Taissa Farmiga is returning to star in “The Nun 2” for New Line Cinema and will reprise her role as Sister Irene in the horror franchise that’s part of “The Conjuring” universe of films, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.Michael Chaves,” who directed “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” is on board to direct the sequel to 2018’s “The Nun” that also starred Farmiga. She will also join the previously announced Storm Reid in the cast.The first “The Nun” film was directed by Corin Hardy and is a prequel to “The Conjuring 2.” It explored the origins of the terrifying nun figure introduced, with Farmiga playing a young nun on the verge of performing her final vows and sent to Romania to investigate the death of a young nun and the malevolent force behind another demonic nun.