Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu kūleʻa o kāna hiʻohiʻona studio mua, 2016's Ka Lā, luna hoʻokele ʻO David F. Sandberg ua hoʻopiha ʻia me nā makana. Ua koho ʻo ia ʻO Annabelle: Ke hoʻokumuʻana, kahi e ʻimi ai i ke kumu o ka pēpē Annabelle i hōʻino ʻia. ʻO kahi prequel i ka 2014's ʻO Annabelle, a ʻo ke kiʻi ʻehā i Hoʻohiki kiapolō ka hua'ōlelo, ʻO Annabelle: Ke hoʻokumuʻana kikowaena ma kahi mea hana pēpē a me kāna wahine e hoʻokipa nei i kahi nun a me kekahi mau kaikamahine mai kahi hale makua i pani ʻia e noho me nā kāne ma ko lāua hale mahiʻai Kaleponi. Lawe koke ʻo Annabelle i ka hoihoi i kekahi o nā kaikamahine. I Mei, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kamaʻilio ai me Sandberg, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni koʻikoʻi loa o kāna hanauna.

DG: He aha ka mea i hoihoi ai iā ʻoe i kēia papahana?

DS: Aloha! Nā mea he nui. ʻO ka mea mua, kākau moʻolelo a Gary Dauberman, ʻoiai kāna moʻolelo kaʻawale ponoʻī mai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a aloha wau i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ka manawa, a me nā huapalapala. A laila aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o ka hana ʻana, e like me ka hiki ke kī ma ke kahua kani (ma ka Warner Bros. lot ʻaʻole emi). ʻAʻole wale ia e like me ke ʻano o ka hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni aʻu i manaʻo mau ai, hāʻawi ia iā ʻoe i ke kūʻokoʻa he nui e hiki ai ke neʻe i nā paia a hana i nā ʻano neʻe like ʻole o ka pahupaʻiwikiō.

DG: ʻO David, he aha ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā kiʻi āu i lawe ai a me kāu mea kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i ka hiʻohiʻona a me ke kani o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: Makemake au e manaʻo ia i ke kula kahiko. Loaʻa ka lōʻihi a me kahi ʻōlelo cinematic kahiko hou aʻe. A ʻoiai he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kēia, makemake wau e ʻike ʻaʻole makaʻu mākou e hele i ka pōʻeleʻele ke pono. ʻO ia kahi mea a ka luna paʻi kiʻi ʻo Maxime Alexandre i hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai ai iaʻu — ʻaʻole makaʻu ʻo ia e hele i ka pouli. He pā wau i kāna hana mai ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni āna i kī ai, Haute Hoʻolaha, no laila he mea pīhoihoi ke hele pū me ia.

DG: David, pehea e hōʻeha ai ka ʻuhane o Annabelle i kēia kiʻi, a pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i ka helehelena o ka pēpē, kona ʻano, i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: ʻĀ, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike iā Annabelle iho e neʻe, pono ʻoe e hana me kāna mau hōʻeha. I kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻano hewa ka ʻino i loaʻa iā Annabelle. Hoʻohana pinepine ia i ka mea a ka poʻe e makaʻu ai e makaʻu iā lākou. Ua hoʻololi iki ʻia ka nānā ʻana o ka pēpē maoli i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mai ko James Wan manaʻo mau ʻana i kona nānā iki ʻana ma luna o ka makaʻu o luna. ʻAʻole nui nā keiki e makemake i kahi pēpē Annabelle i loko o ko lākou lumi. No laila he mau hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu hou aʻe kāna, akā hiki iā ia ke nānā ke hoʻoweliweli ke pono ʻo ia. Ua makemake au i ka mana o ka pēpē i loaʻa nā maka kanaka maoli no kēlā manaʻo keu ke nānā aku iā ʻoe.

DG: Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i nā pilina e kū nei i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma waena o ka mea hana pēpē a me kāna wahine, ka nun a me nā kaikamahine, a me Annabelle, pehea lākou e hui ai i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: Kupanaha loa ka mea hana pēpē, ʻo Samuʻela, a me kāna wahine, ʻo ʻEsetera. ʻAʻole loa ʻo ia e haʻalele i kona lumi, a ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou inā he kāne maikaʻi a kanaka ʻino paha. ʻO nā kaikamahine makua ʻole i ka mālama ʻana a Sister Charlotte, hauʻoli wale lākou i ka noho pū ʻana o kahi home, ʻoiai ʻike lākou i ka hale a me ka weliweli o Samuel. Aia kahi lumi a Samuʻela i ʻōlelo ai ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke komo, akā ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hana a kekahi o nā kaikamahine, ʻo Janice, i hoʻokahi pō.

