Cineverse, having secured the rights for the upcoming third installment of the Silent Hill series in the U.S., promises that Return to Silent Hill will stay true to the narrative of the iconic Silent Hill 2. According to Brandon Hill, Cineverse's executive director of acquisitions, "Silent Hill is one of the best video game franchises, period, and Christophe Gans did a phenomenal job capturing the atmosphere of the games once again with Return to Silent Hill," as he told Variety.
Director Christophe Gans expressed his enthusiasm about the project, saying, "I am delighted to partner with Cineverse, which has shown a genuine understanding of fanship. Return to Silent Hill is an adaptation created out of deep respect for a true masterpiece of a game, Konami’s iconic Silent Hill 2. I hope fans will enjoy and be fulfilled with the experience this new film has to offer."
The storyline of Return to Silent Hill will resonate with fans of the original Silent Hill 2 and the 2024 Bloober remake. It follows "James (Jeremy Irvine), a man broken after being separated from his one true love (Hannah Emily Anderson). When a mysterious letter calls him back to Silent Hill in search of her, he finds a once-recognizable town transformed by an unknown evil" and encounters "terrifying figures both familiar and new." The project was unveiled in October 2022, and the first glimpse of Return to Silent Hill's version of Red Pyramid Thing — AKA Pyramid Head — was revealed in May 2024.
Christophe Gans' initial venture into the Silent Hill universe, loosely based on the first game, revolves around Rose's quest to find her missing daughter, Sharon, in a town where it inexplicably snows in the summer. Despite being penned by Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary of Pulp Fiction fame, our review rated Gans' first adaptation a mediocre 5/10, stating: "So there we have it. Our worst fears realized yet again. The video game-to-film genre has endured more than a decade of mediocrity. Silent Hill is probably the smartest and best-looking video game adaptation yet, it just doesn't have much else going for it. After all, video games are about entertainment, and Silent Hill is a chore to sit through."
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The second film, Silent Hill: Revelation, directed by Michael J. Bassett and loosely based on Silent Hill 3, received an even less favorable rating of 4.5 in our review: "Silent Hill Revelation 3D is an inferior sequel in every way, shape, and form, a horror sequel that fails to either intrigue or scare, and one that just might have killed the franchise cold-dead."
Return to Silent Hill is set to hit theaters across America later this year, with Cineverse promising a "wide theatrical release."
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