New SAW V Poster

Thanks goes RecklessTim of http://www.offtopicz.com

Director David Hackl Talks 'SAW V' With B-D!

With the announcement that Lionsgate will bring SAW V to theaters on October 24, 2008, Bloody-Disgusting dropped in a call to our new director, David Hackl, to get a statement for you guys.

"You have to realize that I am probably one of the biggest Saw fans out there. My team and I are the ones who have had the awesome task of designing and building the Saw traps since Saw II. So now I'm about to helm Saw V. I'm as psyched as anyone could be. You can let the fans know that they won't be let down or I will have let myself down. Jigsaw might be dead but that would never stop him and it certainly won't stop me. ...My work has just begun."

Watch for the regular coverage to begin as soon as casting is announced.

Source: Bloody-Disgusting

SAW V To Explain Billy The Puppet

He’s been part of the movie series since the beginning, but although Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is dead the significance of Billy the Puppet has never been truly explained. In the forthcoming SAW movies however, his importance will be revealed as will the real meaning of his tricycle.

“I can tell you that the tricycle that has appeared in all four ‘Saw’ films has a very simple and human explanation to it which I hope that in V and VI we will both understand and have a window into,” said Bell. “The origins of Billy, the meaning of that, I think you will see when you see IV that we’ve started to enter into that area. I think there is some marvelous storyline yet to be told.”

The SAW franchise has already lasted four movies and some fans are asking the question why has Bell decided to deal with these elements now. The answer quite simply is because there are fans out there that do want to know their meaning and because they are integral to the stories.

“I think those two objects are simple things and everyone kind of has seen Billy since the beginning,” he continued. “Well, what is that? And why? Although perhaps you don’t think about it, it has its effect on you. He has his effect and the tricycle has its effect when it enters the scene. I’m interested to show what those origins are. I think fans are really interested in known what the origins of very specific moments, especially Saw fans who are into the details. They just are. I’m always impressed with that.”

Source: RabidDoll.com

Ending Already Written for SAW V

The biggest thrills of the SAW movies are their surprise endings, which seem to keep audiences guessing even more than M. Night Shyamalan's latest creations. That's why the producers of the SAW sequels are starting there and working backwards.

Oren Koules said in an interview,

"We just basically locked down the ending about a month ago so it's working off of what happens from there. There's nothing guaranteed. It's really Mark [Burg] and I looking at each other and saying, 'Okay, this story works, let's go.' When it doesn't, we won't go. We'll miss a year, we'll miss two years. It's two things: If we have a story that works and the fans want to see it. It's such a simple equation. Right now we're working on some things on V. There's nothing definitive."

Burg may even have plans to make SAW V and SAW VI at the same time, though coming up with two shocking, surprising scripts for one epic shoot may not be possible (especially now with the WGA in full effect). This plan also hinted at which characters from SAW IV might become the focus of a SAW V.

"It was an idea of ours to try and keep the cast together because it's really difficult with Scott [Patterson] doing a TV series and other people doing other shows that we're going to try to. I'd say it's not out of the question but it's going to be really hard for us to get the screenplay to Saw VI where we want it to be to be able to do it."

If SAW V does go ahead, it looks like Jigsaw will remain a factor. Despite having his head on a morgue scale on the posters for SAW IV, Koules wants actor Tobin Bell back for "as many as he wants."

The boys know that they won't always be making a SAW movie a year. They're prepared to accept their fate when the grosses go down.

Koules says,

"I think we'll all know. As of the tracking, as of today and as of everything else right now, we're still rolling. Listen, we're surprised. There's going to be a day we wake up, we don't have a $25 million weekend, we have a $4 million weekend. We're fine. We own the films. We're okay."

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

SAW V Still On Track for 2008

After reports that the SAW franchise would finally take a year off, producer Mark Burg countered that he's still aiming for October 2008 to unleash SAW.

"This is the first time we've actually started developing story ideas before a movie came out. We have a really good take for where we want to go with the next one but it's not good enough yet. My goal is to have another Saw movie next year. However, if the script doesn't come together, then we won't. We've got a really close idea. We've got two thirds of a really good idea but I've spent the last weeks, four hours a day, meeting with the writers to flesh it all out."

Should all go according to plan, co-producer Oren Koules wants to take October 2008 to the next level.

"I would be surprised if we're not out for '08. The only argument is I want to play on Halloween day because 10/31 next year is Friday. They want to go 10/24. It's a big debate. We're '08 unless something dramatic happens. We have a pretty good story. We're not there yet but we have a really good story."

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

SAW IV: Unrated Director's Cut on DVD January 22nd

The Unrated SAW IV Director's Cut is coming to DVD January 22nd.

Lions Gate Home Entertainment has officially announced SAW IV which stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, and Betsy Russell. The Darren Lynn Bousman directed horror will be available in seperate rated (95 minutes) and unrated (98 minutes) editions on January 22nd. Each will retail at around $29.95. A Blu-ray edition will also be available for $39.99. Each will include an audio commentary with Producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg and Executive Producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine, a second commentary with Director Darren Lynn Bousman and Actor Lyriq Bent, Darren's Video Diary, featurettes on the traps and props of the film, a SAW IV Music Video by "X-Japan", and a bonus deleted scene.

You thought it was over, but you were wrong. The games have just begun.

New SAW V banner

Thanks goes RecklessTim of www.offtopicz.com

SAW V set to begin filming after Christmas

Sources indicate that the fifth installment in the SAW franchise, SAW V, will be going into production just after Christmas. The newest director, David Hackl(Production desiger for SAW II-SAW IV, second unit director for SAW III and SAW IV), told MoviesOnline.com that Thomas Fenton, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan are currently working on the script and they will be going into production after Christmas. It seems like, contrary to popular rumors, SAW V is prepping for a 2008 release!

SAW V and SAW VI Shooting Back-to-Back, Year Off?

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but there as been a rumor going around that next year, 2008, there will not be a SAW film.

Bloody-Disgusting learned of some really interesting information last night that was quasi-confirmed. We know for a fact that Lionsgate is now planning on shooting both SAW V and SAW VI back-to-back with David Hackl attached to direct (details here), but something we're awaiting confirmation on is whether or not Jigsaw is taking a year off to breathe. We were told that as of right now Lionsgate is planning on skipping October 2008 for the next Saw film, although that news is yet to be confirmed. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who wrote SAW IV, are developing the screenplays for both sequels. The fourth installment is in theaters now.

