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Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga start filming 'The Nun' in Romania

By Karen Butler
"The Nun" star Demian Bichir is seen at the 73rd annual Peabody Awards in New York City on May 19, 2014. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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May 6 (UPI) -- Production has begun in Romania on The Nun, a horror movie set in The Conjuring universe, New Line Cinema announced.

Starring Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga and Bonnie Aarons, The Nun is produced by James Wan, director of The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2.

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The Hallow filmmaker Corin Hardy is directing the new picture, which is set for release on July 13, 2018.

"When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate," a plot synopsis said. "Together, they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned."

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