{"id":10636,"date":"2022-06-02T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10636"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:34:08","slug":"the-black-phone-a-look-inside-starring-mason-thames-madeleine-mcgraw-jeremy-davies-james-ransone-and-ethan-hawke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10636","title":{"rendered":"The Black Phone &#8211; A Look Inside : Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone and Ethan Hawke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The phone is dead. And it\u2019s ringing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller. Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer\u2019s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn\u2019t happen to Finney.<\/p>\n<p>Starring four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke in the most terrifying role of his career and introducing Mason Thames in his first ever film role, The Black Phone is produced,\u00a0directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel\u2019s Doctor Strange.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s screenplay is by Derrickson &amp; C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister franchise), based on the award-winning short story by Joe Hill from his New York Times bestseller 20th Century Ghosts. The film is produced by Derrickson &amp; Cargill\u2019s Crooked Highway and presented by Universal and Blumhouse. Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill are producers on the film, which is executive produced by Ryan Turek and Christopher H. Warner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong>:\u00a0Horror<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong>:\u00a0Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone and Ethan Hawke<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by<\/strong>:\u00a0Scott Derrickson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenplay by<\/strong>:\u00a0Scott Derrickson &amp; C. Robert Cargill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the short story by :<\/strong> Joe Hill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producers<\/strong>:\u00a0Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Producers<\/strong>:\u00a0Ryan Turek, Christopher H. Warner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phone is dead. And it\u2019s ringing. Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller. 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