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Showing posts with label the texas chainsaw massacre. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Prequel 'Leatherface' in the Works



If there's a truism when it comes to certain horror franchises it's that none of them are ever truly dead, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has had more lives than its chainsaw-wielding villain. Rebooted a couple of times already with a "sequel" just last year in Texas Chainsaw 3D, the series is now getting a prequel, even though we already saw one in 2006's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

According to The Wrap, Seth M. Harwood has been hired to pen Leatherface, a franchise prequel that will be set in the 1970s. So how does that make it different than any of the others? That much is unclear and without a director on board chances are we won't know if there is some twist to make this reboot unique. Last year we learned producers had acquired the film rights to make seven more Texas Chainsaw movies and this them taking steps towards doing just that.

Production is set to begin in the winter for what will be the eighth Texas Chainsaw Massacre film in the chronologically convoluted franchise.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Sure Shots: Liev Schreiber; Noomi Rapace; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre


* Liev Schreiber appears to have swept the lead role in Brad Anderson's upcoming film, Jack, away from John Cusack. He's been offered the part of an amnesiac killer, experiencing resurfacing memories just as he's fallen in love with a doctor. Samuel L. Jackson is on board for an unspecified role, as well. Brad Anderson's most recent film was in my top 10 of 2008, the mystery/thriller on a train, Transsiberian.

* Noomi Rapace, who has captivated audiences as Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium trilogy of flicks, is all over the place. Not only is she set for the Sherlock Holmes sequel, but she's also been in talks for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel. But she's also got work back in her native Sweden, as she'll be taking on the role of cabaret singer Anita Lindblom, wife of Swedish boxing legend Bo Hogberg in a biopic on his life. The interesting note? Hogberg will be portrayed by Noomi's recent ex-husband, Ola Rapace.  She's on the market, ya'll!

* Somebody out there wants yet another Texas Chainsaw Massacre flick, and that guy certainly isn't me. But since Twisted Pictures is dead set on giving us another one, might as well report on the goings on. This latest news probably won't inspire too many of Leatherface's fans, but Adam Marcus and Debra Sullivan have been brought on to script the upcoming horror. If the name Adam Marcus sounds vaguely familiar, it's because he directed the ultra crappy Jason Goes to Hell back in 1993. God I'm old.