The Woman in Black: Angel of Death Acquired for US Distribution

United States filmgoers will now have the chance to return to the haunted Eel Marsh House along with a group of teachers and schoolchildren fleeing a bomb-pummeled 1940's London in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the follow-up to the 2012 Hammer horror film that starred Daniel Radcliffe. Relativity Media has picked up the sequel for US distribution.

Deadline reports that Relativity acquired US distribution rights for the horror movie from Hammer and eOne. A US release date for The Woman in Black: Angel of Death has yet to be announced, but last year it was revealed that the film would open in the UK on February 13th, 2015. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details as they surface.

Directed by Tom Harper off a screenplay by Jon Croker that’s partially based on an original story by The Woman in Black author, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death stars Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, and Phoebe Fox:

“England, 1941 With London in the midst of the blitz, two teachers evacuate a group of schoolchildren to the abandoned Eel Marsh House. Seeking safety from the bombs in the remote coastal location, the group instead find themselves facing an evil far more frightening when their arrival awakens the Woman in Black.”