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 ).

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!!

More Saw-related updates

Catching up on SAW IV news!

It’s been a long time since I’ve last updated this site; lots of stuff going on offline! So let’s catch up on everything, shall we?

CHUD has a potentially great spoiler for hardcore Saw fans. Scroll down to where it says “spoiler” and highlight the text to read

Projects picked up for Tobin Bell and Darren Lynn Bousman

Tobin Bell has been working on a movie called Buried Alive which is almost done filming. Today ComingSoon.net reports that it has been bought up by Dimension Films for distribution. No word on when Dimension plans on releasing the movie. Buried Alive, directed by Robert Kurtzman (co-founder of horror fave visual effects shop KNB), focuses on a sorority hazing ritual gone wrong by a vengeful ghost.

I had previously learned about Darren Lynn Bousman’s attempt to bring a play he directed, Repo! The Genetic Opera, to the big screen. ComingSoon is also reporting that it has been greenlit by Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures with a budget of $25 million. Repo! is about a future where human organs begin to fail and a company sells organs to the people like they would a car; if you default on the payment, the organ shuts down!

Fangoria interviews Saw IV co-writer Patrick Melton

Aside from the mention that he’s working on a script for SAW IV with partner Marcus Dunstan (both of them co-wrote Feast), there’s not anything in the interview about Saw 4. But for horror movie fans, the interview is still a good read to see what all Patrick has going on, including a remake, a television series, and not one but two Feast sequels. Click here to read the interview at Fangoria.

“Andrew” strikes again!

Well, this “Andrew” character is at it again!

Now somehow he’s personally landed an interview with none other than David Hackl, production designer for Saw II and III and the possible director of Saw IV. Or definite director, if you believe “Andrew”. He says Hackl verified that not only is he the director, but it was he who chose Ja Rule for the opening of the movie.

Also, “Andrew’s” claims lead one to believe that the script written by Thomas Fenton will be the shooting script.

David Hackl, if the interview is legit, will be directing a much darker Saw than the previous three movies. The exact words from the interview are “The past films had a very green feeling to them. I plan to give Saw IV a very black tone to it.”

The read “Andrew’s” report in its entirety, click here.

Major plot rumor updates

This “Andrew” character that If It’s Movies has been giving “inside info” to is at it again, and I’m still not 100% sure this guy’s legit.

First he reports that he had a face-to-face with none other than Ja Rule himself, who gave just a few details about his involvement with the movie. How “Andrew” managed to line up an interview so quickly with a big name like Ja Rule is anyone’s guess. Supposedly Ja Rule will be the first on-screen victim, dying during the opening credits. No details were given as to the trap itself, other than his tongue will be removed.

Second up, “Andrew” reports that he’s already lined up another interview with actress Fanshen Cox, whom he claims will be playing a detective alongside Saw III’s “Detective Hoffman” (why quotes? I’ll get to that in a minute). He claims that Cox told him over the phone that her character was in the first draft of SAW III, but written out later.

Again, my beef is that this “Andrew”, who won’t reveal how he’s finding out all this stuff, is so conveniently (and quickly) landing interviews with what are supposed to be big players in the movie. What really set up a red flag for me was when he mentioned “Detective Hoffman”; Hoffman was NOT a detective, he was a forensic examiner… which further leads me to believe this guy’s full of crap!

Yet another Darren Bousman interview!

It seems Darren’s getting a lot of publicity despite not really having anything to pitch This interview, however, it’s really cool as he goes into a lot of things with SAW III; the MPAA makes another appearance, and he talks about how it was like working with Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, and Angus Macfayden, and more. Definitely worth the read, click here to check it out!

James Wan talks SAW IV (updated)

Horror Movies posted an article featuring an interview with SAW co-creator James Wan. He doesn’t really give anything away citing that SAW IV is in a very early stage (”we’re working on the script right now. That’s pretty much where things are at.”).

He also doesn’t verify nor deny that David Hackl has been selected as the director for Saw 4; in fact, he actually claims that they only have someone in mind, not that anyone’s been selected.

You can read the whole article here.

Update 1-30-07: I found another article that mentions the same interview, however, they seem to be implying that James Wan himself might direct Saw IV, and that he and Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell are writing the script. It was previously thought that Wan and Whannell were only executive producers.