A reboot of chainsaw massacre with Glen Powell?
The project makes horror film fans salivate, but for the time being only discussions.
Leatherface could soon restart its chainsaw! According to Deadline, several studios plan to relaunch the famous franchise Chainsaw massacrewith the ambition to associate a large star.
According to the Deadline report, several studios and directors have contacted Verve, the agency that has held the rights of the horrific franchise since 2017. Among the interested parties JT Mollnerthe director of the independent thriller Stranger Darling (2023), who met with great success.
The article also specifies that if Mollner obtained the opportunity to write a scenario for a new opus of Chainsaw massacrethe superstar Glen Powell would have expressed his interest to read the project.
Then the star actor of Top Gun 2 And Twisters In a horror film? We will already see him in genre film from Stephen King,, Running Manat the end of the year at the cinema.
Obviously, for the return of Leatherface, nothing is yet acted, and the Lionsgate, A24, Neon studios and others would closely follow the evolution of the project to try to place an offer too, if ever …
Chainsaw massacre is one of the most emblematic franchises of the horrific genre. The first film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacrereleased in 1974, immediately propelled his masked killer, Leatherface, to the rank of horror icon. Since then, nine films based on the saga have emerged. The most recent, Texas Chainsaw Massacredirected by David Blue Garcia, was released on Netflix in 2022 and took place 50 years after the events of the original film.