SAW V and SAW VI Director Already Signed!

A bit late on the news, but better late than never!

Your #1 source for all things horror, Bloody-Disgusting, has just confirmed through multiple sources that David Hackl, the production designer on Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV and second unit director on Saw II and Saw IV has OFFICIALLY been attached to helm both Lionsgate's Saw V and Saw VI, assuming a hole doesn't form in the Earth and suck the franchise in with it.

All the SAW IV clips so far

Now that SAW IV is out, I wanted to get a list of all the clips that are out. Obviously, these videos will spoil a scene for you, so if you're trying to avoid any spoilers until you see the movie, or if you haven't seen the movie yet, my best advice is to go into this movie blind, and not see anything. I read one or two spoilers, and this movie still blindsided me and amazed me. It messed with my senses and was an awesome movie. Thanks to Bloody-Disgusting, Myspace, Youtube, and Reelzchannel for all clips.

Trap clips-

Scalp Trap

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1286

Knife Chair Trap(With this clip, you must be 18, so just enter a fake birthdate over the age of 18, and you should be good)

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1284

Mausoleum Trap(Same as above, you must be 18, so just use a fake birthdate)

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1238

Scenes-

Autopsy(You must be 18, same as above)

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1137

Leaving The Clinic(Select the clip from the list at the right)

http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie/227122/saw-iv

Trailers-

Teaser Trailer

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1118

International TV Spot(UK)

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19295168

Final Trailer

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/1274

There are a few other trailers that are on the SAW IV website. Just go to http://www.saw4.com/ Click on "Enter Site", then enter somebody's birthdate that is 18 or older. Then, just click "Video".

Go see SAW IV, in theaters now!

SAW IV makes 32.1 Million!

Ah, Another year, Another SAW Film, Another success.

Opening weekend, SAW IV pulled in over $32.1 million, just in those three days! Rack up another success for Lionsgate and the SAW crew.

As Leer stated in his SAW blog, I loved SAW IV and since they are already working on SAW V I'm starting the hype train up again already. Although I did hype SAW IV like crazy, telling everybody I saw, even complete strangers, I was still a bit skeptical as to how the team could pull off SAW IV. But it managed to be amazingly awesome and refresh my faith in the series. So, hopefully, expect to see coverage of SAW V like I had for SAW II, because now I am HELL OF EXCITED for another flick. I can't wait really.

Go see SAW IV, in theaters now!

Countdown to SAW IV!

A new flash countdown timer for Lionsgate's SAW IV, in theaters October 26th!

Click here to get the code! Just copy the code in the scroll box.

New SAW IV Image Released

This week, the newest image from Lionsgate Films was released to The Official SAW Fan Club I warn you, this image is the most graphic out of all that have been released.

Source: http://www.houseofjigsaw.com/board/showthread.php?t=10788

SAW IV Clip Finally Released

If you head on over to the Official SAW fan club at http://www.officialsaw.com/, you can catch the legally released version of the SAW IV clip, leaked by a bootlegger earlier this week. This clip, unlike the previous one, is the official clip, released by Lionsgate Films. The clip is of much better quality, visually and audio-wise. Much better than the last one. LGF's SAW IV is in theaters October 26th.

Video: http://officialsaw.com/subpage.php?PG=media&trailer=IV

You'll need Java 7.1 to watch the video.

Lionsgate's Latest 'Saw Blood Drive' and Poster!

From Lionsgate comes the brand new SAW Blood Drive Poster in promotion of the Fourth Annual SAW “Give Til It Hurts” Blood Drive. The blood drive, benefiting the Red Cross, will coincide with the release of Saw IV, in theaters October 26th. Since the first SAW blood drive in 2004, SAW filmgoers have donated nearly 38,000 pints of blood to help save as many as 112,500 lives. Collection totals have doubled year after year resulting in tens of thousands of lifesaving blood transfusions.

Saw IV Too Much for Comic-Con

Coming after Clive Barker and the panel for Midnight Meat Train might have been a tough act to follow, but director Darren Lynn Bousman and producer Mark Burg were up for it, having their first Lionsgate presentation in Hall H at Comic-Con International after years of doing the smaller rooms at the San Diego Convention Center. Their first announcement was that the MPAA had just given their first cut of Saw IV an NC-17 rating, and they would have to figure out what to do to, either to get it down to an R rating or decide whether to release it with that rating. They also had some problems with their planned Comic-Con clip, as they originally wanted to show the first five minutes of the movie but it was turned down, because it was "just too much" so they had to go with something else.

After a montage of clips from the first three "Saw" flicks, the crowd was treated to the famous line "Do you wanna play a game?" from Tobin Bell, who came out to join them and field a few questions from the audience.

Finally, they got to the clip, which similar to past years, featured one of the many deathtraps from the movie. It opened on an older bald man waking up on the floor of a room with a locked collar attached to a chain around his neck. He starts freaking out when he realizes that his eyes have been sewn shut and he can't see. He starts pulling on the chain to try to release himself and the camera follows the chain to another side where there's another guy (played by Justin Louis) and he has his mouth sewn shut. So the premise is that one guy can't see what's going on, and the other one can see but can't say anything. In between the two of them is a machine with gears that starts yanking on their chains pulling them closer to it and tightening the collar around their necks, and both of them start panicking. The blind man finds weapons (an axe and a sharp hook-like device) and he starts throwing them although he doesn't know what is pulling on him. The guys pull back and forth on the chain each one getting closer to the machine, though the lack of communication makes it impossible for them to work together on solving the puzzle. The younger guy spots a key on the back of the other man's neck and realizing that it might open the locked collar around his neck, he starts making his way over. The two men start fighting and the blinded man swings wildly with the hook and catches the mute man in the leg, blood starts spurting, and then the guy pulls the hook out of his leg and starts hacking the blind man with the axe over and over (or it might have been the hook--honestly, there was so much back and forth as they fought that it was hard to keep track). Finally, the mute man gets the key off the neck of his felled opponent and fumbles to try to open the lock on his neck but the chain pulls him closer to the machine and blood starts pouring out of his mouth because he's run out of time.

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SDCC 07: Bousman Reveals 'Repo!' Musicians, 'Saw IV' Details

Now if you head on over to BDTV you can watch our exclusive interview with Darren Lynn Bousman who breaks the exclusive news on who will be doing some music for his upcoming Repo! The Genetic Opera, which will star Paris Hilton, along with details on Lionsgate's Saw IV. Watch this spot as the next year there will be a whole lotta Bousman on B-D!

