October 8, 2009
Twisted
Pictures ("Saw" films) are closing a deal to take over the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise, reports
Variety.
The producer/financier is in talks to partner in the films with
Lionsgate
, which has distributed all the movies in the "Saw" series, including the Oct. 23 release of
Saw VI.
The plan is to contemporize the storyline for a 3D film that would be written by Stephen Susco (
The Grudge). Carl Mazzocone,
Mark Burg and Oren Koules will produce.
The new series had been launched at New Line with a remake and a prequel produced by Platinum Dunes.
The Twisted Pictures deal is for multiple films, adds the trade.
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