"The Black Phone" Release Date Delayed Four Months

Blumhouse and Universal have delayed the release date for Ethan Hawke‘s new horror-thriller movie “The Black Phone”.

The movie will now hit theaters on June 24 instead of its originally scheduled February 4 release date.

“The Black Phone” features Mason Thames in his first film role as Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic killer (Hawke) and trapped in a soundproof basement. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Shaw learns that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims.

The movie is directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay he wrote with longtime collaborator C. Robert Cargill.

It is based on the award-winning short story of the same title by Joe Hill.

“The Black Phone” also stars Jeremy Davis and Madeleine McGraw.

Derrickson, Cargill, and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum are producing the picture with Hill serving as an executive producer.

The movie reunites Hawke with the filmmakers and producer of Blumhouse’s 2012 horror smash “Sinister”.