SDCC 07: Chat With Tobin Bell, Jigsaw in 'Saw IV'

If you head on over to BDTV you can watch our exclusive one-on-one video interview with Tobin Bell, who plays Jogsaw once agian in Lionsgate's Saw IV, which hits theaters October 26. The interview was conducted this past Thursday at the San Diego Comic Con, watch for our little chat with director Darren Lynn Bousman tomorrow. Don't forget to cick here for tons of Comic Con news that was posted over the weekend, with more to come.

SDCC 07: Hi-Res Look at Domestic 'Saw IV' Teaser Poster

First seen on Bloody-Disgusting this past Wednesday, today Lionsgate has provided is with the first look at the hi-res domestic teaser for Saw IV, which hits theaters October 26. this poster is DIFFERENT than the one featuring Jigsaw's head in a scale. Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

SDCC 07: More 'Saw IV' Casting News, NC-17?!

While attending Lionsgate's panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con, it was revealed that the MPAA has official slapped the first cut of Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw IV with an NC-17. Cuts will be made and the film will be ready with an R rating for release on October 26. Bloody-Disgusting also learned exclusively that Darren's beautiful girlfriend, Laura Bosserman, will have a cameo in the film. Watch for exclusive interview bits with Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) and director Darren Lynn Bousman soon! Click the title above for all things SAW IV! Click here for our ongoing Comic Con coverage LIVE!

Second Still From Lionsgate's 'Saw IV' Raises More Questions

Lionsgate has gone movie crazy with this week's San Diego Comic Con now in full effect, today they've released yet another image from Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw IV, which is hitting theaters October 26. Read on to take a peak and keep your guesses coming, what is all this about? Does Jigsaw's head in a scale mean something? Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

Image from IGN:

SDCC 07: New Official Teaser Poster For 'Saw IV'

Today while rocking the insane San Diego Comic Con we scored a look at the first domestic teaser poster for Lionsgate's Saw IV, along with a little peak of the booth itself. If you missed the UK poster check it out here and read on for the other one sheet. Jigsaw returns on October 26 thanks to Darren Lynn Bousman and Lionsgate.

Weigh in on the Official International Poster For 'Saw IV'

We have just confirmed this as the real deal, check out the first international (UK) poster for Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw IV, which I'm sure will debut at the San Diego Comic Con this weekend. Thumbs up to Lionsgate for another breathtaking piece of art. Read on to check it out and check out Saw IV in theaters everywhere on October 26. Watch for our Comic Con coverage this weekend.

What do you think? Cool huh?

Donnie Wahlberg Returns For 'Saw IV'... And He's Pissed!

It appears that Lionsgate has more tricks up their sleeve than already revealing the director for the next two Saw films following the release of Saw IV on October 26 (story here). We had been informed that Donnie Wahlberg did have a role in Darren Bousman's latest effort, but like last year, were told it was untrue. It appears Wahlberg is in fact in the film... and pissed about it. Read on for the skinny.

Bring it on! I want Saw V, VI, VII...

From Rotten Tomatoes:

Most actors are happy when they get asked back to a role. Not Donnie Wahlberg. Though left for dead at the end of Saw II, he was granted more screen time in Saw III. That seemed to be the end, but it looks like there's more Wahlberg in Saw IV.

"Yeah, I got a scene in it," said Wahlberg. "They kept me alive. I told them I wanted to die in part three and they took out my death. I just lie there and nothing happens."

[Spoiler alert]

Even Jigsaw died in Saw III but he's back. The filmmakers are keeping a tight lip on the timeframe that allows such actors to return, but Wahlberg was so annoyed that he spilled that officer Matthews still exists in present tense.

"No, they kept me alive. I don't want to talk about it."

Perplexed? You've got a few months to marinate on it, until Saw IV makes its way into theaters on October 26.

SAW V and SAW VI Director Already Signed!

Yes I'm still blind, but the news gets even better this evening. Your #1 source for all things horror, Bloody-Disgusting, has just confirmed through multiple sources that David Hackl, the production designer on Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV and second unit director on Saw II and Saw IV has OFFICIALLY been attached to helm both Lionsgate's Saw V and Saw VI, assuming a hole doesn't form in the Earth and suck the franchise in with it. Will Jigsaw return? I'm sure he will. But this news comes so early don't expect much more until we see how well Saw IV does, which Hackl was once in the running to direct.

SAW IV Synopsis(Updated)

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Agent Perez, arrive at the depleted police precinct and help veteran Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) sift through Jigsaw's latest grizzly game of victims and piece together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), is suddenly abducted and thrust into the madman's harrowing game, the officer has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of interconnected traps...or face the deadly consequences.

Rigg's citywide pursuit leaves a wake of dead bodies, and Detective Hoffman and the FBI uncover long hidden clues that lead them back to Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell). The genesis of Jigsaw's evil is unveiled, exposing the puppet master's true intentions and the sinister plan for his past, present and future victims.

http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/ep...fact_sheet.doc

Enhanced/High Res Image from SAW IV

A fellow House Of Jigsaw member enhanced the SAW 4 image so you can see more. Leave your theories.

SAW IV and SAW V info

Oren Koules on SAW 5: "We knew the story to five before we started shooting four."

Production Designer David Hackl discusses TRAPS: "It's not just, 'How do we kill the guy?', it's 'How do we kill them really well?'"

The Great Tobin Bell discusses Jigsaw's role in SAW 4: "There's plenty of him in this film. But it's not about the size of the role, it's the impact you have on the story." Tobin continues, "Jigsaw has a very interesting storyline in this film and I think it takes you someplace you haven't been before; there's a couple of extremely impactful scenes."

DLB (Director Darren Bousman) discusses the one and only Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "Tobin always has ideas. I think that's why the saw films have continued to work." DLB continues, "There was one scene that wasn't working and in a half hour, Tobin and I rewrote the scene and it worked amazingly. He walks around with this leather-bound notebook and it's his philosophy on Saw. Any question you ask him... what high school he went to, what was his first job... he's got it in this book."

Producer Mark Burg discusses SAW 4, SAW 5 and the amazing SAW Crew: "It's never been easy. It's just hard coming up with a good script that quickly. And we're working on Saw V right now. Part of the day is dealing with Saw IV and the other part of the day is dealing with the writers on ideas for Saw V. Our team is so good. It's the same cinematographer, same production designer, same costume designer, same line producer, same prop master, same special effects man. These guys, they all kind of look forward to us coming to Toronto to start. It's always the same crew. It's kind of like going to a camp and everyone comes back every summer."

