Netflix isn’t the one studio dropping shock content material on followers this weekend. On Sunday night in the course of the CCXP Pageant in Mexico Metropolis, Blumhouse revealed a chilling trailer and poster for The Black Cellphone 2, the sequel to Scott Derrickson’s 2021 horror movie starring Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a baby serial killer with a mysterious telephone within the basement of the jail the place he retains his victims.
Based mostly on a brief story by Joe Hill, The Black Cellphone is 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 useless set on making certain that what occurred to them doesn’t occur to Finney.
The Black Cellphone 2 trailer is terrifyingly trippy, with Hawke’s Grabber returning in a seemingly metaphysical capability, no less than at first. Because the thriller surrounding the Grabber’s destiny takes maintain, Finn should come head to head with the killer he thought was useless and buried.
Scott Derrickson wrote the screenplay for the primary movie with C. Robert Cargill, and Derrickson and Cargill additionally wrote the script for The Black Cellphone 2. They’re additionally producing the sequel with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Ryan Turek. The sequel will see the return of Mason Thames (Learn how to Practice Your Dragon) as Finney Shaw, Madeleine McGraw (Secrets and techniques of Sulphur Springs) as Finney’s sister, Gwen, and Jeremy Davies (Justified) as their dad, Terrence. Ethan Hawke (Moon Knight) will likely be reprising the function of the kid killer often known as The Grabber. Miguel Mora (The Black Cellphone) returns because the brother of certainly one of The Grabber’s victims. On the similar time, Demián Bichir of The Hateful Eight performs a camp supervisor, whereas Arianna Rivas (Promenade Dates) performs Bichir’s niece. Anna Lore (Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines), Maev Beaty (Beau is Afraid), and Graham Abbey (Below the Banner of Heaven) are current additions to the forged.
Right here’s the official synopsis for The Black Cellphone 2 courtesy of Blumhouse:
“Ethan Hawke returns to probably the most sinister function 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 often 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 circle of relatives’s historical past. Collectively, she and Finn should confront a killer who has grown extra highly effective in loss of life and extra important to them than both might think about.”
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