Return to Silent Hill film casts its stars, guarantees ‘iconic monsters’ and ‘new designs’

Deadline experiences that Return to Silent Hill, the film primarily based on Silent Hill 2 being directed by Christophe Gans, has cast each of its leads. Jeremy Irvine (Battle Horse, Nice Expectations, The Railway Man) will play James Sunderland, whereas Hannah Emily Anderson (Jigsaw, X-Males: Darkish Phoenix, The Purge) will play Mary/Maria.

“Return to Silent Hill is a mythological love story about somebody so deeply in love, they’re prepared to go to hell to avoid wasting somebody,” mentioned Gans, who directed the 2006 Silent Hill film however was not concerned with the 2012 sequel Silent Hill: Revelation. “I am delighted to have the great abilities of each Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson take us on this journey right into a psychological horror world that I hope will each fulfill and shock followers of Silent Hill.”

The film is a part of Konami’s personal return to Silent Hill, accompanying a raft of videogames: Bloober Group’s Silent Hill 2 remake, No Code’s Silent Hill Townfall, and a prequel known as Silent Hill F. 

“Christophe and I’ve been working intently with our companions at Konami, as they update the videogame, to additionally create a model of Silent Hill for the theatrical audiences of at present,” mentioned Return to Silent Hill producer Victor Hadida. “You’ll nonetheless discover the long-lasting monsters—however there will even be new designs. We’re assured that this new movie and Konami’s up to date game collectively will propel the franchise ahead for years to return.”

Gans beforehand talked about considered one of his predominant targets in Return to Silent Hill was discovering a solution to redesign Pyramid Head, who appeared in each earlier motion pictures. The overexposed executioner first launched in Silent Hill 2 reappeared in varied types in Silent Hill Homecoming, Silent Hill: Guide of Recollections, Silent Hill: The Arcade, in addition to Useless By Daylight, Darkish Deception: Monsters & Mortals, Tremendous Bomberman R, and even Krazy Kart Racing. You’ll be able to perceive why Gans is perhaps keen to revive among the character’s mystique.

Earlier this month, Bloober revealed idea artwork of one other Silent Hill 2 enemy who’s being redesigned, displaying a brand new illustration of the Bubble Head nurse. It was drawn by Masahiro Ito, a designer and artist on the unique video games who was liable for lots of the monster designs. Discussing the artwork, Ito mentioned, “I made her put on the stockings w/ the colour as a result of I used to be identified that the unique nurse within the orig SH2 uncovered her pores and skin an excessive amount of and I wished to imply ‘it is a remake’. Additionally coz of a game design.”

Although Hadida talked about working intently with Konami, whether or not the redesigned variations of monsters within the film will bear any resemblance to these of the remake stays to be seen. Return to Silent Hill begins filming in Germany and Eastern Europe in April.