WATCH: Evil has its beginnings in “Annabelle: Creation” official trailer

MANILA, Philippines — New Line Cinema revealed the creepy official trailer of Annabelle: Creation on Sunday.

“Annabelle: Creation” has director David Sandberg (Lights Out) helming the follow up to 2014’s hugely successful “Annabelle,” which scared up nearly $257 million at the worldwide box office during its run in theaters. The new film is once again being produced by Peter Safran and James Wan, who also partnered so effectively on “The Conjuring” movies.

In “Annabelle: Creation,” several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.

Sandberg directs from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, who also wrote “Annabelle.”

The film stars Stephanie Sigman (Spectre), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave), Lulu Wilson (Ouija: Origin of Evil), Philippa Coulthard (After the Dark), Grace Fulton (Badland), Lou Lou Safran (The Choice), Samara Lee (The Last Witch Hunter), Tayler Buck in her feature film debut, with Anthony LaPaglia (TV’s Without a Trace) and Miranda Otto (Showtime’s Homeland, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy).

“Annabelle: Creation” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, will be shown in the country on August 10. It is a New Line Cinema presentation and an Atomic Monster/Safran Company production. 

Watch Anabelle's evil beginnings in this new trailer: