Movie: 'The Conjuring' spinoff, 'Annabelle' in the works

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New Line’s ‘Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘Annabelle’
Casts Its Leads (Exclusive)

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Annabelle Wallis (“Peaky Blinders”) and Ward Horton (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) are set to star in the horror movie

New Line is moving forward with a spinoff of “The Conjuring,” as Annabelle Wallis (“Peaky Blinders”) and Ward Horton are set to star in the low-budget horror movie “Annabelle,” TheWrap has learned.

John Leonetti, who served as the cinematographer on “The Conjuring,” is directing from a script by Gary Dauberman. Peter Safran is producing, while “The Conjuring” director James Wan is among the executive producers.

“The Conjuring” starred Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are called upon to help a Rhode Island family that is being terrorized by a haunted house. The Warrens have a room in their own house full of creepy collectibles and possessed possessions, and among them was a demonic doll named Annabelle.

New Line has a long history of horror hits between the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Final Destination” franchises, though none of those films matched “The Conjuring’s” impressive $318 million worldwide gross.

Wallis starred on the BBC series “Peaky Blinders” and played Jane Seymour in several episodes of Showtime’s “The Tudors.” She recently popped up in BBC America’s miniseries “Fleming,” and her feature credits include “X-Men: First Class,” “Snow White and the Huntsman” and Madonna’s “W.E.” She’s represented by ICM Partners, Untitled Entertainment and United Agents.

Horton, who plays Dean Trayger on the soap opera “One Life to Live,” recently appeared as a broker in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” He’s repped by Don Buchwald & Associates and Industry Entertainment.

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BoyOnBoy Wonder

So not a sequel? I heard the sequel is set in UK.

Latch

Lemme go watch the Conjuring...
I heaven't heard a bad review yet.

GoneHome

Yessss

IStanHard

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Originally posted by BoyOnBoy Wonder

So not a sequel? I heard the sequel is set in UK.

Nope, different director for this one too.

Haus

I wonder how "low-budget" it will be. Insidious only cost $1.5 million to make and it was better than The Conjuring which cost $20 million. Hopefully they don't go generic-exorcism-movie at the last minute in Annabelle like they did in The Conjuring

Penk

Not dolls again.

James Wan other doll movie freaked me out enough, why another.

Still excited tho.

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Originally posted by Haus

I wonder how "low-budget" it will be. Insidious only cost $1.5 million to make and it was better than The Conjuring which cost $20 million. Hopefully they don't go generic-exorcism-movie at the last minute in Annabelle like they did in The Conjuring

All of this.

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Originally posted by Penk

Not dolls again.

James Wan other doll movie freaked me out enough, why another.

Still excited tho.

Was it 'Dead Silence?' Those trailers scared the **** out of me.

Unfortunately the final product underwhelmed me. Slappy from Goosebumps >>>

WillingtonHH

juicyearlobes

Not really excited for this tbh. They need something fresh. All the horror movie plots have already been taken.

Haus

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Originally posted by BTrisc

Was it 'Dead Silence?' Those trailers scared the **** out of me.

Unfortunately the final product underwhelmed me. Slappy from Goosebumps >>>

Yeah Dead Silence was pretty bad. I remember watching it when it first came out and I liked it a lot but then I watched it last year and it was terrible

Ryan Kwanten though

I'm both excited and nervous that James Wan isn't behind this movie. It'll give a fresh perspective but his movies are usually pretty great so I don't know if this will live up to them. Even though The Conjuring got lame towards the end, it was still a high quality movie.

henryevil

The Conjuring was good up until the third act

Alchemist

Jack!

Eh, I'd rather this wouldn't happen. I feel like these sort of spin-off's are silly. I'm not even sure this needs a sequel.

Staryu

here for this

42Osuxx

The Conjuring deserves an Oscar tbh.

DayFusion

Yes.