MOVIE NEWS – Filming is about to start on Return to Silent Hill, an adaptation of Silent Hill 2.

As we reported on Friday, both main actors in Return to Silent Hill, directed by Christophe Gans, have been cast. Jeremy Irvine (War Horse, Great Expectations, The Railway Man) will play James Sunderland, while Hannah Emily Anderson (Jigsaw, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The Purge) will play Mary.

“Return to Silent Hill is a mythological love story about someone so deeply in love, they’re willing to go to hell to save someone,” said Gans, who directed the 2006 Silent Hill film but was not involved in the 2012 sequel Silent Hill: Revelation.

“I’m delighted to have the wonderful talents of both Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson take us on this journey into a psychological horror world that I hope will both satisfy and surprise fans of Silent Hill.”

The film is part of Konami’s own return to Silent Hill, accompanied by a series of video games. These are the Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2. Also, No Code’s Silent Hill Townfall and a prequel game, Silent Hill F.

“Christophe and I have been working closely with our partners at Konami, as they update the videogame, to also create a version of Silent Hill for the theatrical audiences of today,” said Victor Hadida, the film’s producer. “You will still find the iconic monsters – but there will also be new designs. We are confident that this new film and Konami’s updated game together will propel the franchise forward for years to come.”

Gans has previously mentioned that one of the main goals of Return to Silent Hill was to find a way to reimagine Pyramid Head, who appeared in both previous films. The overdressed executioner, first introduced in Silent Hill 2, reappeared in various forms in Silent Hill Homecoming, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, and Silent Hill: The Arcade. As well as Dead By Daylight, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals and Super Bomberman R. Even Krazy Kart Racing. You can understand why Gans would want to bring back some of the character’s mystique.

Earlier this month, Bloober published a concept art of another redesigned Silent Hill 2 enemy, featuring a new illustration of Sister Bubble Head.

The artwork was drawn by Masahiro Ito, one of the designers and artists of the original games, who was responsible for the design of many of the monsters. Hadida mentioned that he works closely with Konami. It is unknown whether the redesigned versions of the monsters in the movie will resemble the monsters in the remake. Filming on Return to Silent Hill will begin in April in Germany and Eastern Europe.

Source: Deadline, Twitter

As to the nurse pic Bloober was released, it's one of the concept arts. I made her wear the stockings w/ the color because I was pointed out that the original nurse in the orig SH2 exposed her skin too much and I wanted to mean "this is a remake". Also coz of a game design. pic.twitter.com/ubUWfOSLys

— 伊藤暢達/Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) March 18, 2023