John R. Leonetti and produced by Wan and Peter Safran, which reveals the history of the Annabelle doll before the Warrens came into contact with it at the start of the first film. A further prequel, Annabelle: Creation (2017), directed by David F. Sandberg, shows the origins of the demon-manipulated doll. A third Annabelle film, Annabelle Comes Home,