Everything we know about The Black Phone 2

The Black Phone 2, a sequel to 2021 horror The Black Phone, is on the way from Universal and Blumhouse with hopes that the follow-up will kick start a brand new horror franchise. Based on a short story by horror author Joe Hill, The Black Phone chronicled one young boy’s attempt to escape from the basement of a deranged masked child abductor known as The Grabber.

While he does everything he can to escape the Grabber’s home, he receives a series of mysterious phone calls from a black rotary phone on the basement wall that appears to connect him with the disembodied voices of The Grabber’s previous young victims.

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With the voices offering advice on how he can escape, the race is on for the young boy to make it out of his perilous situation alive and avoid a similar fate that’ll land him on the dialling end of The Black Phone. With a second part in the works, here’s everything we know so far about The Black Phone 2.

When will The Black Phone 2 be released?

The Black Phone 2 will hit UK cinemas on 17 October 2025, just in time for Halloween. Filming began in November 2024.

Is there a trailer for The Black Phone 2?

No such luck. With production still in the early stages, there’s no trailer available for The Black Phone 2 at the moment. As soon as it arrives, we’ll give you a call.

What will happen in The Black Phone 2?

The Black Phone 2 has only just begun filming, so little is currently known about its plot details. In fact, no official plot synopsis has been announced by Universal or Blumhouse, which means that the story could go in any direction.

However, director Scott Derrickson has teased that the story’s creator has a great concept for what the sequel entail. “I didn’t really feel any obligation to do a sequel to The Black Phone, but I got excited by an idea that [author] Joe Hill sent me shortly after the release of the first film,” he told New York Comic Con in October 2024.

“And what I can also tell you is that in the same way that The Black Phone was a middle school coming-of-age film, this is a high school coming-of-age film. I’m hoping to make a film as good as, if not better than, the first one.”

Of course, it’s worth remembering that horror sequels have a tendency to go off-piste and tell left-field stories connected to their primary narrative. This could mean that The Black Phone 2 could be told from the point of view of the undead children at the other end of the phone, explaining how they came to haunt the home of the film’s central serial killer.

Until we get an official plot description, the story for The Black Phone 2 remains as murky as The Grabber’s internet search history.

Who is in The Black Phone 2 cast?

Ethan Hawke will return as The Grabber, despite meeting a pretty definitive end-point in part one (no spoilers here) — and Derrickson will be back as the film’s director. They’ll be joined by a host of returning stars, including Mason Thames as Finney, the young boy who was abducted in part one.

Madeleine McGraw will return as Gwen, Finney’s younger sister who receives psychic visions of The Grabber’s exploits. Miguel Mora will be back as Finney’s best friend Robin and Jeremy Davis will once again play Finney and Gwen’s alcoholic father Terrence. Oscar nominee Demián Bichir has joined the cast in an undisclosed role.

As it stands, that’s all the casting details we have at the moment. Where’s The Black Phone when you need it?

The Black Phone 2 will be released in cinemas on 17 October 2025.