THE BLACK PHONE Director Scott Derrickson says he won’t make a sequel without Ethan Hawke

Director Scott Derrickson’S The black phone it was a great horror movie! The film was an adaptation of the short story by Joe Hilland it’s not hard to see that the world in the story is full of other opportunities to tell stories set in the past, present and future

Derrickson is open to making a sequel, but if he does, that sequel will have to lead Ethan Hawke back to the Grabber. The first film centers on a shy but intelligent 13-year-old boy named Finney who is kidnapped by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When an unplugged telephone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are determined to make sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

When asked about the possibility of a sequel to this story in an interview with CB, Derrickson said, “It’s possible. It’s not a definite thing, but if it becomes one, you’ll be the first to know.” He continued, “I can tell you this, I wouldn’t do a sequel to Black Phone without Ethan. I don’t think it would make sense to do it.”

There was actually talk of a sequel and, in this regard, Hill said: “There have been some really, really interesting conversations about a sequel. And the thing is, as soon as I saw the mask, which was designed by Tom Savini and Jason Baker, as soon as I saw the mask I thought, “If this movie is a success, there will be a sequel,” because the mask is so iconic. It’s like Freddy Krueger’s glove, it’s like Michael Myers’ mask, it’s this thing where there are images, iconic images, that haunt people’s sleep. And, look, to your horror, guys like Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, Frankenstein and Dracula, none of these guys stay buried. They’re all coming out of the grave for a sequel and then a threequel.”

He continued: “There’s been talk about how to make a sequel that doesn’t suck. How to make a sequel that doesn’t detract from the previous film, that is still scary, that is intense, that feels organic. And those conversations have been pretty good. But if I had to provide some details, Scott and [writer C. Robert] In the movie Cargill locked me in the basement and that was it. And the phone doesn’t work. As you know, the phone doesn’t work. I can’t call anyone to come out. So I would refuse to offer any real, granular details about the possible sequel.”

Derrickson also spoke about a sequel in a past interview, saying, “Joe Hill came to me with a wonderful idea for a sequel to Black Phone, and if this movie does well, I’ll do it. He’s got a great idea, I’m really into it.” Joe is very protective and personal about his material, but he came to me with the idea and I thought, ‘This is how you do a sequel to Black Phone. This is fantastic.'”

So, it seems like there’s a good chance that a sequel to The Black Phone will happen. I’m curious what the story will be considering Finney epically killed the Grabber at the end of the film.