{"id":96476,"date":"2017-04-25T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=96476"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:55:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:55:32","slug":"the-conjuring-spin-off-the-nun-casts-taissa-farmiga-in-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/the-conjuring-spin-off-the-nun-casts-taissa-farmiga-in-the-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conjuring spin-off The Nun casts Taissa Farmiga in the lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Conjuring<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s universe is quickly becoming the home of the Farmiga dynasty; <em><strong>American Horror Story<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s Taissa Farmiga has just gone and joined the cast of\u00a0<em><strong>The Nun<\/strong><\/em>, the spin-off of the original\u00a0<em><strong>The Conjuring\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>film which starred her sister Vera Farmiga.<\/p>\n<p>Not much is known about the plot of <em><strong>The Nun<\/strong><\/em> just yet, with story secrets currently being kept under wraps. But the nun herself is thought to be the same nun that appeared in\u00a0<em><strong>The Conjuring 2<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0According to <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/04\/the-nun-taissa-farmiga-vera-farmiga-new-line-the-conjuring-spinoff-1202076195\/\">Deadline<\/a>, the younger Farmiga is set to star as the young nun opposite Demi\u00e1n Bichir (<em><strong>The Hateful Eight<\/strong><\/em>)<em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Writer\/producer James Wan &#8211; and director of both\u00a0<em><strong>The Conjuring\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>films &#8211; announced the news with this kind of adorable tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taissafarmiga\">@taissafarmiga<\/a> to the family! Goal is to work with all the Farmigas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeraFarmiga\">@VeraFarmiga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheNun?src=hash\">#TheNun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/talentedsiblings?src=hash\">#talentedsiblings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlWAKbKq47\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZlWAKbKq47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Wan (@creepypuppet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/creepypuppet\/status\/856558385524654082\">April 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Same, James Wan, same.<\/p>\n<p>The film will be\u00a0<em><strong>The Conjuring<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s second spin-off film after\u00a0<em><strong>Annabelle<\/strong><\/em>, which will also actually soon be getting its own sequel (or rather, sequel) when\u00a0<em><strong>Annabelle: Creation\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is released in August this year. So many sequels, so little time.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Nun<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is being directed by Corin Hardy (<em><strong>The Hallow<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0and produced by New Line. The script was written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman, and Wan and Peter Safran are attached to produce.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Nun<\/strong><\/em><strong> will be in US cinemas on 13 July 2018. It doesn&#8217;t yet have a UK release date. 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