Demián Bichir has signed on to The Black Cellphone 2, the sequel to Scott Derrickson’s supernatural horror starring Ethan Hawke.
Deadline studies that Demián Bichir is ready to affix the forged of The Black Cellphone 2, the extremely anticipated sequel to Scott Derrickson’s supernatural horror film.
Precisely who Demián Bichir will play in The Black Cellphone 2 is being stored underneath wraps, however he joins unique forged members Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora, who’re all returning for the sequel. Scott Derrickson is returning to direct, and he additionally co-wrote the script with C. Robert Cargill. Plot particulars are being stored underneath wraps, however I’m intrigued to see what the sequel will carry. The primary movie adopted “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 ensuring that what occurred to them doesn’t occur to Finney.“
Joe Hill, who wrote the brief story on which the movie is predicated, knew a sequel would occur as quickly as he noticed the masks of The Grabber, the serial killer performed by Ethan Hawke. “As quickly as I noticed the masks, which was designed by Tom Savini and Jason Baker, as quickly as I noticed the masks I assumed, ‘If this movie is successful, there’ll be a sequel,’ as a result of the masks is so iconic,” Hill stated. “It’s like Freddy Krueger’s glove, it’s like Michael Myers’ masks, it’s this factor the place it’s the imagery, iconic imagery, that haunts folks’s sleep. And, look, in horror, guys like Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, and Frankenstein, and Dracula, none of those guys keep buried. All of them claw their method out of the grave for a sequel after which a threequel.“
Bichir was not too long ago seen starring alongside Salma Hayek in With out Blood. The movie, which was written and directed by Angelina Jolie, follows a girl who comes head to head with the person who murdered her father and brother years in the past however spared her life. With out Blood premiered on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Common has slated The Black Cellphone 2 for an October 17, 2025 launch.
