‘The Nun 2’: Anna Popplewell & Katelyn Rose Downey Board New Line Sequel
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia franchise) and Katelyn Rose Downey (Clean Sweep) have signed on to star alongside Taissa Farmiga and Storm Reid in New Line’s The Nun 2 — the sequel to 2018’s global blockbuster The Nun, which came in as the highest-grossing film out of the Conjuring Universe to date.
The original film watched as a priest with a haunted past (Demián Bichir) was sent by the Vatican along with Sister Irene (Farmiga), a novice on the threshold of her final vows, to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Corin Hardy directed from a script by Gary Dauberman, which was based on his story written with James Wan. Details as to the sequel’s plot are being kept under wraps, though Farmiga will reprise her role as Sister Irene.
And though unconfirmed, we hear that Popplewell will play Marcella, a school teacher at St. Mary’s School in France and a widowed, loving mother to 10-year-old Sophie — presumably to be played by Downey.
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