25 Most Hotly Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2018 - Ranked

25. The Nun

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Warner Bros.

Release Date: September 7

Billed As: The latest entry into the fast-expanding Conjuring franchise, serving as a spin-off to 2016's The Conjuring 2, focusing on the origins of the terrifying demon nun known as Valak.

Hype: Aside from the trainwreck that was the first Annabelle movie, the Conjuring series has served up consistently scary-fun times to date. With franchise Godfather James Wan producing The Nun while rising filmmaker Corin Hardy (The Hallow) directs and the cast is headlined by Taissa Farmiga and Demián Bichir, it's easy to be fairly optimistic.

In the very least, it'll explain where Valak came from and deliver some solid suspense set-pieces. Plus, it's hard to ignore the possibility that there's going to be some familial link between Taissa Farmiga's young nun character and her real-life sister Vera, who of course plays Lorraine Warren in the main Conjuring movies.

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