By Express News Service
Reports are suggesting that filmmaker Michael Chaves, who has beforehand directed The Curse of La Llorona and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is on board to helm the sequel to the 2018 horror movie, The Nun.
Bloody Disgusting reported that New Line Cinema, the studio behind The Conjuring universe, has employed Chaves to direct the second installment, whereas Akela Cooper, who additionally penned James Wan’s Malignant, can be writing the sequel.
The first movie, directed by Corin Hardy, served as a prequel to The Conjuring movies and adopted a priest and a nun who examine unholy happenings in Romania. The demonic nun, named Valak, which was central to the story of The Nun, was initially seen in The Conjuring 2.
Having grossed $365 million, the movie turned the highest-grossing movie franchise. The Nun starred Bonnie Aarons within the lead position and it’s but to be seen whether or not the movie’s forged can be returning for the sequel.