New SAW V Poster

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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