Return to Silent Hill Live-Action Film Opens on January 23, 2026
The film will star Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Hannah Emily Anderson (Dark Phoenix, Jigsaw). Filming began in April 2023.The film follows Irvine as James, a man broken after being separated from his love, played by Anderson. After receiving a mysterious letter, he returns to Silent Hill to search for her. He finds that the town has been transformed by evil, and encounters terrifying figures.Film director Christophe Gans (Crying Freeman, 2006 Silent Hill) stated in a 2020 interview that he is working on a new Silent Hill film. Konami officially announced the Return to Silent Hill film in October 2022. Victor Hadida (live-action Resident Evil film franchise) is producing the film. Silent Hill series composer Akira Yamaoka is composing for the film. Ashland Hill Media Finance is co-financing the film. Gans previously stated that the new film "will still be set in that 'small American town' atmosphere, where puritanism devastated everything." Gans previously directed the Silent Hill live-action film starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean that opened in 2006. M.J. Bassett later directed the Silent Hill: Revelation film that opened in 2012. Konami's Silent Hill horror game franchise debuted in 1999.Konami teased last Thursday that a Silent Hill remake project is in development in partnership with Silent Hill 2 Remake's Polish game studio Bloober Team.Silent Hill 2 Remake launched in October 2024 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.Silent Hill f will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 25.Source: Deadline (Andreas Wiseman, Jill Goldsmith, Dade Hayes)
