In 2023, after the moderate commercial success of Saw X, Lionsgate announced a new installment of the famous franchise.
The saga of Saw He has been among us for more than twenty years. The story created by Leight Whatnell and James Wan He arrived at the cinema in 2004 directed by WAN and since then the deliveries have been arriving with some regularity, with the occasional diversion in the form of an apparent reboot that ended up channeled through the central figure of the story: the jigsaw that he interprets Tobin Bell.
In 2023, after the moderate commercial success of Saw xLionsgate announced a new installment of the famous franchise (in Latin America also known as The fear game). At that time it seemed that the project was on the right track since it not only had an attempt at premiere for September 27, 2024, but also confirmed the head of the last film, Kevin GreuterTas director. Besides, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Mandylor Coasts They were going to resume their papers in the continuation, while Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan They would take care of the script again.
However, a short time later the premiere of Saw XI It was delayed, running its launch by September 2025. Now it seems that the project will not reach theaters for that date since new reports indicate that the eleventh film would no longer be a priority for the study and would be on the edge of the cancellation.
What about Saw XI?
In the last hours Bloody Distusting revealed that Saw XI has not achieved great progress throughout the last year. According to an anonymous source close to the project, the sequel would be “100% finished” as a result of irreconcilable differences between producers and the study.
The screenwriter Patrick Melton confirmed in another interview that there have been no progress since May 2023. “It is locked at the management level, it has nothing to do with the creative or anything else. They are higher level issues, ”he explained. Despite this, Melton maintains the hope that the project will be reactivated at some point, since they had a strong idea to continue the story.
For now, Lionsgate did not make any official announcement about Saw XI’s cancellationand the film continues to appear in the premieres calendar. However, with so many delays and internal problems, it would not be uncommon for the study to decide to take a break from the franchise.
Source: Ambito
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