Storm Reid has been cast as the lead in New Line’s The Nun 2. It will be the ninth film in The Conjuring Universe.

The Nun 2 is a sequel to 2018’s The Nun, which was a prequel spinoff of The Conjuring 2. Set in a monastery in 1952, the story followed a priest and a young nun, attempting to fight the nun’s evil possessions.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is said the film will once again be set in the 1950s, with the Nun still having not vanished. Reid’s character details are also being kept under wraps.

Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) will be directing. Akela Cooper wrote the screenplay with current revisions by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing. James Wan and Peter Safran are producing via their respective banners, Atomic Monster and The Safran Company. Michael Clear and Gary Dauberman are executive producing. 

The Nun 2 is set for release Sept. 8, 2023.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter