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Ethan Hawke and the original cast answer the call for The Black Phone 2

November 29, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

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 […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Miguel Mora, Scott Derrickson, the black phone, The Black Phone 2

The Black Phone will ring again as sequel set for 2025

October 30, 2023 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blumhouse, C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson, the black phone

Movie Review – The Black Phone (2022)

October 3, 2022 by admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Jeremy Davies, Joe Hill, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Scott Derrickson, the black phone

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was completely rewritten “from scratch” after Sam Raimi’s hiring

June 10, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

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. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Waldron, Sam Raimi, Scott Derrickson

Doctor Strange writer C. Robert Cargill on why Scott Derrickson left the Marvel sequel

May 29, 2021 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scott Derrickson

Sinister’s Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill to adapt Joe Hill’s The Black Phone

October 29, 2020 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson, the black phone

Doctor Strange writer reveals that Jessica Chastain turned down a role in the film

March 30, 2020 by Liam Waddington

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, […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Doctor Strange, Jessica Chastain, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Scott Derrickson to direct Bermuda Triangle thriller, Chris Evans circling lead role

March 5, 2020 by Liam Waddington

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 […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Bermuda, C. Robert Cargill, Chris Evans, Scott Derrickson, Skydance

Scott Derrickson returning to R-rated horror after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

December 10, 2019 by Liam Waddington

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 […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson

Doctor Strange screenwriter reportedly signs on for sequel

January 27, 2019 by Gary Collinson

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, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: C. Robert Cargill, Doctor Strange, doctor strange 2, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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