The always busy James Wan follows up Furious 7 with The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, which recently began principal photography. The sequel to the 2013 horror hit continues casting as the cameras roll, and on tap today is the latest news in that department. Read on!
Per Deadline, Australian newcomer Lauren Esposito (below) has signed on to co-star in New Line’s sequel. Details about the character are being kept under wraps for now.
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Simon McBurney, and Frances O’Connor also star in the film. Wan wrote the screenplay with Chad and Carey Hayes, with revisions by David Leslie Johnson.
James Wan returns as director and producer along with Peter Safran and Rob Cowan. Farmiga and Wilson are reprising their roles of real-life paranormal investigating couple Lorraine and Ed Warren. O’Connor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, “The Missing”) will play the mother of a girl who is experiencing a haunting and desperate for help.