With a third Annabelle movie currently in development, the threequel has moved to add Mckenna Grace to its ranks.

Via Deadline, the young actress – who can currently be seen in Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House – is to play the role of Judy Warren in the to-be-titled film. That role has been played by Sterling Jerins in The Conjuring and its sequel, but Grace will be tackling the role as she comes under attack from the titular doll in Annabelle 3.

Gary Dauberman will make his directing debut with the movie, following his impressive writing work on IT and The Nun. Plot-wise, we’ll pick things up with the Warrens having placed Annabelle in their supposedly safe artefact room. From there, she’ll end up causing all kinds of chaos for young Judy and her two babysitters.

In addition to being the third Annabelle movie, this picture will of course be the sixth to exist in the “Conjuring Universe”. Including this year’s The Nun, this shared spooky realm has taken over $1.5 billion at the global box office.

At present, this new Annabelle effort is set for a July 3rd, 2019 release.

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