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

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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.