James Ransone’s ‘Sinister’ and ‘Black Phone’ Director Says the ‘Oscars In Memoriam Ignored Him but I Cannot’ After Late Actor Excluded: ‘He Is Dearly Missed’

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James Ransone’s ‘Sinister’ and ‘Black Phone’ Director Says the ‘Oscars In Memoriam Ignored Him but I Cannot’ After Late Actor Excluded: ‘He Is Dearly Missed’
#Variety #News #JamesRansone #Oscars #ScottDerrickson

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James Ransone Excluded From Oscars In Memoriam Angers Scott Derrickson

'Sinister' and 'Black Phone' director Scott Derrickson chose to honor his frequent star James Ransone on social media after the Oscars snubbed him.

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WME Signs Horror Director Charlie Schwan; Feature ‘Bitter Bitter’ In Works With Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill’s Crooked Highway
#News #BitterBitter #CRobertCargill #CharlieSchwan #CrookedHighway #ScottDerrickson #WME

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WME Signs Horror Director Charlie Schwan; Feature ‘Bitter Bitter’ In Works With Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill’s Crooked Highway

Director Charlie Schwan has inked with WME for representation in all areas. At the same time, we have learned that his latest short Harvester is being turned into a feature film at Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill’s production company, Crooked Highway.

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A ★★★ review of Black Phone 2 (2025)

Go ahead and try to tell me that Scott Derrickson never wanted to direct A Nightmare On Elm Street sequel, so I can go ahead and call you a liar. The Black Phone was a bit of a pleasant surprise a few years back, one of the few Blumhouse flicks that wasn't overly color by numbers, and the sequels marketing did a pretty solid job of building upon that while leaving a bit of mystery to The Grabbers return. Basically Finn and Gwen are still haunted the the experience of what happened in the first film but now Gwen is

BLACK PHONE 2 Passes $100 Million Mark At The Box Office

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BLACK PHONE 2 Has Bailed Out Blumhouse At The Box Office

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Scott Derrickson – „Der Exorzismus von Emily Rose“ (2005)

Ein Film über den Glauben – und über die Gewalt, die entsteht, wenn Institutionen versuchen, ihn zu kontrollieren. Scott Derrickson spielt mit der Form des Horrorfilms, aber seine Wucht findet er in einem Gerichtssaal. Nicht Dämonen, sondern die Grenzen zwischen Wissenschaft und Religion, Schuld und Verantwortung, Justiz, Körper und Geist stehen hier für das eigentliche Grauen. (ZDF, Wh.)

‘Black Phone 2’ Director Scott Derrickson on Perfect Horror Sequels, Making High School Scares and His Thoughts About ‘Black Phone 3’
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Scott Derrickson on Black Phone 2 Horror, Third Movie Thoughts

'Black Phone 2' director Scott Derrickson on turning up the gore, tapping into the horror iconography of his youth and his thoughts on a third movie.

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