Breaking news this Tuesday morning as Bloody can confirm New Line Cinema will be releasing Annabelle 2 in theaters on May 19, 2017. This would mean yet another horror movie opening in the summer. James Wan’s The Conjuring 2 is going to explode into theaters on June 10th of this year.
New Line has massive confidence in this franchise, which began when The Conjuring destroyed all in the summer of 2013 (July 19) taking in over $300 million worldwide at the box office.
The Annabelle spinoff drew in nearly $250 million in box office revenue.
We broke the news exclusively that New Line is setting their sights on David F. Sandberg (not to be confused with the director of Kung Fury) to get behind the camera on Annabelle 2.
We explained that Sandberg, who is still in talks as of this writing, directed Lights Out for New Line and James Wan’s Atomic Monster. We’ve been hearing that it’s testing through the roof, which is why the adaptation of Sandberg’s short film (below) landed a massive summer release (July 22, 2016).
James Wan’s Atomic Monster is taking over Hollywood. And with The Conjuring 2 opening with his take on The Amityville Horror, could we see that also spun out into its own franchise alongside Conjuring and Annabelle?!