The great Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "Are you ever going to see Jigsaw have a love scene? Well, I felt like I had a couple with Amanda in the last film. They didn't write any Amanda/Jigsaw relationship in that movie. So whatever we came up with, we had to come up with in a touch, in a look, in a feeling, in a moment which is blessed stuff when you're an actor. If you can create any sense of reality, any connection with your partner, it makes it all worthwhile. It feels very right. When that gets captured by the camera and makes it through the shark infested waters of editing onto the screen, then that's great."

Producer Oren Koules wants SAW Fans to know: "Leigh and James are still very much involved."

A SAW 4 tease from Producer Mark Burg: "All I can tell you is you're going to get to the end of the movie and people will go, 'Oh my God, how did I not see that coming?'"

The SAW Producers on the SAW 4 script-- Oren Koules: "In some ways this is our best script we've ever had." Mark Burg: "I love this script. I love it."

Producer Oren Koules: "One of the things we said is we love the way Saw I ended where you get to see the fans' faces and when Jigsaw started rising, people were like, 'Oh my God.' We used to watch them. So we want to have a great ending again. It's one of the things we worked from the ending back. We knew where we wanted to end it."

Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "One of the things these guys have done really well has been to not only have all the traps and all the tricks and all the gore and all the murder and mayhem, but they've tried to infuse the films with a delicacy and intelligence that I think offsets that."

The one and only Tobin Bell discusses JIGSAW: "When I was doing Saw II, I came up with 130 things that disturb this guy, that disturb him."

SAW IV Synopsis Revealed

Oh Yes, this is Official !

Cast...................

Character Tobin Bell ............ Jigsaw

Scott Patterson........ Agent Straum

Betsy Russell ......... Jill

Costas Mandylor...... Hoffman

Lyriq Bent............. Rigg

Athena Karkanis..... Agent Perez

Justin Louis........... Art

Simon Reynolds...... Lamanna

Mike Realba........... Fisk

Marty Adams......... Ivan

Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman

Written by: Patrick Melton
Marcus Dunstan

Produced by: Mark Berg
Oren Koules

Executive Producer: Dan Heffner

Co-Producer: Greg Copelamd

Associate Producer : Troy Begnaud

Director of Photography : David Armstrong

Production Designer: David Hackl

Costume Desginer: Alex Kavanagh

Editors: Brett Sullivan
Diane Brunjes

Casting Director: Stephanie Gorgin (Toronto)

SYNOPSIS

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.

Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

First Official SAW IV Image Released

This first official SAW IV image has been revealed!

What could it mean?!

SAW IV Poster a FAKE

A poster for the upcoming "Saw 4" has been going around the internet, and nobody was really sure what the marketing people were going for. The poster shows surgical tools on a plate being served with a knife and fork.

According to Lionsgate, the poster is "not any kind of official art for the film, it was the invitation to a press event." The imagery of the plate, silverware and server gloves are a direct reference to the fact that this is an invitation to an event at a restaurant."

Source

More news!

Sorry for not keeping up, but here is the news, and I swear to keep this thing updated.

Darren Lynn Bousman answered some questions on HOJ:

Jordanaivrum
- you asked how man people worked on the story for SAW IV... Great question - - EVERYONE!!! seriously - from the production designer to the prop guys. We have all been doing these films for the last three years so we all kind'a feel like it's our baby. We take input from EVERYONE on set. That being said - Marcus, Patrick and I spent many a long hour on the phone talking about where the story should go. Once we were close we brought it to the saw family to get their ideas...

Brock Manson - will this story focus on Jeff? Every plot synopsis you might have read online is false... trust me when I tell you - the real 'story' has not been released.

Strictly Bars and Bad Boys - - are there a lot of twists? YES!!! but again - not all twists are THE GUY GETS UP OFF THE FLOOR. A twist in my book is any time you think you know whats going on - and come to realize you don't.

SAWesome89 - - you wanted to know about the teaser trailer... I don't know when they will be releasing this - but I can say - keep watching on line - for some OTHER surprises very very soon.

deserted soul - - Will we get to know more about Amanada - and will we see what was in the note... I can say the answer to ONE of your questions is YES... I Just can't tell you which one I am answering yes to!

Disciple Of Jigsaw - - you ask if I ever read SAW STORIES written by fans. During Saw II I use to read a lot of them... But currently I am swamped with editing this bad boy - as well as prepping my next project REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA. So my time is pretty short... I tell you what I do look at though is the ART people draw based on the saw films... We have some real talented fans out there!

copycatjigsaw - - you ask if someone is returning for the first film... YES!!!! just can't tell you who!!!!

Ok guys - I have to go back to editing... We are currently editing the ending... It's crazy... Let me tell you about it... Oh wait... I can't do that... but you will see it soon enough!

Keep the questions coming!

dlb

Tobin Bell was interviewed here.

More from Bousman:

"There was a scene in this movie that made me regurgitate in my mouth."

That's how Darren Lynn Bousman describes the next chapter in the Saw series. He recently got back from shooting the fourth entry in this hugely popular franchise. He met up with me and a couple of other journalists at Parc Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard to dish about his latest gory entree, and his experiences making it.

Every possible question was asked. Did he answer them? Not so much. Saw is a mystery, whether you like it or not. And they aren't ready to show all of their cards just yet. Here is how Darren described his new film:

"What I can tell you about Saw IVis this. Everyone thinks we are doing a prequel. We are not. Is Tobin back in this? One hundred percent he is. Is he a bad ass in this one, you bet he is. Is Tobin only in flashbacks? No he's not. Is Tobin Dead? Yes he is. Is Tobin a ghost? No he's not. It's hard to explain. All we can say is watch the movie. If you can get the end of the movie, then you are my personal fucking heroes. I read the script and didn't get the ending. A lot of the actors don't know the ending either. We only gave the ending to Tobin. No one else got it."

Are you curious? I know I am. I might have to see this one in the theater.

Here is the rest of our chat (note - This interview is culled from a couple of different interviews. Most of it is exclusive, but some of it came from the informal roundtables that were also conducted at the time, inside a bar, by a bunch of drunk people):

Darren Lynn Bousman: We are not churning these movies out. We just never stopped production. So, it's not like we have to come back and figure this out. I used to work on the The X Files, and I would have to walk up to them and ask if they knew where this was going. We defiantly know where this is going. It does have an ending. And it is badass. There is a definite conclusion. We figured it out. We found the end. Did I think I was going to come back for IV? No, I thought III would have been the end. For me, at least. III was the end of that story. But there was always envisioned separate stories that were supposed to be going on in Saw. I just happened to take part in the beginning of the next story.

