'Annabelle' sequel gets a new title: 'Annabelle: Creation'

March 30 (UPI) -- Director David F. Sandberg has confirmed via Twitter the title for his upcoming horror movie will be Annabelle: Creation.

Asked by a fan if it was his idea to change the previous title of Annabelle 2, Sandberg tweeted: "Yes. I was fine with 2 but they said it implied more of the same, which it isn't. Creation works though. Worse options were thrown around."

Starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Miranda Otto and Anthony LaPaglia, the film is a sequel to 2014's Annabelle. The fourth installment in The Conjuring franchise is set for theatrical release on Aug. 11.

"In Annabelle: Creation, several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle," a synopsis said.