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Black Phone 2, Universal’s sequel to its 2022 scary deed The Black Phone from head Scott Derrickson, is group to statesman streaming exclusively connected Peacock connected January 16.
This comes pursuing nan film’s October theatrical merchandise to complete $132M worldwide.
Directed by nan returning Scott Derrickson, who again wrote nan book pinch partner C. Robert Cargill, Black Phone 2 sees nan return of nan sadistic serial slayer known arsenic The Grabber (Ethan Hawke), watching arsenic he torments Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond nan sedate by menacing his sister Gwen (Madeline McGraw). Haunted by horrific visions, nan teens group retired to extremity their psychological torture only to uncover a disturbing concealed arsenic they face a slayer who has only grown much powerful successful death.
Produced by Jason Blum, Derrickson, and Cargill, it’s nan 2nd of 2 films based connected nan short communicative by Joe Hill, who served arsenic exec producer. Jeremy Davies was portion of nan returning cast, on pinch Thames, McGraw and Hawke, pinch Demián Bichir among nan newcomers.
Set successful 1978 Colorado, 2021’s The Black Phone sees nan awkward 13-year-old Finney abducted by The Grabber and subsequently held captive successful a soundproof basement, wherever he discovers a disconnected achromatic rotary phone. Mysteriously, nan telephone originates to ring, and Finney hears nan voices of The Grabber’s erstwhile victims, who connection him proposal and clues to escape. Meanwhile, Finney’s sister Gwen experiences psychic visions that mightiness thief find him.
Hailing from Universal, Blumhouse and Derrickson & Cargill’s Crooked Highway, nan wide acclaimed supernatural scary pic grossed complete $161M worldwide, emerging arsenic a sleeper deed amid nan comeback from Covid. The movie besides made Deadline’’ database of nan astir profitable movies of its twelvemonth pinch an estimated nett of $68M.
