Texas Chainsaw Moves To Twisted Pictures

Platinum Dunes, busy with their Friday the 13th sequel and A Nightmare on Elm Street, have let the rights to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slip – and they’ve been picked up by “Saw” makers, Twisted Pictures.

The news comes from Variety that the makers of Jigsaw’s torture-porn horror franchise Saware in negotiations for the rights to the classic video nasty property. According to their sources, the plan is to contemporize the story, setting a new remake in the present day and utilising the latest craze for 3D cinema.

For critics of the original remake, released in 2003, the change in studios presents a lot of potential for a different take on the story, in which a group of teenagers find themselves stranded and pursued by a freakish, cannibalistic family of bloody murderers. Fans of the remake (including me) who may not necessarily be a fan of the later “Saw” films may see this as a step in the wrong direction (yup, me again).

According to Variety’s sources the deal is for multiple films, meaning that an endless string of Texas Chainsaw knockoffs is looking incredibly likely. The original 2003 remake cost Platinum Dunes $9.5 million and managed to gross an impressive $110 million worldwide. The 2006 prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, failed to capture the public’s imagination but still grossed $55 million on a $13 million budget.

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