‘Malignant’ Reunion? James Wan Sends Annabelle Wallis a Tease: “Watch This Space”

James Wan has something brewing for Annabelle Wallis, and she sounds ready to follow him into another movie. The question is which one.

In a new profile with The Hollywood Reporter, Wallis revealed that Wan recently reached out with a message that leaves plenty of room for speculation.

“James actually sent me a message the other day: ‘Annabelle, watch this space. I’m about to tell you something,’” Wallis said. “So, for the fans out there, who knows? He might ask me to trust him again, and I bloody will. I cannot wait to see what James brings to me.”

Could it be the long-discussed Malignant sequel? Or does Wan have some other secret role in mind? Wallis doesn’t identify a project, and her comments don’t establish that a role is officially lined up. But it’s fun to consider the possibilities.

Wallis has built a substantial part of her film career in horror. She starred in Annabelle, the first Conjuring spinoff, which Wan produced, before joining Tom Cruise in The Mummy. That movie failed to launch the planned Dark Universe of interconnected monster films, but Wallis’ relationship with Wan continued.

According to THR, it was her subsequent performance in The Loudest Voice that impressed Wan ahead of casting her in Malignant. She played Laurie Luhn opposite Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) as Roger Ailes in the Showtime series.

Then came one of the most ridiculous third-act reveals in modern horror.