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SAW VI Clip

2009-07-23T13:27:00.001-07:00

SAW VI

2009-07-20T17:48:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! It's SAW season! Production has come and gone and the film is going to be out on OCTOBER 23rd.

And guess what? The MOTION poster is out HERE.

On top of that the trailer will be out in TWO DAYS.

Check out the official site here.

SAW the Blog SAW V Official Reviews

2008-10-24T23:06:00.000-07:00

Let me make this short and sweet. SAW V is different, but welcomed. The movie, to put it in the wish words of a fellow moviegoer, is "off the chain". Now let me just say the movie will piss off a lot of movie goers, however as you think back and look at it you start to like it more. Here is the deal: SAW V sets up for SAW VI and is for all intents and purposes a sweet movie, but definite buildup. If you walk away dissapointed remember all the traps, and just plain things that happened. Also realize that there is still a lot to be answered in the NEXT film. It was brutal. It was cool.

David Hackl could have asked more from his actors. I figure the production started and ended earlier for the FX. Thing is some of the acting was really poor. Not enough at important parts to throw you off.

I was also surprised at how fast the movie went by. The ending came too soon. The pacing was a little off. Wise tip: Never have an actor just TELL the audience the twist. Do it in SAW fashion. Reveal it with epic flashbacks. I know it could be lame but that Clouser score just makes the twist feel BETTER.

Don't let the twists dissapoint you. The movie should be appreciated for what it is:

Gruesome Exposition.
A Macabre Second Act. (SAW IV being 1, SAW V being 2, SAW IV being 3)

Edit:

Also, I found this review by MuffinMcFluffin that is downright true.

A Saw Fans Summarized Review of V (No Spoilers)

2008-10-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

"Personally, I'd give the film 3 stars or 3.5 stars out of 5. So, pretty good in other words. To compare, I gave Saw I 4 stars, Saw II 3 stars, Saw III 3.5 stars and Saw IV 2 stars. So yeah, I enjoyed it more than Saw II and Saw IV, but the gore was sometimes a little bit too far. If you're a gore fan however, you'll love it.

As for which one I'd compare it to, it probably seems the most like a combo between Saw II and Saw IV (even though I said they were my least favourite lol), but the film overall is kind of its own thing really, seems different to all the ones we've seen so far, not really in a bad way though.

Lastly, the traps turned out really good this year, 100x better than the crud in Saw IV. The group traps are good, particularly the last one, and they keep you really hooked. Seth's trap is also interesting, but I'm pretty sure we all know that Strahm's water box steals the show in coolness "-GoldenEyeRa

Sounds like we are in for a great SAW.

SAW V Early Fan Reviews

2008-10-22T22:46:00.000-07:00

MILD SPOILERS. NOTHING TOO BIG.

"Saw the movie a few hours ago and I loved it..

out of 10. ill give it a 9 as it wasnt too fast paced like 4, and it had loads more blood which im a big fan of seeing in movies.

The end twist wants you to watch number 6 because SAW is fricken amazing!"

"I love the gore, but im also heavy story driven and i think you cant compare it to 3 and 4 as they are both highly connected. Number 5 just makes it its own in bringing a new chapter the the Jigsaw mystery. " -- Both from roblett on HOJ forums.

"...Well, it was good and bad. Probably a little better than 4, but there's not too much I can explain that hasn't already been shown in the clips. Once again, they revealed WAY too much this year..." -- GoldenEyeRa (a lot of his posts have MAJOR spoilers.)

From what I have been hearing the twist is not AMAZING but the movie is. I'm hearing the film is one of the more fun SAW films and full of fun.

More mini-reviews to come later...

Interviews with Scott Patterson (Strahm) and David Hackl

2008-10-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

Scott Patterson:
http://www.movieweb.com/news/NE7my778e7u399

David Hackl:
http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEfgoikg1SIIij

The have some mild spoilers but nothing to bad. Nothing to so WITH the ending, just some of the things that happen in the movie.

And so we near V.

2008-10-22T01:34:00.000-07:00

SAW V is going to be out soon. It just premiered over in LA and you know what that means? The movie has been seen by people other than just the film makers and actors. Spoils will start flooding the internet (except for here, possibly in the comments) and I will be back to give you my review as soon as I see the movie (which will probably be something quick and sweet).

In the next few days we will see a franchise continue and we will know the lead up to SAW VI. Let me just say depending on the outcome of this movie will reflect the vitality of this site. Don't get me wrong, I'll still update. But as you have seen over SAW V and SAW IV most of the posts have been QUICK snippets.

I severely enjoyed IV. The lack of news has come from the increased secrecy of the SAW films over the recent years.

But here is the deal:

If V is as good as I think it will be I will revitalize the site and add some more features.

Expect to see more from the blog sometime around the DVD release of V next year.

Until then, I can't wait for V.

