See Saw? Now See Chainsaw
 Twisted Pictures - the production company behind the neverending Saw films – is closing a deal with Newline to take over the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, reports Variety. And the plan is – you'll never guess – to take Leatherface into 3D territory. Since Newline relaunched the Chainsaw series in 2003, the distributor has partnered with production company Platinum Dunes on a film-by-film basis on a remake and a sequel. However, talks about a third collaboration broke down and Twisted Pictures has stepped in. According to Variety’s sources, the Twisted deal is for multiple movies, kicking off with a 3D film scripted by Stephen (The Grudge) Susco. Carl Mazzocone, Mark Burg and Oren Koules will produce. It could be a lucrative move. The 2003 remake cost $9.5 million to make and made $110 million worldwide. |
Those remakes weren't all bad, thanks mainly to R Lee Ermy's sadistic Sherrif Hoyt. An eye-poking 3D waggle-a-thon is almost certain to be very bad indeed.
Posted by Miles I. Hamer (127.0.0.1) on October 09, 2009 at 10:12 AM BST #