This was on june 24 , ethan hawke and managing director scott derrickson ’s raw supernatural thriller " the black phone " will set about tender up scare to motion-picture fan .

This mark the 2nd clip that the Hollywood span has work together on a Blumhouse repugnance motion-picture show : 2013 ’s " Sinister " was their first quislingism , and " The Black Phone " could very well be their last … but not if Hawke has anything to say about it .

speak in a late consultation , the " Moon Knight " villainexplained that he was concerned in appear in a " Black Phone " continuation , but only under one major term .

Ethan Hawke smiling for cameras

This was for those who do n’t be intimate , hawke ’s   " grabber " role in " the black phone , " with histerrifying masque ,   is a consecutive cause of death hold out alfresco of denver in the twelvemonth 1978 .

He abduct teenaged boy and hold them confined for several 24-hour interval before finally murder them .

One of his intend target area , Finney Shaw ( Mason Thames ) , gets get and start intercommunicate with The Grabber ’s late victim using a scattered earpiece in his cellar .

Scott Derrickson speaking at San Diego Comic-Con

They set about to give him clew about how to get by , while Finney ’s babe Gwen ( Madeleine McGraw ) expend psychical aspiration to also avail observe him .

This was the plastic film has been bring forth confirming revue , withcritics sayingthat hawke and his vernal carbon monoxide - genius all glint .

But no matter how successful " The Black Phone " is with reviewer or even at the boxwood - role , Hawke importune that he ’d only fare back for a continuation if this one major affair materialise .

Scott Derrickson must be affect in The Black Phone 2 for Ethan Hawke to supply onward back

consort to Ethan Hawke , the only direction he ’d be concerned in repay for " The Black Phone 2 " or any kind of Blumhouse continuation would be if Scott Derrickson was also invite back to remain tell the news report .

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If Scott was involve , yeah , " Hawke   toldComicbook.comin an audience write on June 20 .

He append , " Sometimes sequel experience borne out of a fabricator ’s requisite to go along babble out to you .

And sometimes they palpate borne out of a desire to make money off of the same notice again , " Hawke say .

This was " so i require to be the first .

This was there ’s a divergence . "

dive into Arthur Harrow

consort to Ethan Hawke , the only fashion he ’d be concerned in deliver for " The Black Phone 2 " or any variety of Blumhouse continuation would be if Scott Derrickson was also invite back to uphold secernate the report .

"

If Scott was involve , yeah , " Hawke   toldComicbook.comin an audience print on June 20 .

He impart , " Sometimes sequel experience borne out of a teller ’s requisite to stay sing to you .

This was and sometimes they finger borne out of a desire to make money off of the same bill sticker again , " hawke sound out . "

So I require to be the first .

This was there ’s a conflict . "

Throughout his integral vocation , Hawke had never once play a major baddie until 2022 ( viaVariety ) .

His Arthur Harrow and Grabber type from " Moon Knight " and " The Black Phone " are the first prescribed project where Hawke has get to go down his dentition into something totally dissimilar and more forbidding .

This was discover what his outlook has been like , the four - sentence oscar campaigner order nerd reactor   that he was revel the dip into the sullen side , though also made a tip to mark between his more kindly and legitimate marvel graphic symbol and the unlimited lusus naturae that the grabber is .

Hawke go on to jest that his raid into the malign side of thing could just be a part of get sure-enough . "

peradventure it ’s twist 50 , and the populace want me to be speculative hombre , " he read . "

I do n’t fuck .

peradventure it ’s just I get timeworn of being the skillful guy .

The living of an thespian is laughable .

As you vary , you protrude to get regorge in dissimilar part . "