be on the role of the former chief of the Tonton Macoute, a bokor and an evil witch who lives in New England after he was forced to be exile in the United States as he first met The Warrens in 1986 after the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship from his native island country of Haiti. The Conjuring: Last Rites was the first film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures along with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

In October 2022, a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was revealed to be in development. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick would write the script, while James Wan and Peter Safran would return as producers. Wan later confirmed that Wilson and Farmiga would reprise their respective roles. In April 2023, during CinemaCon, the film's title was revealed. In June 2023, it was announced that Paramount Pictures will become an international distributor while Warner Bros. Pictures will become North American along with New Line Cinema. It is the first Conjuring Universe in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. In September 2023. Giancarlo Esposito will join the cast as he will portray Gaston Perrault, the former chief of the Tonton Macoute who was exiled to New England in the United States in the early 70s.

The Conjuring Universe

The Conjuring Universe is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of supernatural horror films. The franchise is produced by New Line Cinema, the Safran Company, and Atomic Monster Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in North America and Paramount Pictures Internationally. The four films that are directed by Michael Chaves are The Curse of La Llorona (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Nun 2 (2023) and Soulless Dead (2027). Soulless Dead was the first film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures along with production company of New Line Cinema. Captain Gaston Perrault was the new main antagonist of Soulless Dead which was portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito who will play an evil chief of the Tonton Macoute secret police in Haiti under the regime of Papa Doc Duvalier in 1968.

Battle Royale (U.S. remake)

It is a remake of the Japanese dystopian action horror film and best-selling novel by Koushun Takami of the same name: In 2047, the U.S. government has passed the "BR ACT" to curb the nation's juvenile delinquency, which takes a random class of delinquent students and send them to the Battle Royale games where only one survivor gets to make it out alive, thus becoming a good citizen of the United States. follows a group of junior-high-school students forced to fight to the death by the United States totalitarian government which was ruled by military dictatorship.

Soulless Dead (2027, part of the Conjuring Universe and prequel to The Nun)

In the 1960s tropical Caribbean nation of Haiti during the reign of François Duvalier in 1966. an African-American doctor Hakeem Lambert who is approached by a pharmaceutical company looking to investigate a drug used in Haitian Vodou to create zombies by an evil Captain Gaston Perrault, a bokor and the chief of the Tonton Macoute secret police who has warned Lambert to leave Haiti after he fell in love with a Haitian doctor Céline Babineaux in the North Coast of Cap-Haitien.

Every Dog Needs A Girl To Love

The story of Pearl, a black Great Dane who lived with his wondeful mistress and a kind governess Anna Baker who also loved dogs in her life especially when Pearl is a wonderful companion to her.

The Conjuring Villains

Villains from The Conjuring Universe horror film franchise, including the main The Conjuring films, the spinoff and Annabelle films, and the short fan films that won the "My Annabelle Creation" contest and were made a part of the series' official canon. The newest eleventh installment of the franchise and prequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in 2027 named Soulless Dead introduced the new villain and antagonist who played the chief and captain of the Tonton Macoute secret police named Gaston Perrault which was played by Giancarlo Esposito who is a powerful witch and a black magic practitioner who turned people into zombies after he became a torturer in the 1960s Haiti during the reign of Papa Doc Duvalier.

The Great British Isles with Anna Popplewell

After a lifetime of travels that have taken her across the globe after Michael Palin retires, Anna Popplewell is making her first journey as she travels around the UK exploring the wonders of the country she calls home.

Soulless Dead 2027

Soulless Dead, a prequel/spin-off to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and the eleventh installment of the Conjuring Universe will take place in the Caribbean nation of Haiti under a brutal dictatorship during the reign of a voodoo tyranny François ''Papa Doc'' Duvalier and the secret police The Tonton Macoutes in the late 1960s. The new African-American male protagonist named Hakeem Lambert was introduced to the Conjuring Universe where he was threatened by the feared Tonton Macoute Gaston Perrault, a powerful witch and a torturer where he took the souls of many of Haitian people as Hakeem and his love interest Céline Babineaux have battled the wills against Perrault who has turned into zombie after Hakeem was poisoned by the powder before ending up in the Hospital at the American Embassy by Dr. Alan Murphy

Soulless Dead (2027)

Soulless Dead as part of the prequel of the Conjuring Universe will take place in the late 1960s tropical island nation of Haiti under a brutal dictatorship of a voodoo tyrant François ''Papa Doc'' Duvalier and the secret police The Tonton Macoutes where evil spread among many Haitians especially an African American protagonist like Hakeem Lambert who was the main victim of Duvalier's drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies and to help many of Hakeem's people escape to the U.S. at the beginning of 1970s.

Bullworth: Sticks and Stones (Video Game 2028)

Welcome to Bullworth. You are a part of an urban and rural crew for any single players like you and your job through the night is to put this criminal and gang activities out of business. This is where you come in to be one of the good or bad guys to kill and shot the gang leader until dawn once you completed the regions of Bullworth in New Hampshire including Blue Skies, Old Bullworth Vale and New Coventry of the Heart of New England in Northeastern United States.