Annabelle 2 is an upcoming 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by David F. Sandberg, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is the sequel to the 2014 film Annabelle, the second entry in the Annabelle film series and the fourth installment overall in The Conjuring film series. The film stars Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 11, 2017. br br br The story is focused on a dollmaker and his wife, whose daughter tragically died twenty years earlier, as they decide to open their home to a nun and several girls from an orphanage that has been closed. The dollmaker's possessed creation Annabelle sets her sights on the children and turns their shelter into a storm of horror.