Synopsis – As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. My Take – I guess we all know by now about one of horror film’s oldest traditions: if a killer sells tickets, they don’t … Continue reading Black Phone 2 (2025) Review!!
Synopsis – As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. Directed – Scott Derrickson Starring – Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Anna Lore Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Black Phone 2’ Trailer Sees Ethan Hawke’s The Grabber Return From Hell!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. Directed – Scott Derrickson Starring – Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Anna Lore Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Black Phone 2’: New Trailer Sees Ethan Hawke Return for Revenge!! Check It Out!!
Since it was announced to be in production back in 2023, Black Phone 2 has kept audiences perplexed surrounding its storyline. It made complete sense why Universal Pictures would want to follow up the 2021 film with a chill-inducing sequel, thanks to the overwhelming positive feedback and the gargantuan financial gain of the first, but the question remained — how will they do it? After … Continue reading ‘Black Phone 2’: New Images Teases The Grabber’s Haunting Return!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A sequel to The Black Phone (2021) Directed – Scott Derrickson Starring – Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Anna Lore Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Black Phone 2’ Trailer Sees The Grabber Return from the Dead!! Check It Out!!
As production continues to roll along apace, another star has answered the call for Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone 2. The much-anticipated horror sequel has added Arianna Rivas to its call sheet, landing her along side the returning ensemble of Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora. She’s the second major new addition to join the project alongside Oscar-nominated horror veteran … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone 2’ Adds Arianna Rivas!!
After The Black Phone premiered in 2022, the Blumhouse horror movie went about terrorizing its audiences in pretty rapid fashion, quickly establishing itself as one of the best horror movies of the decade so far. The Blumhouse offering followed Ethan Hawke‘s maniacal and sadistic killer, The Grabber, whose modus operandi is the abduction and killing of children. Now, ahead of the upcoming sequel announced by … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone 2’ Adds Demián Bichir!!
When The Black Phone premiered in 2022, the Blumhouse horror movie was both a surprise and a terror in equal measure. On the one hand, the film proved to be a massive success, starring Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a sadistic killer who abducts and murders children, The Black Phone, on a low-budget, turned out to be a brilliant commercial play for Universal Studios, grossing … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone 2’ Release Date Delayed to October 17, 2025!!
It’s been three years since word first broke that Pascal Pictures’ Amy Pascal would be behind a remake of the book-turned-film, The Night of the Hunter, and now Scott Derrickson has stepped out of the shadows as the project’s director. The helmer’s attachment is the first major move we’ve seen come for the production, which will serve as an adaption of Davis Grubb’s 1953 novel … Continue reading ‘The Night of the Hunter’: Scott Derrickson to Direct Remake!!
Scott Derrickson will soon be heading back to the director’s chair. After directing the critically acclaimed The Black Phone, franchise producer Ryan Turek tells us Derrickson will, in fact, be the director behind The Black Phone 2. “Yeah, Scott’s coming back,” Turek tells us. “I think it’s too early to talk about anything else regarding that, but yeah [Derrickson’s returning].” Derrickson told us in October … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone 2’: Director Scott Derrickson Confirmed to Return for Sequel!!
After the announcement that Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone will be given a sequel, production companies Universal Studios and Blumhouse have shared that the main cast will be returning for the second film — including Ethan Hawke‘s mysterious villain The Grabber. Slated for a theatrical release date for June 27, 2025, the unnamed project will be the third time Hawke and Derrickson have teamed up … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone 2’: Entire Cast to Return for the Sequel!!
As Five Nights at Freddy’s continues its impressive run at the box office, Emma Tammi‘s video game adaptation has officially become the highest-grossing horror movie of the year. With $113 million at the domestic box office, the movie about a haunted pizzeria beat out titles such as Scream VI and M3GAN to position itself as the most demanded project within the genre. It appears that … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s Has Become the 2023’s Highest-Grossing Horror Film!!
Universal Studios and Blumhouse have announced that a sequel to The Black Phone will be arriving in theaters on June 27, 2025, according to Variety. After the original movie managed to earn $161 million at the worldwide box office when it premiered on the big screen in 2022, it was clear that the studio had yet another potential franchise on its hands. It’s currently unknown … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’ Sequel to Release on June 27, 2025!!
Two titans of the horror genre are coming together to create one giant factory of scares. Per The New York Times, Jason Blum and James Wan are in advanced talks to merge their production companies, Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, which would greatly bolster Universal Pictures‘ catalog of horror. Should the deal go through, Atomic Monster would be brought into the same first-look deal that Blumhouse … Continue reading Jason Blum and James Wan To Merge Companies!!
