Blumhouse’s ‘Black Phone 2’ Calls Up Anna Lore​on April 14, 2025 at 5:32 pm

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve come to learn that Anna Lore is starring in Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2, which will hit theaters on Oct. 17 via Universal.

Lore joins returning cast members Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora, as well as new additions Demián Bichir and Arianna Rivas in the Blumhouse film.

The sequel to the $161M-plus grossing global hit was written by Cargill and Derrickson, who are also producing the film with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Joe Hill is an EP. Universal and Blumhouse are producing with Crooked Highway Production.

In the original movie, a boy, after being abducted and locked in a basement, starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone in his basement cell from the killer’s previous victims. That killer is played by Blumhouse vet Hawke. Black Phone was a surprise counterprogramming hit in the summer of 2021 when moviegoers were making their way to back to cinemas after COVID.

Lore can next be seen in New Line’s Final Destination: Bloodlines which is hitting theaters on May 16. She was a series regular on CW’s Gotham Knights playing Stephanie Brown. She also had a major recurring role as the troubled Carrie on the CW/Netflix hit drama All American. Her past credits include a recurring character on the HBO MAX series Doom Patrol opposite Brendan Fraser, the Blumhouse feature film They/Them starring Kevin Bacon and a lead role in the Hulu/Blumhouse film Into The Dark: My Valentine. Her most recent role was playing young Tracy McCarthy on the limited series Hysteria! for Peacock.

Lore is represented by Innovative Artists, Kevin Donahue Management and Erik Hyman at Paul Hastings.