Ethan Hawke is showing off his sinister side in the upcoming horror movie “The Black Phone”.
26.09.2021 - 18:27 / theplaylist.net
It’s 1978 in North Denver, and the bleachers at the baseball diamond are filled with peel-top beers and brown corduroy. A Little League team is on the field; the star player swings at two strikes, then slams in a home run.
He rides his bike home, smiling at the pretty classmates from the game; “Free Ride” blasts on the soundtrack. And then a black van turns a corner, and the music turns menacing.
Ethan Hawke is showing off his sinister side in the upcoming horror movie “The Black Phone”.
over creative differences with Marvel. Sam Raimi signed on in his stead, while Derrickson moved quickly to returning to his horror roots with “The Black Phone.”Speaking of Marvel, Hawke was in the running to lead "Doctor Strange" at one point, and is currently filming a co-starring role with Oscar Isaac in Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series "Moon Knight," in which he's rumored to play the show's villain.“The Black Phone” opens in theaters on February 4.
The trailer for The Black Phone, the horror movie starring Ethan Hawke, just debuted!
Jennifer Yuma editorThe next nightmare-inducing Blumhouse horror movie is here.Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone,” set to hit theaters on February 4.Starring Ethan Hawke, the film follows an abducted boy locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is a black, antique telephone with a disconnected cord.
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