Hey kids! Lots of info about SAW 2 has been flying around the net of late. It’s been fun, but producer
Gregg Hoffman with Twisted Pics/Evolution wants to set the motherf*cking record straight…I’m paraphrasing of course.
Some of this is new, some of it has been reported on, and some of it hinted at, but everything that follows concerning SAW 2 you can consider confirmed.
1. The title is just SAW 2, not SAW 2: HACKSAW!
– Where the hell did this whole SAW 2: HACKSAW thing start? The script is just called SAW 2. Period. Maybe that’ll change down the road, but everyone needs to lose the “Hacksaw” part of it.
2. There are no issues with getting a script ready in time.
– We’ve had a sequel script since about a week after SAW opened. It was a screenplay that was submitted to me as another potential movie idea for us to produce. After I pitched Oren Koules (one of the other Twisted partners) the idea, he said that could be Saw 2 with a few changes. It’s turned into more than “a few” changes, but the only way we could ever hope to get the sequel into theaters 12 months after the original was to start
with an existing script. James and Leigh are in Los Angeles now and are personally supervising the next draft of the script.
3. There IS a director and he WILL be announced soon.
– I think your spies may be closing in on his identity, but you’ll get nothing more from me about
this until I’m damn well good and ready! 🙂
4. PG-13? GET REAL!
– There is NO CHANCE IN HELL we would ever turn the franchise into a PG-13 wuss fest! Give us some damn credit here! Remember, we don’t answer to any corporate body. I can guarantee there’s going to be plenty of “kick” to the new film. We don’t want to go through the same MPAA battle we had last time, but WE ARE NOT SELLING THIS FRANCHISE OUT (until at least Saw 4!)
5. The film will be shot in Canada.
– We’ll be shooting this one in a large Canadian metropolis west of Montreal and East of Calgary.
So while rabid fan interest is a great thing for any franchise, let’s all be glad Gregg’s not only on top of what’s getting out about the project, but also that he’s willing to communicate with the fans so that stuff doesn’t get out of control.
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