Saw III and IV part of a discussion on movie censorship

During the Tribeca Film Festival (now one of the biggest and most influential film festivals after only 6 years) there was a panel discussion about the connection between movie violence and debates about violence in the media. The panel featured Peter Block from Lionsgate (the Saw franchise’s distributor) and horror legend John Carpenter.

A lot of interesting points are brought up about the effects of violent media, the MPAA, etc. The discussion contained a few references Peter Block made regarding SAW III getting reviewed by the MPAA (apparently the only difference between an NC-17 and R rating is a “gurgle” ).

Click here to read a partial transcript from the discussion panel.

Darren posts a new blog entry

Thanks to another reader here, Tyler, I was tipped off to SAW 4 director Darren Bousman’s production blog over at FEARnet.

In it he mentions how much fun he’s having on the show and how cool the sets are (the sets having been designed for former-rumored director David Hackl). Darren writes that his dog Chance will make an appearance as well.

He also teases that he might be giving a clue as to what happens in the movie as he’s “perfected the use of double entendres”. I’ve combed over that post over and over and the only things that stick out for me are the mentioning of his dog, the fact that he quote-marked “scary” and “spooky”, and some of the commenters on his post think it has something to do with Bousman’s line “my lips are sealed”.

If anyone wants to contribute a guess, submit a comment!

Donnie Wahlberg in Saw 4?!

I got a tip from fellow SAW fan Tom that he saw a report in the Toronto Sun that actor Donnie Wahlberg was in Toronto for the filming of Saw IV! Unfortunately I couldn’t verify this, I couldn’t find it on their website, and it hasn’t been found by Google yet. So if anyone happens to have that print of today’s Toronto Sun handy, send me a scan!

The closest thing I could find was this page mentioning that Wahlberg was in Toronto a couple days ago for a club party. There’s a thumbnail that looks like it could be Donnie Walhberg, but unfortunately the site forces you to be a member to view full-size pics.

Saw IV plot finally revealed!

FEARnet has scored not only a couple behind-the-scenes pictures from the set of SAW IV but they’ve got the basic plot of the movie! Actually, it’s from IMDB… but they packaged it nicely

Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of Saw III, Jeff must find his daughter and escape the building to which they are confined before they both die. After finding another tape of Jigsaw, Jeff realizes there may be a newly added piece of the puzzle that he must decipher before it’s too late.

Check out this page on FEARnet for the pics!

The Official SAW Fanclub site re-opens!

J.D. from over at the Official SAW Fanclub website dropped me a line to let me know that the site is relaunched!

The OFFICIAL SAW WEBSITE & FAN CLUB - WWW.OFFICIALSAW.COM - the only Website and Fan Club authorized by Twisted Pictures - is having its **GRAND RE-OPENING** on April 25th! Some of you may have seen the site already in the past few months– think of that like a test phase. This is the real deal happening now - SAW goodies upon SAW goodies! : )

*cough* I hear you can sneak a peek now at the new home-page design– WWW.OFFICIALSAW.COM –! ; )

If you want to stay uniquely updated and involved with SAW 4 (that is now filming in Toronto - yay!) - this is the place for you! The site offers exclusive news on SAW 4, exclusive blogs from the stars, trivia games with prizes, SAW collectibles are given away, and lots more!

Even bigger Fan Club privileges include opportunities to meet the stars at private signing events and special access to Official SAW Props & Wardrobe!

We’re very excited about the re-opening and can’t wait to see all you fans at your Official Website & Club!

Best to all! : )

New (and confirmed!) SAW IV casting news

/film reports that Justin Louis (of Dawn of the Dead and the currently in theatres Shooter) has been added to the Saw IV cast while Lyriq Bent returns for a third outing (he played Rigg before and is in the upcoming Skinwalkers). This has been confirmed by director Darren Lynn Bousman.

It seems that Darren’s got a blog going on over at Fearnet. Why it would be there I don’t know, I’m not even 100% sure what that site is about other than some kind of comminuty for horror fans. You’d figure Darren’s blog would be hosted on a Lionsgate site like they have so many other films (House of D, House of 1000 Corpses, etc. … and the fact that those two start with “House” is entirely coincidence, they’re just the only ones I remember ).

Get a SAW IV script cover signed by Thomas Fenton!

Saw IV writer (despite what Bloody Disgusting has said ) Thomas Fenton was cool enough to drop me an email to let me know that there is a Saw IV script cover going up for auction signed by himself. To be clear, this is NOT the entire script, just the cover.

The auction, benefiting The Pegasus Fund, an organization aiding middle school students, will have many other items and will take place in a few weeks in San Francisco.

For more details, visit Thomas’ auction page!

A Gilmore Girls connection?

Perhaps in a way to break out of what I consider one of the sappiest, most estrogen-filled and unintelligible TV shows currently running (and why it still is I dunno…), it seems that actor Scott Patterson has been cast as a victim in Saw IV, according to Bloody Disgusting.

I’d also like to point out that no other sources have so much as mentioned anything about Ja Rule being in Saw IV as the anonymous tipster from If It’s Movies had reported. This combined with the fact that his other tip, that production designer David Hackl was definitely the director, which has since been debunked officially, lead me to believe that “Andrew” was FULL OF CRAP!

Let’s play catch-up with Saw IV! (updated)

With filming to begin a mere 12 days from today (!!!), I’m sure there’ll be an increase in news, rumors, and most definitely something we can finally look at!! For now, we’ll have to make do with some of these online findings…

Well, that’s all I’ve got for now… check back later for more!!