I Just Learned How Joe Hill Pitched The Black Phone 2, And I Think More Authors Should Be Involved In Their Adaptations

I originally started ‘The Black Phone’ as a novel, getting about fifty to sixty pages in, but I lost confidence after facing a lot of rejections. Thankfully, Scott Derrickson and Cargill, who wrote the screenplay, used almost everything from my original short story – particularly the first two-thirds of the movie. It was a collaborative effort, and everyone involved contributed to the final result.








