Demián Bichir has signed on to The Black Phone 2, the sequel to Scott Derrickson’s supernatural horror starring Ethan Hawke.

Deadline reviews that Demián Bichir is about to hitch the cast of The Black Phone 2, the extremely anticipated sequel to Scott Derrickson’s supernatural horror film.

Exactly who Demián Bichir will play in The Black Phone 2 is being saved beneath wraps, however he joins authentic cast members Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora, who’re all returning for the sequel. Scott Derrickson is returning to direct, and he additionally co-wrote the script with C. Robert Cargill. Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps, however I’m intrigued to see what the sequel will carry. The first movie adopted “Finney Shaw, a shy however intelligent 13-year-old boy, who’s kidnapped by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement the place screaming is of little use. When a disconnected cellphone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s earlier victims. And they’re useless set on ensuring that what occurred to them doesn’t occur to Finney.“

Joe Hill, who wrote the quick story on which the movie relies, knew a sequel would occur as quickly as he noticed the masks of The Grabber, the serial killer performed by Ethan Hawke. “As soon as I saw the mask, which was designed by Tom Savini and Jason Baker, as soon as I saw the mask I thought, ‘If this film is a hit, there’ll be a sequel,’ because the mask is so iconic,” Hill mentioned. “It is like Freddy Krueger’s glove, it’s like Michael Myers’ masks, it’s this factor the place it’s the imagery, iconic imagery, that haunts folks’s sleep. And, look, in horror, guys like Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, and Frankenstein, and Dracula, none of these guys keep buried. They all claw their approach out of the grave for a sequel after which a threequel.“

Bichir was not too long ago seen starring alongside Salma Hayek in Without Blood. The movie, which was written and directed by Angelina Jolie, follows a girl who comes nose to nose with the man who murdered her father and brother years in the past however spared her life. Without Blood premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Universal has slated The Black Phone 2 for an October 17, 2025 launch.