Ethan Hawke and Scott Derrickson have already made some memorable nightmares collectively, and it sounds just like the pair have one other one brewing.
The duo first labored collectively on Sinister, the 2012 horror film that forged Hawke as a true-crime author who discovers one thing deeply disturbing whereas researching his newest e-book. They reunited practically a decade later for The Black Cellphone, with Hawke buying and selling the function of a determined father for the rather more sinister a part of the Grabber, and Derrickson returning to direct its 2025 sequel, Black Cellphone 2.
In a latest interview to debate his upcoming movie The Weight — a Melancholy-era thriller during which Hawke performs a father who joins a harmful gold-smuggling expedition in hopes of reuniting together with his daughter — Polygon requested the actor whether or not he had any curiosity in making extra horror motion pictures. And the reply was a mysterious “yeah.”
“I haven’t got agendas like that about what sort of film, actually. I like folks,” Hawke mentioned. “Yeah, Scott and I are engaged on one thing proper now. I believe he is so gifted. I like working with him.”
Hawke did not provide any particulars about what that “one thing” could be, however his feedback open up an intriguing query for horror followers: Is the duo on the point of return to one among their earlier nightmares, or are they cooking up one thing completely new?
A brand new nightmare — or an previous one?
The obvious chance is Black Cellphone 3. Black Cellphone 2 introduced Hawke’s Grabber again from the lifeless and expanded the supernatural mythology surrounding the franchise, whereas additionally incomes a optimistic reception from critics. The sequence actually has extra room to discover, significantly after the sequel established that the Grabber’s affect might prolong effectively past his unique reign of terror.
There’s purpose to not learn an excessive amount of into that chance, although. Derrickson and author C. Robert Cargill have been intentionally noncommittal a few third film when Black Cellphone 2 premiered final 12 months. In an interview with Polygon at Unbelievable Fest final fall, Derrickson mentioned they hadn’t even had a dialog about Black Cellphone 3, whereas Cargill mentioned they would want a compelling sufficient concept to justify returning to these characters.
There’s additionally Sinister, which gave Hawke and Derrickson their first horror collaboration. Hawke led the unique as true-crime author Ellison Oswalt, however did not return for 2015’s Sinister 2, which was directed by Ciarán Foy and fared poorly with critics, incomes only a 14% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In fact, Hawke and Derrickson might merely be cooking up a wholly new story altogether. For now, we’ll have to attend and see what the pair have in retailer.
The Weight releases in theaters on Sept. 18.