The official trailer for Netflix’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone warns that some connections never die and that you shouldn’t call out unless you want an answer. The trailer reveals that the bond between a bullied teenager and an elderly gentleman doesn’t end once the old man passes away. As for the warning not to call out…well, the old guy apparently wasn’t the nicest man in town before he died.
The cast is led by Jaeden Martell (IT, Defending Jacob) as Craig and Donald Sutherland (The Undoing) as the titular character. Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Joe Tippett, Colin O’Brien, Cyrus Arnold, Thomas Francis Murphy, and Peggy J. Scott also star.
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is based on a short story by Stephen King. John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks, The Blindside) adapted King’s work and directed the 2022 horror film. Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum, and Carla Hacken serve as producers.
Netflix has set a Wednesday, October 5, 2022 premiere date.
The Plot: When Craig, a young boy living in a small town (Martell) befriends Mr. Harrigan, an older, reclusive billionaire (Sutherland), the two begin to form an unlikely bond over their love of books and reading. But when Mr. Harrigan sadly passes away, Craig discovers that not everything is dead and gone and strangely finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone in this supernatural coming-of-age story that shows that certain connections are never lost.