In the war to rebound back at the movie theaters since the pandemic hit, Universal becomes the first studio to pass $3 billion dollars at the global box office this year — and its the first studio to do so at all since 2019. Deadline reported the news and it is shocking given the success of films like Top Gun: Maverick (which is a Paramount … Continue reading Universal’s 2022 Films Crosses $3 Billion at the Worldwide BO!!
Sony is calling Bullet Train at a $30.1M opening. Some rival studios saw it lower. However, knowing the Culver City studio, they like to underestimate, not overestimate, in their box office gross reporting. Worldwide was $62.5M. Bullet Train made $12.6M on Friday, but that includes $4.6M Thursday previews. That means Friday grossed $8M. Saturday made $9.6M, +20% ahead of Friday, which is a very good sign for … Continue reading ‘Bullet Train’ Speeds to $30.1 Million Opening Weekend at the BO!!
Coming fresh off the success of The Black Phone director Scott Derrickson, his long-time collaborator screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, and producer Sherryl Clark are on board to produce Room 428 for Screen Gems, Deadline has reported. While the plot details of the movie are kept tightly under wraps, The Wretched directors, brothers Brett and Drew Pierce are tapped to write and direct the supernatural horror. … Continue reading ‘Room 428’: ‘The Black Phone’ Team Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, and Sherryl Clark to Produce New Horror!!
The expected summer slowdown is taking its expected course with Warner Bros. animated film DC League of Super-Pets grossing a $9.3M Friday, for a $23M+ opening at 4,314, which is a solid result for a piece of original animation in the marketplace right now, not that far from Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys which did $23.95M and is at $96.6M off an A CinemaScore. Abroad, … Continue reading ‘DC League Of Super-Pets’ Tops with $23M Opening at the BO!!
Nope, despite its B CinemaScore and 79% PostTrak, did not exactly fall apart between Friday and Saturday. If you back out those $6.4M previews out of Friday’s $19.59M, that means the Jordan Peele pic’s first day was $13.19M, and with Saturday at $13.95M, that’s a 6% rise. All of this results in a $44M opening. While not the 17% rise that Us got over its Friday to … Continue reading ‘Nope’ Nabs Jordan Peele His Third Top Spot with $44 Million at the BO!!
The wearing down of the MCU luster is unfortunately being seen, as Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder is having a great fall, with a -68% drop for a second weekend to $46M. And the sequel isn’t even theatrical day-and-date like Black Widow was last year on Disney+. While the Taika Waititi-directed movie improved beyond its high $130M opening estimates last weekend into the $144M range, it’s … Continue reading ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Holds Top Spot Despite 68% Drops While ‘Crawdads’ Opens with $17M at the BO!!
Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder held steady on Saturday, despite those lower than normal CinemaScore and PostTrak exits for a Marvel Cinematic Universe title. The Taika Waititi-directed sequel grossed $42.1M yesterday which is 4% above Friday’s true take of $40.5M (That’s $69.5M less $29M Thursday previews). This will get Thor: Love and Thunder to a $143M opening, per Disney. Worldwide is $302M, just like Nancy and I … Continue reading ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Opens Strong with $143M at the BO!!
As Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru clinches an Independence Day 4-day opening record of $127.9M, the movie’s success this weekend should come as a reminder to many executives, both motion picture and streaming, as well as Wall Street, about the power of the big screen. While it may go without saying, realize that Rise of Gru‘s success here, in addition to being built on the back … Continue reading ‘Minions: Rise Of Gru’ Heading for a Record $128M Independence Day Opening at the BO!!
Synopsis – After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims. My Take – Before he found worldwide recognition by directing the MCU entry, Doctor Strange (2016), writer-director Scott Derrickson was already a well-known name among horror genre, especially for helming The Exorcism of Emily Rose … Continue reading The Black Phone (2022) Review!!
Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick are in a dead heat for No. 1, with both Warner Bros and Paramount respectively calling each film at $30.5M for the weekend. If you boil this face-off down to admissions, box office analytics firm EntTelligence is calling the weekend in favor of Top Gun Maverick, with 2.5M admissions to Elvis’ 2.4M admissions. Industry average weekend estimates show Elvis ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, $30.1M to … Continue reading ‘Elvis’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Battling for Top Spot with $30.5M at the BO!!
Director Scott Derrickson’s much anticipated supernatural horror The Black Phone released a chilling new featurette. In a one and a half minute-long clip, Ethan Hawke gives fans ‘a look inside’ his terrifying new character, the Grabber. After recently playing the antagonist Arthur Harrow on the Disney+ series Moon Knight, Hawke takes another turn at villainy. This time, he is going into serial killer mode as … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: New Featurette Focuses on Ethan Hawke’s Character the Grabber!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims. Directed – Scott Derrickson Starring – Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: New Trailer Sees Ethan Hawke in Serial Killer Form!! Check It Out!!
