{"id":7494,"date":"2019-05-16T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2019-05-16T22:41:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T05:41:03","slug":"chris-rock-set-to-write-saw-reboot-and-yes-this-is-really-happening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/chris-rock-saw-reboot-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock Set To Write ‘Saw’ Reboot And Yes, This Is Really Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surprise! Chris Rock is rebooting the\u00a0Saw<\/em> franchise for Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures.<\/p>\n

Rock is set to write the script for a “twisted new” take on Jigsaw and the popular horror franchise, according to a press release\u00a0on Thursday.\u00a0Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II<\/em>,\u00a0III<\/em>, and\u00a0IV<\/em>) will direct the movie, which will hit theaters October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Chris Rock came to us and described in chilling detail his fantastic vision that reimagines and spins-off the world of the notorious Jigsaw Killer, we were all-in,\u201d said Lionsgate\u2019s Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake. \u201cSaw<\/i>\u00a0is one of the highest grossing horror franchises of all-time and it\u2019s one of Lionsgate\u2019s most successful film series. This upcoming film will still be as mind bending and intense as all the previous\u00a0Saw<\/i>\u00a0films. Chris conceived this idea and it will be completely reverential to the legacy of the material, while [also] reinvigorating the brand with his wit, creative vision and passion for this classic horror franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of\u00a0Saw\u00a0<\/i>since the first film in 2004,\u201d Rock said in a statement. \u201cI am excited by the opportunity to take this to a really intense and twisted new place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChris wants to put his own spin on the\u00a0Saw<\/i>\u00a0franchise in the way Eddie Murphy put a completely fresh perspective on buddy-cop films with\u00a048 Hours.\u00a0<\/i>This new\u00a0Saw\u00a0<\/i>is going to be an event film in the making for horror fans. It will have all of the twists and turns and hardcore layers that our fans expect directed by one of the masters of the craft, Darren Lynn Bousman. We can\u2019t wait to get started,\u201d said longtime series producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules.<\/p>\n

The comedian and filmmaker (Top Five<\/em>) is both a surprising and refreshing choice. As horror movies are having a renaissance lately, with outside-the-box filmmakers like Halloween<\/em>‘s\u00a0Danny McBride and David Gordon Green finding creative and box office success for Blumhouse within the genre, Lionsgate seems to be taking a page from their playbook in the hopes of finding similar success with an unexpected choice like Rock spearheading this effort.<\/p>\n

The series tried a soft “reinvention” of sorts in 2017, with the box office disappointment\u00a0Jigsaw<\/em>. The first few sequels in the franchise — which kicked off in 2004 with director James Wan’s first installment — were huge hits for Lionsgate and very popular amongst horror fans. Since\u00a0Saw VI <\/em>and\u00a0Jigsaw\u00a0<\/em>were\u00a0met with a shrug at the box office, the studio has been looking for a way to rejuvenate the horror series.<\/p>\n

If done right, Lionsgate and Chris Rock could do for\u00a0Saw<\/em> what\u00a0Jordan Peele did with\u00a0Get Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We’ll see how this all works out in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surprise! Chris Rock is rebooting the\u00a0Saw franchise for Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures. Rock is set to write the script for a “twisted new” take on Jigsaw and the popular horror franchise, according to a press release\u00a0on Thursday.\u00a0Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II,\u00a0III, and\u00a0IV) will direct the movie, which will hit theaters October 23, 2020. \u201cWhen Chris […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7511,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7494\/revisions\/7511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}