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The First Casting News For 'THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH'

Although the news has been rather sparse for the upcoming sequel to The Woman in Black, we do have our first bit of casting announcement to share regarding the eagerly awaited ghostly flick. Read on for more.



Jeremy Irvine (WAR HORSE, THE RAILWAY MAN) and British actress Phoebe Fox (‘Black Mirror’, ‘Switch’) have gned on to star in THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH, the next installment in the series of the worldwide box office hit THE WOMAN IN BLACK. The announcement was made today by mon Oakes, Predent & CEO of Hammer and Vice-Chairman of Excluve Media, Guy East and Nigel nclair, Co-Chairmen of Excluve Media (Hammer’s parent company), Brian Oliver, Predent of Cross Creek Pictures and Xavier Marchand Entertainment One’s Predent of Worldwide Distribution.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH will continue the story four decades later. Seized by the government during World War II, the sudden arrival of a group of evacuated children at Eel Marsh House awakens its darkest inhabitant.



Directed by Tom Harper, the film will be brought to the big screen by the same production team behind THE WOMAN IN BLACK and produced by Excluve Media’s Tobin Armbrust and mon Oakes, Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver and Talisman Films’ Richard Jackson, in addition to Roy Lee who will serve as Executive Producer.

Screenwriter Jon Croker (DESERT DANCER) wrote the screenplay, based on an original story by Susan Hill (The Woman In Black).

Sales are being handled by Alex Walton, Excluve Media’s Predent of International Sales and Distribution who will introduce the title to buyers at Cannes. Entertainment One Films will once again co-finance the film and distribute in the UK, Spain and Canada.