Return to Silent Hill is officially heading to theaters. While the first two Silent Hill movies were released by Sony and Open Road Films, respectively, the third film was produced without the backing of a major studio. Now, Cineverse–the distributer behind last year’s horror hit Terrifier 3–has signed on to give Return to Silent Hill the big-screen treatment.
Cineverse confirmed the news (via Variety) while also promising that Return to Silent Hill will be “a faithful adaptation of the video game Silent Hill 2,” the 2001 survival-horror title which was successfully remade last year.
It was previously known that the film would adapt Silent Hill 2, but the early description for Return to Silent Hill lines up very closely with the game’s plot as a man named James Sunderland (Jeremy Irvine) is lured into the cursed town after receiving a letter from his dead wife, Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson). What James finds are more questions than answers, as well as an exploration of his own personal Hell.
Christophe Gans, the director of the first Silent Hill movie in 2006, returned to helm and co-write Return to Silent Hill. The second film, 2012’s Silent Hill: Revelation, was a direct sequel to the original movie and an adaptation of Silent Hill 3. However, Gans was not involved with that production.
“I am delighted to partner with Cineverse, which has shown a genuine understanding of fanship,” said Gans in a statement. “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.”
Return to Silent Hill’s release date hasn’t been announced yet, but filming has concluded. In the meantime, Konami is working on a new game in the franchise, Silent Hill f, which was previewed earlier this year.
