Deadline is reporting that The Conjuring spinoff The Nun will be directed by Corin Hardy, who previously directed the animated short Butterfly, music videos, and horror film The Hallow, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by IFC.
Hardy also is attached to direct The Crow, with Jason Momoa starring, but that film is looking for a new studio after exiting Relativity Studios.
Written by Gary Dauberman and James Wan, and produced by Wan and Peter Safran, New Line Cinema‘s The Nun will be the second Conjuring spinoff after Annabelle, which itself has a sequel coming on August 11, 2017. The Conjuring films and Annabelle have already earned a combined $895 million worldwide. Costing just $20 million to make, The Conjuring earned $318 million worldwide in 2013. The sequel, made for $40 million, grossed $320 million globally. Annabelle, which cost less than $7 million, earned $257 million in 2014.