Why did you come back

Darren Lynn Bousman: It was the heap loads of cash that came pouring out of the dump truck they pulled up next to my house. No. What it really boils down to is two things. Unlike starting from scratch, I'd been with this project for two years now. I knew the people involved. I knew the producers. I knew the cast. So it wasn't starting at square one, it was coming directly back into it.

Can you tell me anything that hasn't already made the rounds?

Darren Lynn Bousman: Well, here is a funny anecdote that nobody knows about yet. We're filming the movie, and I wanted something more intense. There was a thirty-minute chunk of film that was kind of boring. I needed something that would make people squirm, and cringe. I went to David Hackle and told him that, in the next four days, we are shooting these scenes that I really don't care about. He agreed that they weren't too good. So I said, lets put a trap there. I called Mark into work on a Friday. I decided I wasn't going to work for the next four days. I was going to put a trap in here. And they were like, "What?" I pitch them the trap, and they think it's a pretty good trap. So I call Hackle on Thursday. I tell him that I need this really complex trap built and done. He's like, "Uh, okay." We took these days that we were going to film and built a trap instead. We built it on Friday to shoot on Monday morning. And its one of the best traps in the movie. It's absolutely amazing. That's why these Saw films are successful. We are continually working on the script. Making it better. Every single Saw film, I am looking at the edit, and I'm like, "oh, fuck. I didn't get this. It would be so great if we had it." Example, in Saw II we have this scene were these guys are hut-hutting it up these stairs. They are walking up there, and it's boring. Someone needs to get their leg or ankle broken. And we were done shooting. I tell the editor that it sucks. He says, "It does suck." I tell him that we need to fix it. So I tell the assistant editor that I need a staircase. I tell him to go build me a staircase. So the assistant editor goes to Home Depot, and for two days he builds this staircase. I get a Panavision, and I reshoot the scene with the assistant editor going up the stairs. He's, like, what? Four foot nine. I put him in S.W.A.T. gear, and we reshot little segments of stuff like that. We got the ankle breaking, and that was never in the script. We don't do normal reshoots were you have two hundred people and a week to film it. We do two-hour reshoots.

How closely are you involved with the editing process?

Darren Lynn Bousman: Every day. I am in there every day. I work on all aspects of the film. The sound effects, the digital effects. A big part of my job is getting the sound mix where it needs to be. I remember last year, I was in the audio booth from eight o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock everyday, screaming, "No, I want it to go down like that!" It was intense. I was in the editing room, and I saw one of the traps go off on film, and I started crying. It was the worse thing I had ever seen in my life. The editor said, "Just give me a day." He went back, he added flash frames. And the sound design. And I was thoroughly disgusted. Sound does so much to horror movies.

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New photos on the set of SAW IV

FEARnet has the very first stills from the set of Saw IV! Director of Saw II and III, Darren Lynn Bousman is helming Saw IV, which is now in its early stages of production in Toronto. Saw IV is scheduled to hit theaters in October, continuing the tradition of the last three films of the franchise.

Description from IMDB - Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of Saw III, Jeff must find his daughter and escape the building to which they are confined before they both die. After finding another tape of Jigsaw, Jeff realizes there may be a newly added piece of the puzzle that he must decipher before it’s too late.

Check out this exclusive behind the scenes still from the set of Saw IV only on FEARnet. More to come!















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Tobin Bell, Oren Koules Tease Saw IV

While attending ShoWest in Las Vegas, ComingSoon.net had a chance to talk with two of the principals behind Lionsgate's Saw franchise, Tobin Bell, who has played Jigsaw in all three movies, and Twisted Pictures Co-Producer Oren Koules about this year's Saw IV, which starts shooting in Toronto on April 16.

With a month to go, Bell still didn't know very much about how they were going to bring Jigsaw back after his apparent demise in the previous film. "I haven't read the script, don't know the story. I know I'm in it, but that's it," he told us. "It's difficult for me to comment on something I haven't read so I don't know what they're going to do or how they're going to do it. Hollywood's amazing; they come up with all kinds of ways to accomplish things. If I knew I'd tell you, but I don't. In some ways, it's a blessing."

Koules, who was being honored with partner Mark Burg with ShoWest's Award of Excellence in Producing, gave us a few more hints about the fourth film in the franchise. "Tobin knows some clues and what to tell the fans is that there are three or four scenes in 'Saw III' that seem very innocuous and benign but when you see 'Saw IV' and they flash back to those, they have a whole different meaning. We shots scenes for 'Saw III', knowing they'd be in IV. We knew what we wanted to do for IV so we actually shot scenes for III but tried to make them very innocent scenes that didn't really make sense, but when it comes back, it's a huge part about Saw IV."

While doing press for Saw III, Leigh Whannell seemed ready to have that be his last movie in the series (as did Darren Lynn Bousman who will be back for Saw IV) but Koules told us that Wan and Whannell are still in the picture. "They're totally involved. Two of the biggest ideas in this movie are Leigh's. We hired writers, but they were still very much involved."

A lot of people have been wondering how long they'll be able to keep making these Saw movies to which Koules responded, "Until people stop going."

Tobin Bell Confirms Plans For Jigsaw's Return in 'Saw V'

While at ShoWest Quint over at AICN attended the Lionsgate panel where Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) confirmed the news we broke months ago that he's signed on for both Saw IV and Saw V! Expect Jigsaw to return in October of 2008 as well, but don't expect Darren Lynn Bousman to helm for a fourth time. Production begins on Saw IV April 16. Jigsaw returns October 26 from a story by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton of Feast fame.
Read the article at http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8409

Darren Lynn Bousman Speaks On 'Saw IV' Announcement!

In a shocking turn of events it was revealed the other day that Darren Lynn Bousman would be returning to helm Saw IV for Lionsgate. Now that the dust has settled, Darren has taken the time to address his fans about the announcement, which can be found inside. Watch for more news as it comes in. Production is scheduled to begin in Toronto on April 16.

Darren Lynn Bousman writes on his MySpace:

"SO after I have publicly gone on the record NUMEROUS times saying I WILL NOT return to direct SAW IV is it possibly true that, indeed I will be returning??? Ok... I should have never opened my big mouth... As I have now learned NEVER say NEVER... The rumors are in fact true... "I'LL BE BACK" (in my bad Arnold Schwarzenegger impression).

