


Jeremy Davies will also have a supporting role in the film as the father of the two children at the center of the story. You may also recognize Ransone from his role as grown-up Eddie Kaspbrak in the 2019 horror sequel It: Chapter Two. Hawke isn’t the only returning player for the film as James Ransone, who also worked with Derrickson on Sinister, will have a role in the film as well. Outside of Sinister, Hawke isn’t a newbie to the horror genre having also had roles in genre pics such as The Purge and Daybreakers. The Black Phone won’t even be Hawke’s only villainous role in 2022 as he will also be playing an unknown villain opposite Oscar Isaac in the Marvel Studios Disney+ series Moon Knight. Hawke had previously worked with Derrickson on Sinister where played the lead role of a father whose daughter becomes enamored by a murderous deity known as Bughuul. Hawke has long stayed away from playing villains on screen, making it a personal rule for himself, but Derrickson was clearly able to convince Hawke to break that rule. On top of all of that, several of Hill's works were also adapted into episodes of the Shudder anthology series Creepshow.Įthan Hawke stars as the unhinged serial killer the Grabber, clad in a variety of kooky outfits and demonic masks. In The Tall Grass, which was based off a novella Hill wrote with his father King became a movie on Netflix directed by Vincenzo Natali and featured horror veteran Patrick Wilson. Hill's novel NOS4A2 was adapted into an AMC series with Star Trek star Zachary Quinto co-starring alongside Ashleigh Cummings. The series stars Darby Stanchfield, Jackson Robert Scott, Emilia Jones and Connor Jessup and recently debuted its second season with a third season already on the way. Hill's comic series Locke & Key was turned into a hit series on Netflix after being stuck in development hell for years. Hill's novel Horns was turned into a movie in 2014, which was directed by Crawl filmmaker Alexander Aja and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, and Max Minghella. This won't be the first adaptation of one of Hill's works. If you are interested in checking out the short story before seeing the movie, it can be found in Hill’s short story collection 20th Century Ghosts. In fact, The Black Phone is based on the 2004 short story of the same name written by Joe Hill, the son of legendary horror author Stephen King.
