Ethan Hawke & Original Cast to Return for "The Black Phone" Sequel

Four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning actor Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora are set to return for the sequel to the hit 2021 supernatural horror movie “The Black Phone”.

Universal and Blumhouse announced the sequel back in October and set its release for June 27, 2025.

The companies say “The Black Phone 2” is the “launch of a sinister new franchise.”

The first movie, directed by Scott Derrickson and co-written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, grossed more than $160 million worldwide and garnered mostly positive reviews. It also won the 2022 Saturn Award for best horror film and the 2023 Hollywood Critics Association Film Award for best horror.

The duo are back penning Black Phone 2 and are producing with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Cargill adapted from Joe Hill’s short story. Hill is an EP on the sequel.

The 2021 movie starred Hawke as a child abductor and murderer called the Grabber and Thames, a 13-year-old boy named Finney who crosses the killer’s path.

The Grabber locks Finney in a soundproof basement, where nobody can hear him or come to his rescue.

The only item in the basement is a disconnected telephone that begins ringing. When Finney answers it, he realizes he’s able to communicate with the spirits of the Grabber’s deceased victims.

The kids’ ghosts teach Finney how to survive and fight back, and he’s able to escape the Grabber’s clutches in the end.

There is no casting or plot information available yet for the sequel.