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Another horror movie series is becoming a trilogy. The news comes 15 years after the debut of the franchise with the original film.

Per Variety, a third Orphan film has officially been announced. After starring in the first two movies, Isabelle Furhman (Horizon: An American Saga) will return as Esther Coleman. Orphan 3 will also bring back the creative team for 2022's Orphan: First Kill, as writer David Coggeshall (The Family Plan) will pen the script with William Brent Bell (The Boy) returning to direct. Alex Mace of Gnosis Films is producing while David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is executive producing. The film comes from Dark Castle Entertainment, and Lionsgate will launch sales of the project at the American Film Market.

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Watch out — Esther's back! Having been introduced to the world in Jaume Collet-Serra's 2009 chiller Orphan and then given the prequel treatment with 2022's Orphan: First Kill, Isabelle Fuhrman's modern horror icon Esther Coleman is gearing up to return to our screens and wreak havoc upon a new unsuspecting family. Per Variety's exclusive reporting, Orphan 3 is officially in the works at Lionsgate and Dark Castle Entertainment, with the project set to sell at the American Film Market next week.

Orphan: First Kill writer David Coggeshall and director William Brent Bell are both returning alongside Fuhrman for the horror threequel, which will continue the story of the genre's scariest *Spoiler Warning* thirty-something-year-old-in-a-nine-year-old's-body. And whilst plot details for the latest movie remain under lock and key for now at least, Dark Castle Entertainment co-ceo Norman Golightly is already fuelling the Orphan hype train. "Dark Castle is excited to announce another...

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It's been over 10 years since audiences were first introduced to Esther Coleman/Leena Klammer (Isabelle Fuhrman) in "Orphan." The 2009 psychological horror film stunned critics and viewers with its unique storyline, acting performances, and scares, which led to the production of a prequel titled "Orphan: First Kill."

"Orphan: First Kill" takes place before the events of the first film and centers around Esther Coleman/Leena Klammer as she deceives and subsequently terrorizes another family who adopts her. The prequel hit theaters on Aug. 19, but many horror fans are curious as to when and where "Orphan: First Kill" will be available to stream. Here's everything we know about how you can stream the newest Orphan flick.

What Is "Orphan: First Kill" About?

In 2007, 33-year-old Leena Klammer lives with a rare disorder that makes her look like a child. Leena lives in a psychiatric institution in Estonia but escapes...

There's an Orphan prequel in the works that will see Isabelle Fuhrman reprise her as "Esther," who be taking on Julia Stiles this time around. William Brent Bell (The Boy) will direct Orphan: First Kill, which was written by David Coggeshall. The story finds Leena Klammer, who posed as 9-year-old Esther Coleman in the first film, orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and traveling to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. As Leena slips back into life as “Esther,” an unexpected wrinkle arises that pits her against a mother (Stiles) …...