Hammer Films Confirms 'The Woman In Black' Sequel
by Sean Comer
The Woman in Black' Sequel" src="//cfm.yidio.com/images/article/images/_300x169_5727.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 169px; " />Verily, one first good, scary turn for Daniel Radcliffe deserves another.
British studio Hammer Films has confirmed that the former "Harry Potter" star will follow up 2011's suspenseful, scary financial success "The Woman In Black" with the direct sequel also based on another Susan Hill story, "The Woman In Black: Angels Of Death".
The follow-up's story will take place 40 years after the original installment's eerie events, according to IGN, and will be scripted by "Desert Dancer" screenwriter Jon Cocker.
"We are proud and honored to be working with Susan again on 'The Woman In Black: Angels Of Death', a wonderful new tale every bit as atmospheric and terrifying as its predecessor," said Hammer President and CEO Simon Oakes.
"The Woman In Black" set Radcliffe's aspiring attorney Arthur Kipps with Kipps' four-year-old son and nanny amid the haunted Eel Marsh House, where they're haunted by the manor's former owner's malevolent spirit. It marked Radcliffe's first major film role since the eight-film "Harry Potter" anthology concluded with summer 2011's "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2" and a radical departure from his thus-far film legacy.
It proved a lucrative branching-out endeavor. Though it hovers only around a 65-percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it made $112 million worldwide off a $15-million budget. Profitability like that made it not only Hammer's most financially successful horror film in more than 20 years, but proof that horror is a genre that can absolutely survive on small budgets with stories that capture an audience.
Hammer is best known for its takes on horror institutions such as "The Mummy", "Frankenstein" and Christopher Lee's performances in the studio's "Dracula" films.