Even although the primary movie appeared to wrap the story up — and was, in any case, an expanded model of Joe Hill’s quick story — The Black Phone is headed down the sequel route with a lot of the unique forged returning to their roles. Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and Miguel Mora are all again on board for the brand new horror, which is able to as soon as once more come from Blumhouse.
Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who wrote the unique (Derrickson additionally directed), are again on script patrol, although Deadline‘s report does not specify whether or not Derrickson will as soon as extra direct, nevertheless it’s a good wager.
The first movie noticed a 13-year previous boy (Thames) kidnapped by a toddler killer (Hawke’s masked The Grabber) in a suburban neighborhood and locked in a soundproof basement. But that is solely the beginning of the horror — he then begins to obtain calls on a disconnected telephone from the killer’s earlier victims…
Quite the place the writers will take the story this time is anybody’s guess (although Hill’s presence as an govt producer suggests they will be in session with him).
The Black Phone 2 will kick off taking pictures subsequent 12 months, prepared for a 27 June, 2025 launch by way of Universal.
