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Third ‘Annabelle’ Film Will Bring to Life Every Spooky Artifact in the Warren Museum!
The third Annabelle comes full circle, it was revealed at last night’s ScareDiego event at the ongoing San Diego Comic-Con.
You see, the first film was a spinoff from James Wan’s The Conjuring and introduced the doll as one of the many haunts preserved in the Warren Museum. The two Annabelle films worked themselves backward, while it’s now been confirmed by our on-site reporter (Rafael Motamayor) that the third will take place present day and return to the famous mantle that’s locked away at the Warren’s. Gary Dauberman is writing and directing the sequel, which is described as “Night at the Museum, but with demons,” as Annabelle activates everything in the Warren Museum and terrorizes their daughter.
As previously reported, Dauberman is the writer behind the first Conjuring spinoff, Annabelle, and its prequel Annabelle: Creation. He also worked on It, New Line’s smash hit adaptation of the Stephen King novel, and is working on the follow-up, It: Chapter 2. Among other projects, he is also writing and producing a big-screen take of the horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark for Paramount.
John R. Leonetti directed the first movie, initially a spin-off from Conjuring, while David F. Sandberg, who is now helming Shazam!, directed the prequel, Annabelle: Creation. After the prequel was a hit, it was apparent that New Line had another franchise on its hands.
The new Annabelle installment is on the fast track for New Line, which has set the film’s release for July 3, 2019.
To recap, the Universe so far contains:
- The Conjuring (2013)
- The Conjuring 2 (2016)
- Annabelle (2014)
- Annabelle: Creation (2017)
- The Nun (2018)
Michiel Huisman (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Cary Elwes (Saw), Corey Stoll (“The Strain”), and Alfonso Herrera (“The Exorcist”) have all joined Zack Snyder‘s Rebel Moon.
This latest round of casting comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.
Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Sofia Boutella, Rupert Friend, Stuart Martin, Jena Malone, Staz Nair, E. Duffy, Charlotte Maggi, and Sky Yang also star.
In addition to directing, Snyder is also co-writing the script with Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead) and Kurt Johnstad (300). The film has been referred to as “an epic sci-fi fantasy.”
Here’s the plot synopsis for Netflix and Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon…
“A peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius. Desperate people dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them make a stand.”
“This is me growing up as an Akira Kurosawa fan, a Star Wars fan,” Zack Snyder recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s my love of sci-fi and a giant adventure. My hope is that this also becomes a massive IP and a universe that can be built out.”
In fact, THR recently noted, the story was originally a Star Wars pitch!
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