New "Silent Hill" Movie in Works

A new movie from the Silent Hill franchise is in the works.

The movie, titled "Return to Silent Hill", was announced during a recent livestream dubbed the Silent Hill Transmission. 

Christophe Gans, who helmed the 2006's movie adaptation "Silent Hill", will direct the upcoming project.

"Return to Silent Hill" will follow the events of the video game "Silent Hill 2".

It is centered around a young guy coming back to Silent Hill, where he has known great love, but what finds is a pure nightmare.

Victor Hadida, who served as an executive producer on the first movie, is set to produce "Return to Silent Hill". 

Months before the official announcement, Gans spoke about the possibility of a new Silent Hill movie.

"The script for a new Silent Hill movie [is] totally independent from the two previous movies made and respects the way Silent Hill has evolved. Silent Hill is a bit like Twilight Zone, the Fourth Dimension, a place where anything and everything can happen," he noted.

"I worked on a new Silent Hill which is a Silent Hill of the year 2023 since the film would be released next year… in 2023… and not a Silent Hill as I imagined it in 2006," added Gans.

"Return to Silent Hill" will be pure psychological horror, featuring new and familiar monsters, with fan favorites like Pyramid Head receiving a modern update. 

During the live stream, Hadida noted that the intention for the movie is to make it modern, but also very true to the video game.

The first Silent Hill movie starred Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Jodelle Ferland, and Alice Krige and grossed over $100 million against a $50 million budget. 

It spawned a sequel, "Silent Hill: Revelation", in 2012 and is considered to be far inferior to its predecessor by most fans. 

Several new Silent Hill games were also announced. 

Among these video game titles is "Silent Hill: Townfall", which is partially being developed by Annapurna Interactive, and "Silent Hill: Ascension", which hails from Bad Robot Games. Additionally, the prequel "Silent Hill f", which will be set in 1960s Japan, was also announced.

All three games have received teaser trailers.

 A remake of the Silent Hill 2 video game was also revealed along with its teaser trailer. 

The Silent Hill video game franchise was created by video game director Keiichiro Toyamain in 1999. It consists of eight games, not including the upcoming titles.