Home > Culture & Lifestyle > Culture “[The Oscars] ignored him, but I cannot. He was my friend,” the “Black Phone” director writes Filmmaker Scott Derrickson paid tribute to late “It Chapter Two” star James Ransone after the actor was not included in the 2026 Oscars’ In Memoriam segment . Derrickson, who is known for his extensive work in the horror genre, including directing and co-writing “The Black Phone” and its sequel, “The Black Phone 2,” highlighted Ransone’s absence from the on-screen