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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson returned to his roots as a horror filmmaker with the release of The Black Phone<\/a> last month \u2013 serving up a chilling adaptation of Joe Hill\u2019s short story of the same name.<\/p>\n The movie saw him reteam with Ethan Hawke \u2013 who had previously starred in his 2012 film Sinister \u2013 with the Before Sunrise star this time playing against type as a horrifying masked serial killer.<\/p>\n Given it has performed rather well both at the box office and with critics, fans will naturally be wondering if there\u2019s a chance of returning to the world any time soon, and indeed the director himself has hinted at the possibility.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the possibility of a sequel to The Black Phone \u2013 and be warned that there are major spoilers for the first film ahead.<\/p> Given that The Black Phone ended with Ethan Hawke\u2019s villain being well and truly defeated, you might not think there\u2019s much scope for a follow-up film.<\/p>\n But both Derrickson and Hawke have admitted that they\u2019re open to coming back for more \u2013 with the former revealing he\u2019s already been in touch with author Joe Hill about a possible idea for a sequel.<\/p>\n \u201cJoe Hill pitched me a wonderful idea for a sequel to The Black Phone that, if this movie does well, I\u2019m gonna do it,\u201d he told ComicBook.com.<\/a> \u201cHe\u2019s got a great idea, I really liked it.<\/p>\n \u201cJoe\u2019s very protective and personal about his material, but he came to me with the idea and I was like, \u2018That\u2019s how you do a sequel to Black Phone. That\u2019s terrific,’\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, when asked if he\u2019d like to star in a sequel, Hawke responded: \u201cIf Scott was involved, yeah\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes sequels feel borne out of a storyteller\u2019s necessity to continue talking to you. And sometimes they feel borne out of a desire to make money off of the same poster again. So I want to be the first, there\u2019s a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n Therefore it looks like a sequel could well be a goer \u2013 especially given the first film has performed well at the box office.<\/p>\nWill there be a Black Phone 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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