Like the first Annabelle: Creation trailer, this second preview of the film is loaded with tension, atmosphere and thrills. But soon after the couple takes in a nun and group of orphaned girls who were shuttered from their home, the doll and the evil spirit that lives within begins to rear its ugly head. The presence of who the couple thought was their daughter's spirit starts with small sightings, and works its way into asking permission to manifest itself in one of the dollmaker's creations. While the new trailer for A nnabelle: Creation includes footage from the first official trailer released in April, the followup gives more insight into the story of a dollmaker (Anthony LaPaglia) and his wife (Miranda Otto), and how the tragic loss of their young daughter led them to pray for to see her again. started to build up the hype for the film this week with the release of new images and a theatrical poster, and now, the film's second trailer. And with the release less than two months away, Warner Bros. Despite the doll's limited screen time, the impressions it left on audiences were unforgettable, which naturally explains why the character got its own spinoff movie Annabelle in 2014.Īfter Annabelle's whopping global take of $256.8 million (against a paltry $6.5 million budget), the evil plaything is coming back with a vengeance with Annabelle: Creation on August 11, in a followup film that explores the origins of the doll before the events of the 2014 film.
Without question, one of the creepiest characters in the first Conjuring movie from 2013 was Annabelle, a vintage doll that wreaked havoc in the opening scenes from the film before demonologists Ed and Elizabeth Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) saved the day and safely encased the doll in a glass case in their occult museum. Sandberg directs from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, who also wrote Annabelle.Īnnabelle 2 hits theaters on May 19, 2017.The creepy doll from The Conjuring is establishing her evil presence in the second trailer for Annabelle: Creation. Sandberg (Lights Out) and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan (The Conjuring movies), stars Stephanie Sigman (Spectre), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave), Lulu Wilson (upcoming Ouija 2, Deliver Us From Evil), Philippa Anne Coulthard (After the Dark), Grace Fulton (Badland), Lou Lou Safran (The Choice), Samara Lee (Foxcatcher, The Last Witch Hunter), Tayler Buck, with Anthony LaPaglia (TV’s Without a Trace) and Miranda Otto (Showtime’s Homeland, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy). In Annabelle 2, several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmakerand his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.Īnnabelle 2, directed by David F.
It’s a good indicator of what’s in store, tonally, for the rest of the film. Obviously this first trailer for Annabelle 2 doesn’t do much in terms of the film’s plot, but it does a solid job of setting the tone and creating a wealth of tension despite the action taking place off screen. The plot was all over the place and aside from a few jump scares, felt all over the place. The Conjuring really wasn’t about the doll’s possession, and despite the marketing focusing on it, only took up a little bit of screentime. Annabelle has always been interesting to me, mostly because it has such an odd place within these movies.