the first plot details for the nun 2 have finally been unleashed and they promise quite the unholy reunion for the originals sister irene taissa farmiga and jonas bloquets possessed frenchman maurice as part of entertainment weeklys first look at the horror sequel director michael chaves also teased the films new locations this time around the events take place in italy and france rather than romania as sister irene takes a job in a convent to try and move on from her runin with demon nun valak elsewhere maurice signs up to be a handyman at a boarding school in his home country unaware that the titular entity has essentially used him as a human vessel he has a friendship and a flirtation with one of the teachers there and you can see him starting to mature chaves who previously helmed the conjuring the devil made me do it says of the character but we know from the first film that theres something terrible inside of him that valak escaped within him and events pull irene back on this collision course with her old friendyoure not safe anywhere thenun2 pictwittercomq9jzfudpg6july 5 2023see moreelsewhere in the chat which was published alongside the firstlook image above chaves revealed that the last of us star storm reid plays a novitiate much like farmigas character in the first film she is a nun in training and shes debating about whether shes going to take her vows he continuedshes at this pivotal point in her life and she gets pulled along with irene on this mission on this journey hunting down maurice through these horrible events that happenwhile bonnie aarons reprises her role as the eponymous villain who made her big screen debut in the conjuring 2 before getting her own spinoff other franchise newbies joining the returning cast onscreen include katelyn rose downey and the chronicles of narnias anna popplewell from malignant writer akela cooper the nun 2 releases on september 8 while we wait check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming movies coming our way in 2022 and beyond or have a look over our list of best horror movies