The other brothers over at Dread Central were at a special screening of the much-anticipated followup to SAW when they scored this piece.
Following SAW II, the press (including DC) had a chance to chat with co-writer Leigh Whannell, Jigsaw himself Tobin Bell and the film’s producers. During the discussion, a few quotes of interest came up when asked the inevitable: Namely, if SAW II
cuts into the box office in a big way, will Jigsaw return for a third entry?
“Have we been working on stories for SAW III?” replies producer (and Twisted Pictures’) Mark Burg. “We kind of deliberately left unanswered questions in SAW II just like in [the first film]. Producer Greg Hoffman continues, “Have we been thinking about it? Of course. And yes, it depends on how SAW II does.”
“We’re still giving birth to [SAW II],” Whannell adds. “It’s the George Lucas answer, it was always meant to be a trilogy.”
Now, while I’m all for a third entry into the series (especially if the current sequel kicks ass), I do have reservations. Namely, is it wise to churn out films in rapid succession like this? I mean, NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. PART 5 was fired out a year later after PART 4, and the same with CHILD’S PLAY 3, and it showed on both accounts. Then again, SAW II is coming out a year after the original, so depending on how it does, I may be wrong. Who knows? We’ll find out in due time, October 28th to be exact.
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