Is The Forever Purge the Last Film in the Franchise?
Still from The Forever Purge Image : Universal Pictures  On July 2, Universal Pictures dropped the fifth Purge film: The Forever Purge. Franchise creator James DeMonaco directed the first three films, The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, and The Purge: Election Year, but is the screenwriter for all five films, including The First Purge and The Forever Purge. DeMonaco has kept his films adjacent to whats happening in real life, and The Forever Purge is no different. When talking with EW, the director expressed wanting to add an extra element to the newest film. Advertisement  No joke, I wanted to do a love story, he says. Then [I thought of] this idea of, well, the Purge people would stop listening to any rules. Theyre not even going to listen when the sirens [announce] its over. The idea that its just out of control, you cant contain this violence, anymore. Thats what got me psyched, and coupling that with this love story, and this idea of searching for the American dream all came together.  There have been rumors that this is the last Purge film, and that might have been true at one point, but DeMonaco has done some brainstorming for a possible new film. It was like this is it, my end of America, America is burning. So that was the initial intent. Im going to be complete, and I honest, I came up with something about two months ago. I woke up with a new way that we can keep it fresh and turn the thing upside down. So if the people want it, the ideas in the works, Ive outlined it, so it could happen.  The Purge franchise has staying power and is profitable at the box office. Let us know in the comments. For more, make sure youre following us on our Instagram @io9dotcom