First off, let me dispel some rumors.... REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA IS HAPPENING!!!! (REPO OPERA myspace page is going up shortly) REPO is a ROCK OEPRA! Thus it is entirely sung... meaning over 35 songs have to be recorded and mixed PRIOR to us filming... That is going to take about four months... On top of that - I want to use the same crew as from the SAW films... That pushes me another two months... That means the EARLIEST I could shoot REPO would be September...

So here I have this gaping whole for the next 8 months before I could even begin shooting... I freak out if I am not constantly doing something... I was approached with Saw as an idea to fill that void... At first I turned it down just on principle... I have been WAY to lucky with the past films to warrant or RISK me coming back... And then I read the script... I read the draft of SAW IV... My first reaction....

FUCKING DAMNIT!!!!

This script was good... no... not good... GREAT... I was totally prepared for this script to JUMP THE SHARK - - I mean - we are on our THIRD sequel - where in fucks sake to you go from here? In the case of this script... UP!

I met with writers to give them my two cents... The next thing I knew I was all giddy like a school girl about where the film and the franchise was headed...

SHOW ME WHERE TO SIGN I screamed inside Twisted Pictures quite office...

There are those who have sent me emails asking "Are you fucking crazy? You're doing IV?" Well, yes, I am crazy... But I would be INSANE if I didn't do it... I get to work with people I love - make disgusting traps that spray the red stuff - and have an arsenal of material to offend, well, everybody... Plus, who else is going to let me get away with the sick shit that I do???

SAW IV is not a step backwards – it's a leap forward…"

Read the article at http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8258

B-D Has a Feast With The Writers of 'Saw IV'

The Hollywood Reporter announced this evening that Darren Lynn Bousman will return to helm Lionsgate's Saw IV (more details here), but what they failed to mention was which story was chosen for the screenplay. Bloody-Disgusting learned exclusively that Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton's (Feast, The Midnight Man) story was chosen to be developed into Jigsaw's fourth entry in the popular franchise, which was created by Leigh Whannell and James Wan. No details on what will happen to the other stories but word has it that Lionsgate is looking to release six films in the franchise. Could this be the start of a new trilogy??!!

Read the article at http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8249

UPDATED: A Jigsaw Shocker... Who Will Direct 'Saw 4'??!!

Ready for the shocker? Dying to know who will be directing Lionsgate's Saw 4? The Hollywood Reporter confirmed reports early this morning that Darren Lynn Bousman will helm the fourth installment in the popular franchise, which features a killer by the name of Jigsaw who tortures his victims to help them appreciate the life they took for granted. Bousman previously directed Saw II and Saw III for Lionsgate and is also in pre-production on his third feature film, Repo! A Genetic Opera. Read on for the official news!

Darren Lynn Bousman is set to direct "Saw IV." The director, who helmed the last two installments in the horror franchise, "Saw II" and "Saw III," will begin production in Toronto April 16, Lionsgate and its production partner Twisted Pictures announced Monday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Also reuniting on the project is the "Saw" production team, with Twisted's Mark Burg and Oren Koules producing and Daniel Jason Heffner, James Wan, Leigh Whannell and Stacey Testro executive producing.

Executive producing for Lionsgate are president of acquisitions and co-productions Peter Block and senior vp acquisitions Jason Constantine. Key contributors to the first three films returning include editor Kevin Greutert, director of photography David Armstrong and production designer David Hackl.

"Having Darren behind the camera gives 'Saw IV' a real edge, so to speak," Block said. "He has led this franchise into boxoffice history while proving himself a modern master of psychological terror."

The film is slated for worldwide release on Oct. 26. The "Saw" series has thus far grossed more than $400 million worldwide.

"It's not often that a filmmaker is given the opportunity to follow a genuinely compelling character through two films, much less three," Bousman said. "So I'm very excited about picking up the reins on 'Saw IV,' and delving even deeper into the Jigsaw legend."

Following "Saw IV," Lionsgate, Twisted Pictures and Bousman will reunite for "Repo! The Genetic Opera," a horror opera Bousman will direct from an original story by co-composers and screenwriters Terrence Zdunich and Darren Smith.

Read the article at http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8243

'Saw 4' to Begin Shooting in April, Whannell Speaks!

B-D reader 'xerotheory7803' wrote in with some sweet news regarding Lionsgate's Saw 4, "Hey guys, just wanted to drop you a line. I just got in from the Monster Mania horror convention near Philly where they announced that SAW 4 begins production on April 16th! No official word yet on cast or crew, but they promised MANY twists and turns in the fourth installment. Creator Leigh Whannell said that many unanswered questions from SAW 3 will be answered, such as the tape Jigsaw pours wax over, Obi's connection to Jigsaw, among other things." Watch for the official announcement on a director when word comes in... we think we might know who it is!!

Read the article at http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8238

Updated SAWFreaks links

Just to lessen the confusion, there are 3 links to the SAWFreaks site. I'll go through and choose a permanent one this weekend. Right now, they are-

http://www.sawfreaks.tk

http://www.sawfreaks.cjb.net

and

http://www.sawfreaks.co.nr

All go to the same website!

New Interview With Darren Bousman

I just got this from a member on House Of Jigsaw. There's not a lot of info about SAW IV in it, but Darren does mention that he's read the script. He talks about his future projects too, which are sounding pretty interesting.

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Daniel Robert Epstein: Have you started shooting Wichita yet?

Darren Lynn Bousman: Wichita got blacklisted from Hollywood I think. My whole goal in my tenure here in Hollywood is to offend and upset as many people as humanly possible, but I think that Wichita might have crossed the line. There is nothing in my mind that will ever top the disturbing factors that Wichita has. So don’t be looking for Wichita this year but I’ve got some other very interesting things out there that are very exciting. I want to do things that are crazy and unique and interesting and not just do the same the same rehashed pile of shit over and over again. It looks like one of my next projects is going to be a rock opera of all things.

DRE:That’s right; I remember that you were a huge fan of Jesus Christ Superstar.

