Studio Lionsgate began working on the horror film “Saw: the Legacy”, which will be the eighth in the series, reports IGN. The script will be written Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger (“Piranha 3D”, “Shout in a hostel”). Date of the painting is not specified.
The search for the Director and actors will begin later. In Lionsgate do not exclude that the new film will not be a continuation of the previous one, and restart the franchise.
The Studio expressed a desire to return “Saw” on the screens back in 2011, but the project has not received development. Experts note that the eighth film to release soon, as Lionsgate has completed one of its most profitable series — “the Hunger games”. Franchise “Divergent” too close to finals.
The previous seven movies series “Saw” came out in the car from 2004 to 2010. The release of each of them was timed to coincide with Halloween. The last tape was released in 3D. Her name was not mentioned number (VII) — instead, the film was called “Saw 3D”.
The seventh picture was the most expensive of the entire franchise. According to the information from the site BoxOfficeMojo, its budget was around 20 million US dollars. However, she was not very successful at the box office — the film earned $ 136 million dollars. For comparison, the fees of the third “Saw” reached 164 million dollars.
In 2010, a series of “Saw” made in the Guinness Book of records as the most successful horror franchise.
