Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Mason Thames (Doctor Strange), Madeleine McGraw (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jeremy Davies (LOST) and Miguel Mora (The Black Phone) are all set to reprise their roles for The Black Phone 2. When Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone defied the post-pandemic box-office landscape to gross $161M worldwide, off a Blumhouse-level budget of […]
The Black Phone will ring again as sequel set for 2025
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have announced that The Black Phone will ring again as a sequel to the 2021 hit horror movie is set to arrive in cinemas in June 2025. Based on a short story by Joe Hill, The Black Phone was directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) from a script by his […]
Movie Review – The Black Phone (2022)
The Black Phone, 2022. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone. SYNOPSIS: An abducted teenager uses a mysterious phone to communicate with previous victims of his captor. When one looks back at Ethan Hawke’s career, which spans an impressive four decades, it’s quite obvious that the […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was completely rewritten “from scratch” after Sam Raimi’s hiring
15 years on from Spider-Man-3, director Sam Raimi makes his return to the Marvel universe next year with the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the fan-favourite filmmaker having stepped in as a late replacement for Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson who left the project due to creative differences with Marvel Studios. […]
Doctor Strange writer C. Robert Cargill on why Scott Derrickson left the Marvel sequel
It feels like a lifetime ago that Scott Derrickson left the project that would become Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Since director Sam Raimi jumped aboard the upcoming Marvel Studios film, it has taken on a new life of its own but the memory of what Derrickson could have done still lingers. In […]
Sinister’s Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill to adapt Joe Hill’s The Black Phone
According to a report from Discussing Film, director Scott Derrickson is teaming with his Sinister and Doctor Strange screenwriter C. Robert Cargill for an adaptation of Joe Hill’s The Black Phone at Blumhouse. Published in Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts short story collection, the synopsis for The Black Phone reads: John Finney is in trouble. The […]
Doctor Strange writer reveals that Jessica Chastain turned down a role in the film
Before joining the X-Men franchise in Dark Pheonix, Jessica Chastain was offered a role in Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange but ultimately turned down the role because she was more interested in playing a Marvel superhero than a supporting character. In an interview on Junkfood Cinema (via ComicBook), Doctor Strange writer C. Robert Cargill revealed Chastain was offered the role of Christine Palmer, […]
Scott Derrickson to direct Bermuda Triangle thriller, Chris Evans circling lead role
Doctor Strange and Sinister director Scott Derrickson is set to rewrite and direct the long-in-development Bermuda Triangle thriller, Bermuda, for Skydance. According to Variety, Derrickson will direct and executive proudce Bermuda while rewriting the script alongside his writing partner C. Robert Cargill. Additionally, Derrickson won’t be the only Marvel Cinematic Universe alum joining the project as it is also […]
Scott Derrickson returning to R-rated horror after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange and Sinister director Scott Derrickson has revealed he will be making his return to the R-rated horror genre after he has finished production on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Recently, Derrickson took to Twitter to announce his return to horror with his long-time collaborator C. Robert Cargill, who co-wrote Doctor Strange and the Sinister series […]
Doctor Strange screenwriter reportedly signs on for sequel
Back in December it was confirmed that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is officially on board the sequel to Marvel’s 2016 origin story for the Sorcerer Supreme, and now That Hashtag Show is reporting that he’ll be joined by his Sinister and Doctor Strange screenwriter C. Robert Cargill. Details on Doctor Strange 2 are scarce, […]
