Interview:
C. Robert Cargill,
co-writer/co-producer,
"Black Phone 2"
Not even death can stop the Grabber from raising hell on earth. Co-written and co-produced by Austin’s C. Robert Cargill, the Scott Derrickson-directed Black Phone 2 finds Ethan Hawke’s masked serial killer reaching out from beyond the grave to exact his revenge upon Finney (Mason Thames), the teenager responsible for his demise in 2021's The Black Phone. Traumatized by his previous encounter with the Grabber, Finney reluctantly accompanies his sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) to the Christian youth camp in the Rocky Mountains where the Grabber murdered three pre-teen boys 25 years earlier. At first, the Grabber torments Finney by calling him on the lakeside camp’s dead payphone. The Grabber then exploits Gwen’s developing psychic powers by attacking her in her dreams. The only way Finney and Gwen believe they can stop the Grabber is to locate and exhume the bodies of the three murder victims. Black Phone 2 brings back Jeremy Davies as Finney and Gwen’s newly sober father Terrence. New cast members include Demián Bichir as Alpine Lake camp owner Armando, Arianna Rivas as Armando’s niece Mustang, and Miguel Mora as Gwen’s potential love interest Ernesto. C. Robert Cargill and director Scott Derrickson wrote Black Phone 2 based on an idea by Joe Hill, who wrote the 2004 short story that Cargill and Derrickson adapted into The Black Phone. Black Phone 2, which received its world premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest, is now streaming on Peacock and is also available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Austin-based author and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill also co-wrote Sinister, Sinister 2, Doctor Strange, The Black Phone, and the V/H/S/85 Segment "Dreamkill" with his writing and creative partner Scott Derrickson. They also co-founded Crooked Highway, which produced last year’s Derrickson-directed sci-fi horror film The Gorge, starring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver. Cargill also wrote the novels “All the Ash We Leave Behind,” “Day Zero,” “Sea of Rust,” “Queen of Dark Things,” and “Dreams and Shadows,” as well as the short stories collection “We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories.” He also contributed to last year’s “The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand.” Cargill also hosts the podcast Junkfood Cinema with Brian Salisbury.
Aired: Jan. 21, 2026. Web sites: https://www.blackphonemovie.com/ https://crooked-highway.com/ |
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