Hammer Greenlights Woman in Black Sequel

With Hammer's The Woman In Black taking enough at the box office to buy herself a Milan season's worth of widow's weeds, it's no surprise that the iconic British studio has set to work on a sequel to the Edwardian scarefest.? The Woman In Black did astonishing business in cinemas, taking $112m worldwide to date. It scared the bejeepers out of a phalanx of UK moviegoers (cinema takings here are ?20m and counting) and exceeded expectations overseas too. It's the kind of rapturous reception Hammer will be hoping The Woman In Black: Angels Of Death will able to rekindle. The setting, Eel Marsh?House, will remain, but the time period shifts forward 40 years - presumably into the war years, or just after - with a couple moving into the haunted house and encountering all kinds of spectral goings-on. Fooooools! *Insert evil chuckle here* A new writer - Jon Crocker - has penned the script and Hammer Films CEO Simon Oakes is promising a follow-up that'll pack in all the scares of The Woman In Black: "It's a wonderful new tale every bit as atmospheric and terrifying as its predecessor. We're proud to be working with Susan Hill again." So can this written-for-the-screen version capture the spooks of the Daniel Radcliffe / James Watkins / Jane Goldman version? With those 'angels' referenced in the title, would we be right in thinking that the young victims of the back story may have a role to play, or will the Nazgul be popping by for their holidays? Watch this space for more. Radcliffe, presumably, will not be returning - so who would you like to see in his place? ?

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Have Your Say To comment on this, and all articles, register for free or login now. Advertisement Cash in What a cynical and shameless cash in. Treating the audience as punters to be fleeced. I'm sure it will make money, but 'Hammer' will lose respect for this. So all the talk from Hammer about it's legacy and passion for horror is pure rot, it's just about making money. Well you won't be getting mine. More Posted by scarlin at 14:25 on 02 April 2012 | Report This Post L.O.L. Uh, hello?? Why did it do such good business???? Yes, it was a good story and scary and entertaining. But it made money because the majority of the audience went to see Dan Radcliffe! Honestly Hammer, wake up and smell the gillyweed! More Posted by Halfling at 14:08 on 02 April 2012 | Report This Post And with that, I lose all respect for Hammer's spirited resurgance... ...and I watched all of The Resident. For the love of God, leave it alone. Actually no don't, because The Grudge 2, The Ring 2, Hostel 2 and The Descent 2 all did massively well, didn't they? Without the involvement of Goldman, Hopkins, and yes, Radcliffe, this will be a shit sandwich. A straight-to-DVD shit sandwich, of course. More Posted by loafroaster at 13:33 on 02 April 2012 | Report This Post

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