'Saw V' and 'Saw VI' to Shoot Back-to-Back?
Filed under: Horror, RumorMonger, Fandom, Remakes and Sequels
According to Bloody-Disgusting, Lionsgate is planning to shoot Saw V and Saw VI back-to-back, perhaps to make sure they have two sequels in the can prior to any sort of Hollywood strike. Either that, or they're just testing director David Hackl and his crew to see how fast they can write and shoot these suckers. Of course, I won't be happy until they write, shoot and have a Saw film in the can in one month, with 12 sequels to watch each year. Maybe by that time they'll figure out a way to clone Tobin Bell before the guy gets so used to being Jigsaw, that he winds up going on a mass killing spree for real. Screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Feast, Project Greenlight) wrote Saw IV, and they're also signed on to write two more sequels. Good for them! At least someone came off that Project Greenlight show ready to kick serious ass.
The most interesting note to come attached to this Bloody-Disgusting story is that, apparently, Lionsgate may skip a year with the Saw films. Yup, that means October 2008 would come and go Saw-free. This has not been confirmed yet, and folks are on it as we speak, but that's what's being reported. Should Saw IV absolutely demolish the box office, I imagine Lionsgate may re-think that strategy. But if Saw IV doesn't put up big numbers, then maybe it would be a good idea to take a year off, let the fans breath, and then come back with a Saw V and Saw VI that absolutely rock. What do you think? Are you ready for the Saw franchise to end? Do you want to keep seeing one installment each year? Or, would you be down with them taking a year off?
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10-17-2007 @ 2:18PM
dana said...
I'd most definitely be down with Saw taking a year off if it meant the next films' quality would be higher. The first was pretty great, but the next two were progressively worse. I'm debating whether or not to even see this one in the theater (and this coming from an unabashed R-rated horror fan, no matter how bad the movie).
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10-17-2007 @ 3:54PM
jorge said...
I'm down for another one...even 3 more
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10-17-2007 @ 4:45PM
thegoldfishpool said...
As an insider, (I was involved with 2 and 3)
I hope that they will put some more money into production on the next two films, after jumping unions and screwing with the crew on Saw four.
Invest in the production and stop worrying about trying to increase your bottom line by cutting corners. I'm looking in your direction Mr. Cohen.
I think a year off would give the producers time to put together a quality project not just churning them out for the sake of it.
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10-17-2007 @ 8:49PM
kaitlin hess said...
The way i see it , why clone Tobin BELL???.....this guy hit the jackpot and now has a guaranteed paycheck for the next few years! Good for him.
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10-20-2007 @ 1:43PM
gambit said...
why do they keep making these things again?
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10-22-2007 @ 9:01AM
fatty said...
wtf! they are already making a fifth one......
when i read the story line for saw 4 it said that tobin bell who supposedly had a wife in the series is now going to be the one who is setting the traps.
well i jus dont know how much longer they can hold off cause there are starting to run out with ideas......thats kinda why the wife was brought in to the story......but why havent we seen her sooner other than when in saw 3 when the doctor that they kidnapped has performing the surgery to cut out part of the skull so some pressure would be off his in opperable frontal lobe tumer.....strange........
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10-23-2007 @ 2:49PM
Tony said...
Okay, SAW was good because of the traps. That's it. The moronic storyline was acceptable filler between traps. Unfortunatly, the guys at Lion's Gate got some bad info. They thought that they people who liked SAW , wanted MORE childish STORYLINE. And please, DO NOT MAKE A FREAKIN PREQUEL.
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11-17-2007 @ 3:09PM
keith said...
I think should keep making saw movies for every year its like one of there slogans for saw 4, "If its Halloween, then it must be Saw."
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