The Black Phone 2 confirms Ethan Hawke's return and summer 2025 release date

The Black Phone
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Ethan Hawke is set to reprise his role as The Grabber in upcoming horror sequel 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Black Phone 2, as Blumhouse announces the return of several of the original movie's cast members๊. Curious, really, given how the first film wrapped up...

Written by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doctor Strange duo C. Robert Gargill and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Scott Derrickson, and directed by Derrickson, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Black Phone is based on Stephen King's son Joe Hill's short story of the same name, and made over $161M worldwide fro💙m a $16-18m budget. So it's no wonder Univ🅠ersal are keen to turn it into a franchise... 

It centers on Finney Shaw, a 13-year-old boy who gets abducted by a sadistic killer and꧒ locked inside a soundproof basement. At first, the youngster's chances of escaping seem cripplingly slim. But when the disconnected phone on the wall starts ringing, and he learns that The Gr🍎abber's murdered victims are on the line trying to help him, he realizes all hope is not lost.

Warning! Spoilers for The Black Phone follow.

The Black Phone

(Image credit: Universal)

In the end, Finney escapes a grisly fate by practicing how to fight back, with the enc🎉ouragement of one of the Grabber's ghostly victims Vance. Vance tells Finney how to pack the disconnected phone they've been talk💞ing to one another one with dirt, so that it's heavy and can be used as a weapon. 

After the Grabber kills his own brother Max (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:IT: Chapter Two's James Ransone) with an axe when he attempts to free Finney, the murderer sets his sights on the kid. Using the pit he'd previousꦿly dug into the concrete floor, and other bits and pieces around the room, Finney overpowers the Grabber and snaps his neck with the phone cord, seemingly fatally, which has us wondering how the sequel wi🔯ll bring him back.

Of course, prequels are always pretty popular these days, but with Mason Thames back as Finney, we can't see how that'd be an option. Other returning players include Jeremy Davies, Miguel Mora, Madeleine McGraw, ♔as Finney's sister Gwen, with whom he reunites at the end of the previous film. 

In the same report,ღ via , Blumhouse confirmed that The Black Phone 2 will be released on June 27, 2025, so we'♌ve got a long while to wait before we find out where the follow-up will take things.

In the meantime, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror movies of all time, or our guide to the most exciting 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming horror movies heading our way. 

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