Mckenna Grace, who can next be seen in Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House,” has been cast as one of the leads in New Line Cinema’s third Annabelle, we learned over the weekend, and THR updates on the project today with the news that Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star Madison Iseman will co-star.
Grace will play Judy, the Warrens’ young daughter who becomes a target of the demonic doll, Annabelle. Iseman will be playing Judy’s babysitter.
The third installment in the lucrative New Line horror franchise is gearing up to shoot next month with additional casting coming together now. The project remains untitled.
Gary Dauberman, known for his scripts for It: Chapter 1 and 2 and The Nun, wrote the screenplay and will make his directorial debut. Horror supremos James Wan (for Atomic Monster) and Peter Safran (for The Safran Company) are producing. Michael Clear is executive producer.
During Comic-Con’s ScareDiego event, Dauberman said of the latest Annabelle installment, “It really picks up with the Warrens bringing Annabelle to the place where it can really no longer wreak havoc, which is their artifact room. But, of course, it turns out she can also wreak havoc there.”
“It’s basically Night at the Museum with Annabelle!” added Wan at the time.
Annabelle 3 comes alive on July 3, 2019.
