As if going up against a xenomorph in Alien: Covenant wasn't enough terror, Demian Bichir has another scary story in his future, as he's nabbed the lead role in The Nun, the latest spin-off for the ever-expanding Conjuring horror movie universe.
Corin Hardy is in the director's chair for the film, which will explore more about the demonic nun character that Conjuring 2 director James Wan added during reshoots on the scary film, using it to terrify Vera Farmiga's Lorraine Warren.
Not much is known about the plot for the new movie, which has a script by Wan and Gary Dauberman, save that Bichir will be a priest named Father Burke who is dispatched by Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun.
With Hardy planning to crank the cameras this summer in Romania, The Nun already has a Stateside release date set for 13 July next year. In other Conjuring spin-off news, Annabelle: Creation is out here on 11 August. And Alien: Covenant will unleash its scares on 12 May.