EastEnders’ Star Sam Strike may play young Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel
NewsMillennium Films announced that ex-EastEnders' star Sam Strike is in talks to star as the young Leatherface in a prequel to the legendary 1974 horror film Texas Chainsaw Massacre called Leatherface.
Leatherfacewill serve up the origin story that follows a teenage Leatherface in the 1970s who "resides in a mental institution until he joins a pack of fellow patients who all break out and go on the run from the authorities."
Leatherfaceis the second prequel to the franchise after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
Leatherface will be directed by French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, who made the cult film Inside. The screenplay was written by Seth M. Sherwood.
Leatherface will be produced by Carl Mazzocone with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman.
SOURCE: THE WRAP