DLB:Huge fan. I’ve been working with these two guys on this rock opera for years now. I directed a play called REPO! The Genetic Opera about five years back in Hollywood. I always said that if I ever get the chance to make the movie I want to make, I want to go make REPO. When Saw II hit, I called the writers up and said, “Guys, you better write a script right now. I guarantee I’m going to get this movie made.” So they went off and turned the play into a script. So Saw III is a hit and I was like, “I’m going to shoot a scene of this so people know what it is.” So much like James Wan did in the original Saw, I went out and I shot a scene with Shawnee Smith and Michael Rooker in it. It is like a throwback to Rocky Horror Picture Show and Jesus Christ Superstar and people got excited by it. The writers knocked it out of the park with the script and it seems that we will be doing it sometime this year.

DRE:Is it a Tommy-like rock opera?

DLB:I’d probably say that it’s the music of Rocky Horror Picture Show and the visuals of Blade Runner but it’s violent as hell. It’s a very in your face horror theme.

DRE:At 2006’s San Diego Comicon I met Shawnee Smith for the first time. She’s a lot shorter than I thought she was.

DLB:Can I please tell you that I’m in love with Shawnee Smith. I think I always will be.

DRE:I have a huge crush on her. I told you not to introduce me to her at some party and you brought her right over to me. I was so mad [laughs].

DLB:She’s beautiful and she’s great person as well. I was really lucky to work with her in Saw II and Saw III and I plan to continually use her for different roles. I knew she was in a band called Fydolla Ho but who would have known she has a major singing voice? So when REPO came up I was like, “Hey I need your help. I want you to come help me on this rock opera.” She was like, “Alright, what do you want me to sing?” At that point I wasn’t going to have her sing. But then I gave her the song and she knocked it out of the park. She sounds like a diva.

DRE:How was it getting to meet Darren Aronofsky in San Diego?

DLB:Amazing. I saw The Fountain and it was fantastic. Here’s this romance movie told in this fucked up way. It’s genius. I hate movies that dumb down for the audience. All these romantic movies that are out there with Jennifer Love Hewitt or Brittany Murphey, no offense to both, are just typical. But here Darren Aronofsky does his version of a love story and it’s this amazing, crazy thing called The Fountain.

DRE:I was shocked and surprised when there was some negative response to it.

DLB:It upsets me that movies like Pan’s Labyrinth and Fountain aren’t the ones having these huge opening weekends because they’re so innovative and original. Why aren’t people flocking to the cinema to see this stuff? Darren Aronofsky’s movies just continually evoke emotion. If I watch Requiem for a Dream, even after 30 times, I still get sick to my stomach. I still feel queasy.

DRE:You know what made me feel queasy, Donnie Wahlberg’s mushy foot [in Saw III].

DLB:[laughs] That was a good time on set. The best part was when you’re submitting to the MPAA, you know you’re not going to get an R rating. But you’re still going to send it in there anyway. In the initial edit, I think we had Donnie hitting his foot 17 times. The MPAA was like, “Not going to happen.” So every time we had to resubmit it to them we’d take one hit away. So I think I got the MPAA desensitized to seeing Donnie Walberg smash his foot.

DRE:The traps in the third movie had a much deadlier feel to it because of the character that was creating them but was it a different way of thinking up traps?

DLB:I went into this whole movie with a different mentality. I was like, “Okay I did Saw II and that was more like an action horror film which has people running around screaming and so on.” I wanted this one to be more emotional. So the traps are more emotional. For [Angus Macfadyen's character of] Jeff, we had an emotional choice for the character. Does he burn his son’s possessions? That’s not violent but in my mind that’s more disturbing than the pigs getting chopped up. Here is this guy holding onto his child’s death. Same thing with the freezer chick, it wasn’t necessarily gruesome but here he is standing face to face with a woman who could have possibly helped his son but she walked away. He has to decide if he’s going to save her or not. Also these traps don’t have anything to do with the victims. It’s not about the victims saving themselves. It’s all about, will they allow this other character to save them, which is something that hasn’t been done in the Saw films. It’s not hard to gross somebody out. That’s the easiest thing. Anybody can go get an 8mm camera, get cow innards and disgust people. It’s funny because one of the biggest problems that the MPAA had was with the scene of the freezer woman. Not because of the nudity or blood but because of the amount of time she was screaming in agony. That was great to me because I finally upset someone and it has nothing to do with violence.

DRE:I’m sure you guys knew Saw III would do very well, but 70 million dollars?

DLB:It was a risk for me to come back. I was sitting there biting my nails because if this thing ended up being less successful than the previous one I would look like the biggest fool in the world. When you hit the jackpot, you walk away. You don’t double down. I doubled down on Saw III and if I had failed it would have basically negated the success with II. I think that really helped streamline this movie and make it what it was. All of us, [co-writer] Leigh [Whannell] included, were very scared going into three like, “What can we do to not make this a Friday the 13th number 19? What can we do to make this further the story, not just further our pocketbooks?

DRE:How was it getting to direct Leigh for the first time?

DLB:[laughs] It was funny. My favorite part would be when Leigh would get all serious with his character and he would try to ask a question and I would either fall asleep or take a cell phone call. That was something he used to do when I would try to give him notes on the script, so it was a nice trade off. The sad thing is that a lot of Leigh’s scenes got cut. Hopefully one day there’ll be a director’s cut, I have to convince Lionsgate to let me do one, but I would like to put back one of Leigh’s best scenes back in.

DRE:I love Tobin Bell too

.DLB:Tobin is a super genius. He sits there and analyzes every line and he will ask you questions for 30 minutes about a line like “There will be blood.” He’ll philosophize about what those words really mean. Is he hearkening back to a darker time in his life when his mother might have said that to him? Eventually you’re like, “Okay Tobin, fine. Don’t say the line.” He goes, “No, I had to know.” Then he says it and it sends chills down your spine.

DRE:When Saw II was released you told me that some of the traps were left over from an old screenplay of yours called The Desperate. Was anything from that screenplay in Saw III?

DLB:No, there are some maybe in Saw IV. I think I’ll have the bravery to put them in. We have some great traps that have never been used yet.

DRE:Did you guys really get the Saw bathroom from Scary Movie IV?

DLB:Yeah, we did but we should have just built a new one. It probably would have been faster and cheaper because they didn’t do it to the right specifications. When you’re dealing with the fan base of the Saw films, you can’t fuck around and kind of make it look like the original bathroom. It has to be the original bathroom. So we spent about a week and a half trying to fix it and restructure to make it look like the way it does in the final project.

DRE:How was it working with Angus Macfadyen?

