You’ll have heard that Annabelle the doll is exhibiting up as a fighter in the present comedian guide occasion DC Okay.O., however do you know that this is not the first time that Warner Bros.’ haunted doll has crossed over into the realm of DC?
That is proper – whereas Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and the relaxation of the Justice League have been preventing Steppenwolf, Annabelle was hanging out elsewhere in the DCEU – at the backside of the ocean, particularly. Truthfully, that is actual. If I have been her, I would not get out of mattress for something lower than Darkseid. However this would not be her solely look in the DCEU.
At New York Comedian Con 2025’s Jim Lee & Buddies panel, Lee stated, “So, Annabelle was truly in [the movie] Aquaman — in the rubble in the sea, she’s mendacity in the particles, flotsam, jetsam, no matter that’s. After which, she was additionally in the therapist’s workplace when Shazam talks to the counselor [in Shazam! Fury of the Gods], she’s sitting in the again nook, very creepily.”
It is smart that Annabelle could be haunting the DCEU in silence. The Aquaman motion pictures have been directed – very effectively, thoughts you – by James Wan, the horror juggernaut who additionally made the first two Conjuring movies. If there’s something to anticipate from a James Wan film, it is a banger soundtrack (dropping It is No Good by Depeche Mode in the center of Aquaman is kino), immense directorial enthusiasm, and a sly reference to a different Wan undertaking.
To be clear, Wan did not direct Shazam! Fury of the Gods, however clearly, by the time that film began filming, his affect on the DCEU had been understood. The first Aquaman movie grossed over a billion {dollars} at the field workplace… and perhaps filmmakers believed that it was all as a result of of Annabelle’s presence. Who can say?
Each Aquaman and Shazam: Fury of the Gods are streaming on HBO Max. Annabelle’s look in the DC Okay.O. occasion will happen in a particular concern launched in February 2026.