Saw 8 could be with us in 2016, with both James Wan and Leigh Whannell said to be interested in returning...
Plans remain afoot for a brand new film in the hugely-profitable Sawseries (and we tried watching all of the films to date in 24 hours last year), and according to a new interview with producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules, Saw 8 could be with us in two years' time.
Chatting to ShockTillYouDrop, Koules revealed that filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell "were so afraid of being the Sawguys. They were trying to make their own mark." They've certainly done that. Wan has moved on to The Conjuring, Insidious, and next year's Fast & Furious 7. Meanwhile, Leigh Whannell is in post-production on Insidious Chapter 3.
"They're very comfortable to come back," Koules continued. "James and Leigh are absolutely going to put their mark on it. It's one of the reasons we agreed to do this again."
And do it again they will, it seems. The plan is to "go to Comic-Con, not next summer but the summer after with our heads up saying 'here we go,'" adding that now, "everyone has time and it's time."
It's still not quite a done deal, but the machinations are in place for a new Saw movie. We'll see how it jigsaws together - arf, arf - over the next year or so.
See also: How Saw changed the Halloween release schedule.
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