DLB:Angus was a lot different than all the other cast. Angus is a classically trained actor and he was in fucking Braveheart. That’s Sir Robert the Bruce. Every day he came on set it would take me a couple of minutes to shake off that I was talking to Sir Robert the Bruce. Angus was fun and he has a very dry sense of humor. A lot of the time I was like, “I think he hates me” because I would say something to him and he would look at me cockeyed but that’s just Angus. He adds so much. I’ll say, “Angus, it’s going to be crazy. I’m going to shoot this in a really fucked up way. I want you to throw your head from side to side and scream.” Then you turn the camera on and he would give you something ridiculous. I’ll give you a perfect example. When Tim [played by Mpho Koaho] was on the cross, I told Angus, “I want you to act completely crazy.” We put the camera on. He went to a place that I wish I could have put on the deleted scenes. He mocked Tim on the cross which is a thing that most actors would be scared to do. He threw his arms up and started mocking him. We showed it in a flash frame. It was great to have an actor who was willing to commit an experiment.

DRE:What’s it like having everything link up to the first film?

DLB:It’s fun and it’s extremely hard. Again, we’re dealing with fans who dissect everything. The minute a trailer is put online the fans have it on the internet, they inspect it frame by frame and they start pointing things out like, “This isn’t right. This head wound was a fifth of a centimeter to the right.” “It wasn’t a nine millimeter gun with two bullets, it was a glock whatever with one bullet.” It was so hard. We had an entire team of people who’s job it was to make sure everything matched what we were trying to match to. For example the flashback scene where Jigsaw put the head trap on Shawnee was done with obsessive compulsive precision. Those were actually Shawnee’s original clothes from Saw I. She had to go to her attic to find those original clothes. Then we had to put the tattoo that she had on which was just something she drew on that day. One of those little scenes that lasted maybe 30 seconds in Saw III took weeks of planning. We wanted seamless integration from the original film to this one.

DRE:Saw III ends with a cliffhanger, do you know how it’s supposed to keep going?

DLB:I’m not going to say. I read the script a couple days ago and I was pretty blown away because at some point you’re going to jump the shark. At some point it’s going to get ridiculous. You will have Jigsaw in space. You will have Jigsaw versus Leprechaun. But somehow they make it work. At the end of the script my jaw dropped. I was like, “Fuck, here I am the director of the last two and I was a hundred percent sure they weren’t going to trick me” but they did it.

DRE:Saw III is a much tighter film than Saw II. That’s just the nature of it because Saw II had so many characters. I’m sure when you look at Saw II, you see all the things you wish you could have done differently. Do you have different feelings about Saw III?

DLB:I’m extremely happy with Saw III. A lot of people ask what my favorite scene is and that’s probably when Shawnee is cutting herself. It’s such a small scene but when I first pitched that I wanted a scene of her cutting herself, everyone kept saying, “Okay, that’s great, but why do we need it in the movie?” My whole point was that it is not needed in the movie but so many times you have serial killers who have madness that isn’t grounded or based in any sort of reality. They’re just there. But here we have a living, breathing, character with flaws and has this compulsive disorder to cut herself. The little things make Saw III what it is.

DRE:The Saw movies are not so much scary as they are disgusting and disturbing. Would you agree?

DLB:Yeah, they’re not scary at all. One of my favorite things on Rotten Tomatoes is when people say the films are not scary. But I’ll be the first to say that the Saw films are not scary. They are fucked up. They are disturbing. They are gory. But they are not scary.

DRE:It is interesting that you freely say that.

DLB:I will be the first one to admit that and I think James [Wan] and Leigh would say that as well.

DRE:Do you think that’s why the Saw films get so much shit?

DLB:Yeah, because it does have elements of horror but it is not the classic idea of horror.

DRE:Do you have a desire to make scary movies?

DLB:Yeah, I think that I’ve done this now and hopefully after the rock opera that will be the next one.

DRE:If I get on the Saw message boards and write a bunch of traps I want to see, will they put them in?

DLB:[laughs] I think we’re pretty desperate for traps in four so please do. Maybe you’ll have a great idea and maybe I’ll take credit for it.

SAW IV OFFICIAL Exclusive Update

http://movies.ign.com/articles/756/756945p1.html

Exclusive: Saw IV Update
Franchise co-creator gives a status on the fourth installment and a peek at what his next project may be.
by Eric Moro

January 19, 2007 - With his latest horror flick, Dead Silence, set to hit theaters on March 23 (click here to watch the trailer), writer/director James Wan is setting his sights back on the franchise that burst him onto the scene nearly three years ago — Saw. Aside from news that a fourth installment is expected to unspool in time for Halloween '07(as has become a yearly tradition with the series), little else is known about the project. So when IGN Movies recently caught up with the filmmaker, we had to inquire into the film's status.

"We have someone in mind [to direct]," revealed Wan coyly. "We have someone in mind. And we're working on the script right now. That's pretty much where things are at. Saw IV is a tricky one for me to talk about because everyone wants to know about it, but it's just at such an early stage."

Fair enough. But with Saw III's rather "definitive" ending, one can't help but wonder whether the next film will follow the prequel route.

"That's kind of a weird one to answer only because pretty much all of the Saw films take place in so many different timelines," explained Wan. "Sometimes the film touches here, but then it goes all the way forward but then it goes all the way backward again. It does touch on so many different time frames. Is [Saw IV] a prequel or sequel? It's kind of all intermixed. We jump everywhere, and Saw III did setup a lot of elements where Saw IV may end up going."

As for the next project from Wan and his Saw partner, Leigh Whannell, expect a decidedly different kind of project.

"At this stage, Leigh and I are very keen on getting back together and working again and one of the subject matters that we love a lot… we want to do a noir sci-fi film," said Wan. "We're big fans of noir films, so we want to see what happens there. We're working on it."

Second Unit Director in Heavy Talks to Helm 'Saw IV'!

Today Bloody-Disgusting has learned that Saw III production designer and second unit director David Hackl is in heavy talks to direct Lionsgate's Saw IV, which is aiming at an October 26, 2007 release. Personally I love the idea of Lionsgate giving a new talent the chance to make his mark, especially since he's worked so close to Darren Lynn Bousman on both Saw sequels. We checked in with Bousman who had this to say, "I fully support the idea of David Hackl directing the next 'Saw' film..." Just to be clear, David is not signed on yet but we wish him the best of luck! More details when they come in.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/7926

Fucking awesome news! =D

For those of you in the dark, this means good news for the SAW franchise's future. David Hackl was involved in SAW, SAW II, and SAW III, so he definately would know how to make SAW IV.