Director Scott Derrickson is in high demand these days. He recently directed his highly-anticipated return to horror, The Black Phone, and he has three other known directorial projects waiting in the wings. Now, Skydance has tapped him to helm their latest film The Gorge, based on a spec script from Zach Dean, the writer behind another Skydance film, The Tomorrow War. Skydance is remaining mum … Continue reading ‘The Gorge’: Director Scott Derrickson Set to Helm Skydance Feature!!
Scott Derrickson‘s upcoming horror film The Black Phone received a new Finnish poster that seems to have taken a page from one of the director’s previous films. Where the film’s other poster evokes those 1970s and 1980s vibes that are all the rage these days, the Finnish poster instead calls back to Sinister for inspiration, complete with grimy gray walls with black streaks, and the … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: Scott Derrickson Reveals New Finnish Poster!! Check It Out!!
Scott Derrickson‘s horror thriller The Black Phone has just gone retro in a new creepy poster. Retro posters are extremely on-trend right now, and this new poster perfectly evokes those feelings of classic 1970s and 1980s horror films. The poster features lead actor Ethan Hawke with his sinister stone mask. The devilish mask is particularly unsettling with its wide, almost painful-looking smile. The image of … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: Scott Derrickson’s Terrifying New Horror Gets a New Poster!! Check It Out!!
2021 was a great year for horror, with releases like A Quiet Place Part 2 and Halloween Kills keeping genre fans happy. 2022 looks to continue that with another killer year for horror and one of the most interesting releases coming next year is director Scott Derrickson’s supernatural abduction movie The Black Phone. Originally it was set to release on February 4, 2022, but Universal … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’ Release Date Moves to June 24, 2022!!
Over the course of the pandemic, studios have been renegotiating deals with film exhibitors to create new ways for fans to watch upcoming films without risking their health. Now, Universal is changing its distribution as well. Announced Thursday, the streaming service Peacock will now host most feature films from Universal Filmed Entertainment Group as early as forty-five days after their theatrical run. The distribution model … Continue reading Universal Movies to Stream on Peacock After 45 Days of Theatrical Release!!
Synopsis – After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims. Directed – Scott Derrickson Starring – Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’ Trailer Teases Scott Derrickson’s Terrifying New Horror!! Check It Out!!
Ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, Scott Derrickson has released the first poster for his upcoming film The Black Phone starring Ethan Hawke. The poster shows what looks to be Hawke underneath some white face paint and grotesque mask evoking Lon Chaney in London After Midnight. Hawke is no stranger to the horror genre, with films like The Purge and Derrickson’s own Sinister … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: First Poster Teases Scott Derrickson’s Next!! Check It Out!!
Scott Derrickson‘s upcoming collaboration with Blumhouse Productions, The Black Phone, has a release date. The latest horror project from the Doctor Strange director will arrive in theaters on January 28, 2022. The Black Phone’s official release date aligns with the untitled Blumhouse project that was already laid out on the Universal release calendar. Releasing right after Sony’s Morbius, the film stands on its own as … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: Scott Derrickson’s Next Set for January 28, 2022 Release!!
While we wait for the Sinister and Doctor Strange director’s new horror movie The Black Phone, we’ve learned today from Variety that Scott Derrickson has set up his next project. Derrickson will be executive producing “Grace” for Paramount Television Studios under his Crooked Highway banner. The project comes courtesy of writer Joseph Sousa. Variety details, “The story focuses on a man on death row for … Continue reading ‘Grace’: Scott Derrickson to Produce Thriller Series for Paramount Television Studios!!
Ethan Hawke has joined the cast of Blumhouse horror film The Black Phone, which will re-team the Oscar nominee with his Sinister director, Scott Derrickson, as well as co-writer C. Robert Cargill. The Black Phone will also mark Hawke‘s ninth collaboration with producer Jason Blum, a creative partnership that also includes The Purge and last year’s Showtime series The Good Lord Bird. According to Deadline, Hawke … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: Blumhouse Horror Re-Teams Ethan Hawke with ‘Sinister’ Director Scott Derrickson!!
We have learned that Jeremy Davies has been cast in Scott Derrickson’s upcoming film for Blumhouse and Universal, The Black Phone. Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill adapted the script based on Joe Hill’s short story. Derrickson, Cargill and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway production. Joe Hill is an executive producer. Davies recently … Continue reading ‘The Black Phone’: Jeremy Davies Joins the Scott Derrickson Directed Blumhouse Film!!
