The horror faithful got a jolt of excitement at CinemaCon 2025 when Universal Pictures and Blumhouse unveiled the official logo for The Black Phone 2, spotted on the bustling convention floor at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on March 29, 2025. This chilling reveal, a stark design echoing the rotary menace of its predecessor, signals the return of Scott Derrickson’s supernatural terror tale, slated to hit theaters on October 17, 2025.
With its retro font and shadowy phone silhouette drenched in ominous red and black hues, the logo isn’t just a teaser; it’s a promise of more sleepless nights. Following the 2021 original’s runaway success, this CinemaCon drop has fans buzzing about what’s next for the Grabber, who was killed by Finney with the phone cord, ending his reign of terror.
The Black Phone 2: Ethan Hawke reprises his serial killer role
Ethan Hawke is set to reprise his chilling role as the Grabber in The Black Phone 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2021 horror hit, which is scheduled for release on October 17, 2025. The official logo was revealed at CinemaCon 2025 on March 29, 2025, reigniting excitement for the film. Hawke’s return as the sadistic child abductor has fans and critics speculating about his role despite his character’s apparent death in the original movie.
With Scott Derrikson at its helm, the sequel of The Black Phone looks enticing with supernatural twists, bringing Hawke’s creepy, theatrical killer back on the screen. During a conversation with Gizmodo about his recent sci-fi action-romance, The Gorge, Derrickson hinted that the sequel stems from a “wonderful idea” that Joe Hill, the original story’s author, pitched.
The Gorge director further remarked:
But what I got interested in fundamentally was I realized after making The Black Phone if I went and made a big movie, like The Gorge, which I did, by the time I finished, all those middle school kids would be in high school. And what we wrote was a high school coming-of-age movie in the way that the first movie was a middle school coming-of-age movie. And those were two very different kinds of films.
Along with Ethan Hawke, actors like Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies will be reprising their roles, with newcomer Demián Bichir joining the cast. (Via. ScreenRant)
The Black Phone 2: What to expect from the horror sequel?
The Black Phone, released in 2021, was a slow-burn triumph. Set in 1978 North Denver, it followed 13-year-old Finney (Thames), who was kidnapped by the Grabber (Hawke) and trapped in a soundproof basement. A disconnected rotary phone became his lifeline, ringing with the voices of the Grabber’s past victims, who guided Finney to freedom.
Meanwhile, his psychic sister Gwen (McGraw) pieced visions to lead cops to the killer’s lair. The climax saw Finney strangle the Grabber with the phone cord, snapping his neck as the ghosts taunted their tormentor. It was a tidy end, or so we thought. With Hawke returning to the franchise, the sequel teases a vivid plotline, which might bring a fresh twist.
The Black Phone 2 picks up the thread, but not the same old line as that of part one. Part 2’s logo and CinemaCon buzz hint at a bolder scope, leaning harder into the phone’s mystical pull. Fans can expect a coming-of-age arc layered with trauma, with Finney and Gwen now in high school, as Dirreckson mentioned.
The Black Phone 2 is set to hit the theatres on October 17, 2025, as of now.
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