10 Status Updates On Iconic Horror Movie Franchises
4. Saw
Last Film Entry: Jigsaw (2017)
What's Going On? Two further sequels, that's what's going on.
As of this writing, a new Saw movie is barely two weeks away. That picture is Spiral: From the Book of Saw, directed by the one and the same Darren Bousman who helmed Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV.
Nowadays primed for a 14 May 2021 release, Spiral is one of the many films hit hard by the global pandemic, with the movie initially pegged to arrive on the silver screen an entire year prior.
With some pondering whether Spiral would be a form of reboot for the Saw franchise, the film will very much be a straight-up sequel to the eight movies that have preceded it. This time out, Chris Rock's Detective Zeke Banks finds himself investigating a slew of gory murders reminiscent of the chaos and carnage caused by the Jigsaw Killer.
Joining Rock in Spiral, Samuel L. Jackson will play Zeke's estranged father (himself a lauded police veteran), while Max Mingella, Maisol Nichols and Zoie Palmer all have key roles.
Interestingly, Spiral only came about after Chris Rock got chatting to a Lionsgate higher-up at a mutual friend's wedding - with Rock suggesting some initial ideas for what would become Spiral: From the Book of Saw.
Away from Spiral, this month saw Lionsgate and James Wan's Atomic Monster banner announce a tenth Saw movie, titled Saw X. No plot details, cast or crew information, or a release date have been revealed for Saw X at this stage.