New Line Cinema has released the official trailer and poster for horror thriller The Nun II, the next chapter in the story of The Nun, the highest-grossing entry in the juggernaut $2 billion The Conjuring Universe.
1956 – France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. Opening in theaters on September 8, the sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.
Taissa Farmiga (The Nun, The Gilded Age) returns as Sister Irene, joined by Jonas Bloquet (Tirailleurs, The Nun), Storm Reid (The Last of Us, The Suicide Squad), Anna Popplewell (Fairytale, The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy) and Bonnie Aarons (reprising her role from The Nun), surrounded by an ensemble cast of international talent.
Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) directs from a screenplay by Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing (Eli, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) and Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant), with a story by Cooper, based on characters created by James Wan & Gary Dauberman.
The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and Atomic Monster’s James Wan produce, continuing their collaboration as filmmakers on all of the previous Conjuring films.
The Nun II is executive produced by Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Victoria Palmeri, Gary Dauberman, Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Michael Polaire.
Joining Chaves behind the camera are director of photography Tristan Nyby (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Dark and the Wicked), production designer Stéphane Cressend (Les Vedettes, The French Dispatch), and editor Gregory Plotkin (2022’s Scream, Get Out).
There’s also visual effects producer Sophie A. Leclerc (Finch, Lucy) and costume designer Agnès Béziers (Oxygen, The Breitner Commando), with composer Marco Beltrami (2022’s Scream, Venom: Let There Be Carnage) providing the score.
The Conjuring Universe is the highest-grossing horror franchise in history with $2+ billion worldwide. Globally, four of The Conjuring Universe titles have earned more than $300 million worldwide each and all seven have each grossed more than $200 million. The Nun is the top-earning film in the franchise with more than $366 million worldwide.
New Line Cinema is presenting an Atomic Monster / Safran Company production. Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute The Nun II, which is set to open in North America on September 8, 2023 and internationally beginning 6 September, 2023.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.