Again in 2021, Common Footage, Blumhouse Productions, and director Scott Derrickson introduced us an adaptation of the Joe Hill quick story The Black Cellphone (try our evaluate HERE) that appeared to inform an entire story that will stand by itself… however the movie was made on a price range of round $16 million and earned over $160 million on the international field workplace. So, on October 17, 2025, we’ll be getting The Black Cellphone 2. Filming wrapped in January, and with the discharge date now simply two months away, Collider has unveiled a brand new picture from the movie. It encompasses a frosty model of the villain generally known as The Grabber, and you’ll test it out on the backside of this text.
Derrickson wrote the screenplay for the primary movie with C. Robert Cargill, and Derrickson and Cargill have written the screenplay for The Black Cellphone 2 as nicely, with Derrickson returning to the helm. He and Cargill are additionally producing the sequel with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Ryan Turek.
Primarily based on a brief story by Joe Hill, The Black Cellphone centered on Finney Shaw, a shy however intelligent 13-year-old boy, who’s kidnapped by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement the place screaming is of little use. When a disconnected telephone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s earlier victims. And they’re lifeless set on ensuring that what occurred to them doesn’t occur to Finney. In case you’d prefer to learn the quick story that The Black Cellphone relies on, it may be present in Hill’s assortment twentieth Century Ghosts, which you should purchase HERE.
The sequel sees the return of Mason Thames (Easy methods to Prepare Your Dragon) as Finney Shaw, Madeleine McGraw (Secrets and techniques of Sulphur Springs) as Finney’s sister Gwen, Jeremy Davies (Justified) as their dad Terrence, and Miguel Mora, whose solely earlier credit score is The Black Cellphone, as Robin, a buddy of Finney’s who was killed within the first film. Ethan Hawke (Moon Knight) is reprising the position of the child-killer The Grabber. New additions to the forged embody Demián Bichir of The Hateful Eight, Arianna Rivas (A Working Man), and Anna Lore (Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines).
Right here’s the official synopsis for The Black Cellphone 2, courtesy of Blumhouse: Ethan Hawke returns to essentially the most sinister position of his profession as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from past the grave by menacing Finn’s youthful sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her desires from the black telephone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp generally known as Alpine Lake. Decided to resolve the thriller and finish the torment for each her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to go to the camp throughout a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her family’s historical past. Collectively, she and Finn should confront a killer who has grown extra highly effective in loss of life and extra vital to them than both might think about.
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