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William Josef Schneider is known for 15-40 (2008), The Crow (2024) and Rain Who Kills Alone.
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May 16, 2024 · The director of the first film, Christophe Gans, directed Return to Silent Hill from a screenplay he wrote with Sandra Vo-Anh and William Josef Schneider.
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Mar 15, 2023 · Written by Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh (who collaborated with Gans on Beauty and the Beast) and William Josef Schneider, the movie is based on Silent Hill 2, the second and most popular game in...
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Hannah Emily Anderson as Mary and MariaEvie Templetonas LauraPre-production
When Christophe Gans was developing the first Silent Hill film, released in 2006, he wanted to adapt Silent Hill 2 because he found it to be the most emotional of the original quadrilogy, calling it "a very tragic and romantic game, and a beautiful adaptation of the myth of Orpheus–going to hell to bring back Eurydice." However, he thought it would be difficult to adapt the second game without establishing the series' mythology and origin story first; hence, it was written as an adaptation of...
Marketing
A featurrette of the film was released on October 18, 2022, alongside several game announcements including Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team), Silent Hill ƒ, Townfall, and Ascension. According to Konami's assistant producer Rui Nato, the development of the film served as the catalyst for the revival of the Silent Hill game series. Since Silent Hill 2 was rebooted by Bloober Team near the release of the film, the producers hoped to create brand synergy that would lead to a theatrical buy-in from the...
Filming and editing
World distribution was handled by The Veterans, who presented the film at the American Film Market in 2022 and sold it internationally. Production was carried out between the studios Maze Pictures, Metropolitan, Davis Films, The Electric Shadow Company, and Lotus Wallace, and co-funded by Ashland Hill Media Finance and FFF Bayern, the latter of whom contributed 1 million Euros to the project. Principle photography commenced in April 2023 under the shooting title Room 318, with half of filming...
The tagline "Return to Silent Hill" was previously used to promote Silent Hill: Revelation.In January 2023, Jodelle Ferland, who portrayed Alessa Gillespie in the 2006 film, was interested in returning, stating "If I hear anything from them, I’m totally in! I would have been in the other...In 2006, Gans expressed an interest in using the Red Nurse, Claudia Wolf, and the Doctor in future Silent Hill films, as well as developing a prequel set during the Salem witch trials.In 2012, Revelation director M.J. Bassett expressed an interest in adapting some of the Silent Hill graphic novels, in particular Past Life, and making a lower budget film exploring the darker sexu...William Josef Schneider is known for 15-40 (2008), The Crow (2024) and Rain Who Kills Alone.
May 16, 2024 · Gans also co-wrote the screenplay with Sandra Vo-Anh and William Josef Schneider. David Wulf is producing alongside Davis Films' Victor Hadida and Hassell Free Productions' Molly Hassell. Alongside Jeremy Irvine, the film also stars Hannah Emily Anderson.
When a mysterious letter calls him back to Silent Hill in search of his lost love, James finds a once-recognizable town and encounters terrifying figures both familiar and new, and begins to question his own sanity. Director. Christophe Gans. Writers.
