Variety is reporting that actress Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Bloodline, Daddy’s Home) has been cast as the lead in New Line Cinema‘s The Children, the latest horror flick from producer James Wan (The Conjuring, Annabelle: Creation).
Michael Chaves (The Maiden) will direct The Children from a script by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis.
James Wan will produce through his Atomic Monster, whose Michael Clear will executive produce.
Cardellini will play a social worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children whose own family may also be in jeopardy.