There was a lot of commotion out of the Sundance screening of the original SAW where co-creator and director James Wan announced that he and co-creator/writer/star Leigh Whannell would be returning for the next SAW.
Headlines immediately ran that Wan would be returning to direct with Whannell once again sharpening his pen. I made a few calls and clarified that the duo would just be more intimately involved for the first time since SAW II.
While doing a little digging, I also found out who is writing the next SAW for Lionsgate, Blumhouse, and Wan’s Atomic Monster.
DREAD CENTAL, the most trusted source of horror news, can exclusively report that Geoffrey Tock and Greg Weidman (In the Shadow of the Moon) are going to be penning the next SAW with the guidance of Wan.
The duo is also writing a film called Below, which Wan is producing for Netflix, and that’s how they came to tackle Jigsaw’s return.
SAW (2004) centers on the infamous killer John “Jigsaw” Kramer (Tobin Bell) and his accomplices, who subject victims to elaborate, deadly tests designed to force them to survive extreme physical and psychological ordeals rather than executing them outright.
The SAW franchise currently consists of ten feature films released between 2004 and 2023. The series includes Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010), Jigsaw (2017), Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021), and Saw X (2023). Collectively, the films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide and represent one of the longest-running horror franchises in theatrical release.
