UPDATED 07/22/19 3:48 p.m. ET: Filming of Chris Rock and Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw is already underway, and now it's been revealed that the film has been bumped up five months from its original October 2020 release date. As Variety reports, the Saw reboot will arrive May 15, 2020. Lionsgate reportedly moved up the release after test footage from the set instilled further confidence in the project.
Details regarding the plot of Saw are still currently slim, but it is known that Rock will play a police detective investigating some gory murders while Samuel L. Jackson will join him as his father. Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols are also set to appear in the reboot. The move comes shortly after the announcement that Universal will release Halloween Kills on Oct. 16, 2020 followed by Halloween Ends on Oct. 15 2021.
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Chris Rock is rebooting the Saw franchise.
According to Deadline, the superstar comedian approached Saw producers Lionsgate with a new spin on the long-running torture-based horror franchise. Lionsgate loved the idea, calling it "mind-bending." There's an Oct. 23, 2020 release date.
"When 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,” Lionsgate chairman Joe Drake told the industry publication. "This upcoming film will still be as mind bending and intense as all the previous Saw films." He added that the new movie is true to the Saw canon while "reinvigorating the brand with his wit, creative vision and passion."
That view was echoed by the series' producers. "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’t wait to get started,” said producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules.
Saw churned out seven movies in six years, pausing in 2010 and returning in 2017 for its eighth installment, Jigsaw. Rock explained that he's been onboard with the stories of Jigsaw from the very beginning. “I’ve been a fan of Saw since the first film in 2004,” said Rock. “I am excited by the opportunity to take this to a really intense and twisted new place.”
Many comedians have been jumping into the horror game. Most notably, Jordan Peele has released two critically acclaimed horror films as writer and director of both Get Outand Us. Eastbound and Down's Danny McBride was writer and executive producer of Blumhouse's wildly successful Halloween reboot.
