Originally introduced in the opening scene of The Conjuring, Annabelle is the kind of movie doll that looks so terrifying that no sane human being would own it in the first place. There are a number of seriously talented genre filmmakers toiling away on the festival and direct-to-video circuits. Considering how small the budget was on the first movie and what a sure thing a sequel will be, New Line and producer James Wan should take a chance on a young and hungry filmmaker with something to prove. The news comes to us from The Tracking Board, who report that original screenwriter Gary Dauberman has been brought back to pen the sequel. However, original director John Leonetti may not return for part two, so the search may be on for someone new. So congratulations on not being that, Annabelle 2.įor everything we know so far about the next adventure of that demonic doll, hit the jump. The fact that we're getting news of a sequel now and not a year ago is shocking. The horror genre, after all, is no stranger to franchises that move at the speed of light and milk the goodwill of fans the world over. It was also a massive hit, grossing $256 million worldwide against a budget of only $6.5 million. Annabelle was a pretty solid little horror movie whose greatest sin was being a spin-off of the far superior The Conjuring.

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