Keep A Sharp Eye Out

Sure, everyone who covers the film industry is talking about this story today--but as I dare to be different--I thought I would cover some "non-news" instead...

The SAW horror film franchise is moving forward with another installment! Can you belive it?

Nicole LaPorte of Variety has the details:

It's no shocker: Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures are moving ahead with their bloody "Saw" franchise, which has grossed more than $400 million worldwide.

"Saw IV" will begin production on April 16 in Toronto. Pic will be released worldwide Oct. 26.

Darren Lynn Bousman, who helmed the first three "Saw" pics,* will return to direct the fourth.

*[Actually James Wan directed the first film in the series--while Bousman took over on II & III]

Pic will continue the horror tale surrounding a serial killer who's nicknamed Jigsaw by the police because of his unusual calling card...

Following "Saw IV," Lionsgate, Twisted Pictures and Bousman will reunite for "Repo! The Genetic Opera," a horror opera that Bousman will direct from an original story by co-composers and screenwriters Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith. Pic is set in the not-so-distant future, when a worldwide epidemic of organ failures inspires a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program reminiscent of an automobile loan plan -- complete with a repossession clause...

"Saw III" was last year's top-grossing horror pic, taking in more than $80 million domestically and more than $100 million overseas. The "Saw" series also has been a top grosser in DVDs.

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The most "shocking" part of the story to me, is that, I caught a factual error in a Variety story..

Actor Tobin Bell is very effective as Jigsaw. He must love the fact that he's had steady work for the last 3 years in a row. The box office for the series is impressive--but even better than that is how good the films are as a whole. Sadly, you can't say that about many of the genre's other series.