Sizzling on the heels of the information {that a} new Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath film is likely to be within the works with Glen Powell all in favour of starring, the director whose title was thrown about to guide the mission has damaged his silence about these rumors. JT Mollner‘s sleeper hit Unusual Darling blew away audiences and critics final yr, and since then, all eyes have been on what mission he’ll direct subsequent. In line with him, nevertheless, it is probably not TCM.
The report got here by the use of Deadline, which acknowledged that Verve, the corporate that has held the rights to the Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath since 2017, is at the moment having conferences with producers and filmmakers to determine which path to take the franchise subsequent. Starting in 1974 with Tobe Hooper’s influential horror basic, there have been a complete of 9 movies within the sequence to date. The report acknowledged that Mollner and producer Roy Lee had been a number of the events, with Powell desperate to learn a script that Mollner had but to place collectively. Following the Deadline piece final week, nevertheless, Mollner took to social media to easily submit:
Do not consider every part you learn.
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In fact, that might imply any variety of issues. Does he imply the report is totally false, and he has little interest in making a Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath movie? Or maybe he does, and Powell isn’t actually as desperate to star as folks say he’s. Or maybe Verve hasn’t even approached him in any respect at this level. In spite of everything, they did launch a press release that eluded to the truth that no, they are not holding conferences, however somewhat, individuals are approaching them:
“Verve has not formally submitted the property into any filmmakers, producers or patrons. As a result of that is such a scorching and iconic horror property, packages are pre-emptively being delivered to Verve.”
JT Moller’s Subsequent Challenge Is a Stephen King Traditional
As of proper now, Mollner’s involvement in a brand new Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath film is pure hypothesis, however one factor that’s for certain is that his subsequent movie positively has lots of hype surrounding it. Directed by Franchise Lawrence (The Starvation Video games), Mollner penned the script for the long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s The Lengthy Stroll, which was shot final yr and is at the moment in post-production.
Primarily based on the 1979 novel of the identical title, The Lengthy Stroll is about in a dystopian future that sees 100 boys chosen to enter an annual contest the place the winner shall be awarded no matter he desires for the remainder of his life. The sport is easy: keep a gradual strolling tempo of 4 miles per hour with out stopping. Talking with MovieWeb final yr, Mollner known as it a “dream” to have the ability to write the script, as he is been a lifelong King fan:
“I am a large Stephen King fan, so it was a dream job, and I am an equally huge fan of [director] Francis Lawrence. So to jot down, adapt a ebook like that, and have the ability to adapt it for a director like that, and to have the ability to be on set and watch that director work, a man with that form of physique of labor… I have been pinching myself… Wonderful man, yeah. He mentioned [Strange Darling] was an prompt basic, I feel, is what he mentioned about our movie.”
No launch date has been set but for The Lengthy Stroll, however we’ll be sure you replace issues as information breaks. As for The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, that is still up within the air at this level, however if you wish to revisit the unique basic, it is accessible to stream on a lot of platforms, together with Peacock, Tubi, and Prime Video.
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