The director of “The Black Phone,” Scott Derrickson, has hinted at the possibility of a sequel – but only under one condition.
The horror film is about Finney (Mason Thames), who fights for his life after being kidnapped by the Grabber (Ethan Hawke). During his captivity, Finney notices a mysterious black phone that he uses to communicate with his kidnapper’s previous victims.
The film received positive reviews and good box office numbers following its release last summer, leading to rumors that a sequel could be in the works. Derrickson hinted that he would return for a sequel – but only if Hawke reprises his role.
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“(Black Phone 2 is) possible. It’s not certain yet, but when it’s certain, you’ll be the first to know,” he told ComicBook. “I can tell you this much: I wouldn’t do a Black Phone sequel without Ethan – I don’t think it would make any sense.”
Although there is no concrete news about a sequel yet, Derrickson has previously spoken about the ending of the film, in which the ghost of Robin (Miguel Cazarez Mora) appears in physical form.
The original script called for Finney and Robin to interact via the titular phone before a later change was made. However, Derrickson revealed that the change almost didn’t happen.
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“A day or two before we shot this … it suddenly hit me out of the blue. I thought, ‘Oh, the audience wants to see this boy again. We need to see him again. It won’t feel right if we don’t see him again,'” he recalls.
“I asked, ‘Where’s the boy?’ (Mora) and they said, ‘We just flew him home.’ I said, ‘Get him back. You have to fly him back.’ I think a good director always has an open ear to hear what this movie really wants to be. When you do that, sometimes you can make decisions that are bigger than yourself.”
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