Universal Delays Horror Film The Black Phone to June

Scott Derrickson’s new horror film The Black Phone will release four months later than most recently planned. Universal Pictures has announced that the film, which stars Ethan Hawke as the villain, will release on June 24th, 2022. That’s a delay from the most recent February 4th premiere date.

The film also stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, James Ransone, Jeremy Davies, Brady Hepner, Jacob Moran, and Jordan Isaiah White and is described as follows:

“The film tells the story of Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.”