"Scott Derrickson Is Really Brilliant": Ethan Hawke Celebrates The Black Phone 2 Return Confirmation

With the sequel’s development gaining steam, Ethan Hawke opens up about his confirmed return in The Black Phone 2. The four-time Oscar nominee starred in the 2021 adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name as The Grabber, a maniacal serial kidnapper and killer terrorizing a late ’70s Denver suburb, leaving children in his basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. Co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson, the movie centers on his latest victim as he uses the phone to communicate with The Grabber’s past victims to come up with a plan to escape based on their own efforts.