Horror remakes and reboots are just part of the Hollywood music genre landscape these days ; sometimes , a fresh eye apply to conversant origin material can yielda exulting winnings , one recent example beingEvil Dead Rise . More often , though , the cash - grab intentions shine through everything else .
One of the most oft burn franchises is also one of repulsion ’s oldest : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre . The most late attemptto retaking that 1974 Tobe Hooper magic trick was a full bust , much like the attempts that preceded it , but that does n’t mean someone else is n’t go to give it another attempt .
At least there ’s an challenging pic star attached toDeadline‘s report about Leatherface and fellowship ’s possible reappearance : Glen Powell . He ’s a native of Austin , Texas , where Hooper famously germinate his twoChainsawmovies , and though he has n’t done too many horror projects , he did break out on the TV horror - comedy seriesScream Queens .
Who will survive, and what will be left of them?© Bryanston Distributing Company
Deadline ’s story is less update , more surmise , but there ’s clearlysomemotion around aTexas Chainsawremake if one of the big craft is delve into it . fit in to the level , “ studio and filmmakers ” alike have approached Verve , which has “ repped the rights for the slasher serial publication created by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel since 2017 , ” about a invigorated task involving cinema ’s most famous cannibal crew .
However , a vitality voice was very light on details when speaking to the trade ; they order a “ a multimedia system strategy for the seminal revulsion franchise ” is in the works , but that “ Verve has not formally submitted the property into any filmmakers , producers or buyers … packages are preemptively being brought to Verve . ”
One of those packages is apparently the one involving Powell ( as a possible star and manufacturer ) and writer - conductor J.T. Mollner , who made 2023 in series - killer whale taleStrange Darling , though “ it ’s very early days on this ; no contracts or attachment as of yet , and the Mollner / Powell combo is but one interested party of many . ”
We ’ll keep you send if we hear any — which stands at nine movies total in the dealership , though we like to pretendonly the first two exist — tidings . But in the meantime , do you think this serial call for a new movie … or should people just stick with the Hooper classics ?
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