Saw IV

[Brian in Mesa]

Lionsgate Planning Saw IV for Halloween '07
Source: The Associated Press
October 30, 2006

With Saw III making $34.3 million in its first three days, a record for Lionsgate, the studio is already planning a fourth installment for the same time next year. The Associated Press reports:

Since the low-budget "Saw" debuted with $18.3 million over the same weekend two years ago, Lionsgate has turned the franchise into an annual ritual with quickly produced sequels each Halloween.

The movies follow the diabolical schemes of psycho killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), who stages elaborate, bloody games to test the moral fiber of his victims. Lionsgate plans to have "Saw IV" in theaters over Halloween weekend next year.

Saw II earned $31.7 million its first weekend.

 

[FischerKing]

that's odd. i had heard initially that they were only planning on saw being a trilogy and then they (Lionsgate) was going to quite the franchise.

shawn

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Bousman Returns to Direct Saw IV
Source: Fangoria
February 19, 2007

"Saw" series screenwriter Leigh Whannell tells Fangoria that Saw II and Saw III director Darren Lynn Bousman is coming back to direct Saw IV, which Lionsgate has targeted for an October 26 release.

While Whannell is not writing the screenplay this time, he'll still be around. "James [Wan] and I, as executive producers, are still treating it like our baby; we'll still oversee it," he tells the magazine. "I've definitely been privy to the ideas they've had and the scripts they've been writing, and it's coming along well. I'm actually excited."

 

[Pariah]

that's odd. i had heard initially that they were only planning on saw being a trilogy and then they (Lionsgate) was going to quite the franchise.

shawn

Why would they do that when they know it's easy money?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Why would they do that when they know it's easy money?

If they continue to make $100 mil. They will keep coming out. Hollywood's plan is simple.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Saw IV

Release Date: October 26, 2007
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Screenwriter: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language)
Website: Saw IV

Starring: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Mike Realba, Marty Adams

Plot Summary: 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.

 

[Goldfield]

I dislike horror movies... I love Saw.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I do too. The last one was pretty gory though. I liked how it tied together much of the story line from the first one.

 

[dodie53]

who's the main villain in the 4th movie?

is there going to be a 5th one?