DG: David, pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i ka "hana" a Annabelle, ko Annabelle kumu maoli i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: ʻAʻole ia he kūikawā maoli. ʻO ia ka mea mua āu e ʻike ai i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a ke kuhikuhi nei mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia kekahi o nā pēpē Annabelle. ʻOi aku ka mea e pili ana i ka mea e hiki mai ana ma hope, ma hope o kona loaʻa ʻana a hoʻokuʻu ʻia.

DG: ʻO David, he aha kāu hiʻohiʻona punahele a i ʻole ke kaʻina i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: Ke hui mua paha ʻo Janice i ka pēpē Annabelle. Makemake au i kēlā kaʻina no ka mea ʻoi aku ia e pili ana i ka weliweli ma mua o ka makaʻu lele. Aia kekahi kaʻina leʻaleʻa me kahi hāpai piʻi e leʻaleʻa.

DG: ʻO David, e like me Annabelle i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1967, i ka manawa hea kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a pehea ka manawa o ka manawa e pili ai i nā poʻe, ka moʻolelo, a me ka hoʻokalakupua āu i lawe mai ai i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea mua i hana ʻia ma 1970 maoli. Me kēia, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻōlelo i ka makahiki, akā ʻo nā mea kōkua a me nā lole a pau i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1957. ʻO ia kekahi mea aʻu i makemake ai e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻAʻohe kelepona paʻalima e hōʻino ai i kāu kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēlā manawa hāʻawi ʻia mai iaʻu kahi kala e hoʻāʻo a hele aku no kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku ka maʻamau. E kī aku iā ia e like me kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kahiko. Paʻi ʻia nō ia i ka digital, akā ua hoʻohui mākou i ka palaoa kiʻi 16mm i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e hoʻohui i ka manaʻo kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kahiko.

DG: Pehea kou manaʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻO Annabelle a me ka Hōʻuluʻulu nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a he aha kāu e manaʻo ai e ʻike ka poʻe e hoʻoweliweli a hoʻoweliweli hoʻi e pili ana i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

DS: Kohu mea he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻO Annabelle. Loaʻa iā ia kahi laulā nui aʻe. Ua like paha ia Hoʻohiki kiapolō mamua o ʻO Annabelle, akā mau nō kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ponoʻī. ʻAʻole hoʻokumu ʻia kēia moʻolelo ma nā hihia maoli e like me The Conjuring, no laila hiki iā mākou ke hele a pupule me ka mea e hana ʻia i nā ʻano ʻilihuna.

DG: ʻO David, he ʻokoʻa ke kuanaʻike kūikawā o ke kuhikuhi ʻana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i mua o kahi prequel, he aha ka hana nui loa āu i kū ai i mua o ke kiʻi ʻana?

DS: Ke hana nei me nā keiki. ʻAʻole ma o lākou iho — he pīhoihoi loa lākou. Mea hoʻolaʻa nui a hoʻoweliweli hoʻi. Akā he ʻeha nā hola kau palena i loaʻa. Me nā mākua, hele mau ʻoe a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu mea e makemake ai. Akā me nā keiki, aia kahi zero hola. Ke pau ka manawa, pau. Aia kekahi mau mea a mākou e ʻoki pōkole ai, a i ʻole loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e pono ai. Akā, ʻo kā lākou mau hana i kūpono ai.

DG: David, aia kekahi mea hoʻomanaʻo i ke kiʻi ʻana i kū i kou manaʻo ke nānā ʻoe i hope i kēia ʻike āpau?

DS: ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi ʻole ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua. ʻAʻole wau i makemake e kī i nā hiʻohiʻona o ke kaʻa ʻōhua ma ke kahua ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona e like me ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo. Ma kahi, ua kī aku mākou iā ia ma kahi kaʻa ʻōhua maoli i waho ma ka wao nahele. Wela, leo nui, ʻehuehu a me ka pōʻino ke hoʻi a hoʻi i kēlā me kēia kiʻi, akā ʻaʻole naʻe e like me ka pana ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO kēlā mau puʻupuʻu āpau i ke ala he ʻoiaʻiʻo.

ʻO Annabelle: Ke hoʻokumuʻana hōʻea i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ʻAukake 11.