A New Saw Film?

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Saw is making its return to theaters for one week only beginning October 31st. The occasion? Believe it or not, it’s the 10th anniversary. And today, following a press conference for the film, I sat down with producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules to reflect on the series. Inevitably, the discussion led to the “future of Saw.” Since the seventh and “final” chapter, buzz of an eighth film has been omnipresent in the Internet press, however, the producers have never commented on it. Would it be a sequel? A reboot? Both a sequel and a reboot with someone else carrying on Jigsaw’s legacy? None of that has been decided, but both Burg and Koules believe the time is right to get the ball rolling on another film and it sounds like series creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell might be along for the ride. “James and Leigh…when Saw came out they were so afraid of being ‘the Saw guys’,” Koules told Shock Till You Drop, “and they were trying to make their own mark. Now that they’ve made their own mark, they’re very comfortable to come back. We’re getting there. James and Leigh are absolutely going to put their mark on it.” “Who knows?” Burg said, adding with a tinge of hope, “We’re getting closer.” “It’s one of the reasons we agreed to do this again,” Koules continued, referring to the first Saw‘s return to theaters. “We kind of wanted to build it up. Our goal is to go to Comic-Con, not next summer but the summer after [2016] with our heads up saying, ‘Here we go.’ James and Leigh are comfortable with the success they’ve had. And it’s time. James is in post on his movie. Leigh’s on post on [Insidious Chapter 3]. Everyone has time and it’s time.” The Saw legacy ran 2004 to 2010 and has become one of the most successful horror franchises ever. “I’ve entertained the idea,” Wan told me later when asked about possibly back in the director’s chair for another film. “But that’s more of a fantasy, I think. It’s a story Leigh and I really like and…who knows?”

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After the release of Saw 7/3D, rumors for another Saw film would pop up every other year, but after a few weeks or months, all the Saw talk goes back to the crickets stage again. But this is first time I remember hearing anything directly from James Wan and Leigh Whannell.



If you asked me about another Saw film back in 2011 or 2012 (Saw 7/3D was released in 2010) my answer would be a definitive "hell no." With the exception of the new Friday The 13th film, when I look at the landscape for mainstream horror, I don't see anything that's capable of pulling genuine feelings of excitement out of me.



Paranormal Activity is a mediocre franchise overall, and they pushed the new film, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, to 2015. Amityville: The Awakening (because we really need another shitty Amityville film) was supposed to hit theaters in January, but the future of the film is up in the air after Dimension Films removed Awakening from the upcoming releases schedule.



Insidious 3? Chapter 2 was atrocious, so I'm not foaming at the mouth for another Insidious film. Annabelle is no where near as bad as the critics are making it out to be, but I'm still uneasy about The Conjuring 2. Personally, I didn't have a big problem with the movie, but Annabelle lost the battle for #1 to Gone Girl on its opening weekend, the movie received a good amount of negative reviews, and you have to believe they were relying on that momentum to carry over to the release for The Conjuring 2.



So with the way things are now, a new Saw film could spark some buzz. Yes, six sequels for any franchise is too much, but I think we're at a point were enough time has passed for fans to move on from any negative feelings towards the franchise.



Although, I don't know if Wan will return to direct. He's the director for Fast & Furious 7, and a while ago, Wan announced his plans to take a break from the horror genre. Wan was very vocal about Hollywood typecasting him as a horror guy, so he wanted to take a big step outside of his comfort zone to show off his versatility.



Are you interested in another Saw film?