P.S.: I wish Lionsgate would give me some exclusive content for the next movie for my steady updates on news. Don't you? ;)

P.S.S.: Once everything goes through with GoDaddy you should be able to FINALLY visit this website from www.sawtheblog.com

Another new clip from SAW V

2008-10-17T15:20:00.000-07:00

SAW V. NEW CLIP.

2008-10-16T21:22:00.001-07:00

His Biggest. His Best. His Last. (?)

2008-09-29T16:56:00.001-07:00

SAW V Pics

2008-09-04T01:31:00.000-07:00

I found this gallery on Flickr of SAW V pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30072131@N08/2808910044/in/set-72157607007856880/

Some Pics From SAW V

2008-08-17T17:44:00.001-07:00

I thought I would update with a rather big pic that is a series of pictures of Meagan Good from the upcoming SAW V:

Click.

Also here is a picture of Hoffman:

Click.

Also I heard on another news site that Shawnee Smith is in SAW V but never showed up on set...

You make your own conclusions.

Hey Everyone

2008-08-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

The SAW News will start pouring in VERY SOON. I'm looking forward to the new images, pics and full trailer that are bound to come out very very soon.

P.S.:

Please help me get a PS3

It's officially SAW season

2008-07-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

Saw 5 Teaser Trailer

Are you ready to play again?

UPDATE: No Shawnee Smith in SAW V

2008-06-11T15:30:00.001-07:00

From an interview with Tobin Bell:

"-Can you tell us if Shawnee [Smith] is in this one?

No, she’s not in this one. There was a moment where she was supposed to be, but she ended up having to go to Bulgaria or some place like that to do some film, and so it didn’t work out. It’s kind of an idea for something, but I hope very much to get Shawnee back into the story. Some things you can control, some things you can’t."

Read the full interview here.

Shawnee Smith "Amanda" In SAW V

2008-06-05T19:08:00.001-07:00

Confirmed on her official site:

"Her feature film work, which began with Annie, includes Iron Eagle, Summer School, The Blob (with Entourage’s Kevin Dillon), Who’s Harry Crumb? starring John Candy, Desperate Hours directed by Michael Cimino, The Stand, Leaving Las Vegas, Armageddon, A Slipping-Down Life, Breakfast of Champions, The Island and the first four of the groundbreaking Saw horror series. She can soon be seen in the upcoming thriller Slaughter as well as Saw V."

SAW 5 OFFICIAL CAST AND SYNOPSIS

2008-05-14T18:17:00.000-07:00

We scored some pretty juicy Saw V bits from Lionsgate this afternoon starting with the final casting news for the film. We learned that Laura Gordon will play Ashley, Greg Bryk (Screamers 2, Shoot Em Up) will play Malick and Carlo Rota (Boondock Saints) will play Charles in the fourth sequel arriving in theaters October 24. If that wasn't cool enough, here's the OFFICIAL synopsis for the film: In the fifth installment of the popular SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends. Click the title for the full cast for the film directed by David Hackl from a screenplay by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.

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SAW V Trap Updates

2008-02-12T13:16:00.000-08:00

You're not sick of hearing about Jigsaw and his insane traps? Good to hear, because David Hackl is gearing up to direct his first film, Saw V, for Lionsgate. He's ready to chat and has a lot of good things to say, you can read it all inside. Saw V arrives in theaters October 24 from a screenplay by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.

Director David Hackl tells us that filming is only a month away. "We are five weeks from shooting, we are deep in prep now and the production offices are buzzing. On Monday our construction team begins to fill our newly renovated 38 thousand square foot studio (The same place that we shot Bousman's Repo! only cleaned up)."

Directing your first movie is an exciting moment, and Hackl is dreaming of a bright future. "It still amazes me when I look into an empty studio knowing that it will be full within a couple of weeks. Tony Ianni has moved into my old spot as production designer with zeal."

As for the traps, Hackl tells us that these are actually going to be dangerous! "Yesterday he (Tony Ianni) handed me a "reference" DVD from Jason Ehl our trap builder. I opened it just before leaving the office to go have my birthday dinner with my wife and kids. The disc was full of real life "inspiration" from industrial accidents, plane crashes and road disasters," he continues, "I almost hurled on my laptop. It all came from a discussion that we were having about the fact that the human body doesn't actually lose that much blood after the heart stops beating. It actually acts like a vessel, containing the blood unless there is an injury that allows it to drain downward. I like attention to detail." I winder how the cast will react to the news that a trap could actually kill them!? "Today I am looking forward to making a phone call to one of our cast to ask him how he feels about getting into a trap that could potentially kill him. For real. Of course we will make it as safe as we can and have paramedics standing by while we shoot. Its not like he really has an option and maybe it will make him appreciate his life. Ha!!"

Watch for more SAW V goodness when filming begins next month.

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Happy New Years.

2007-12-30T22:41:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years!

The year ahead is going to be a great one!

I am already looking forward to SAW V

SAW V Info.

2007-12-07T00:20:00.001-08:00

Because you want more.... :D

With the announcement that Lionsgate will bring Saw V to theaters on October 24, 2008, we dropped in a call to our new director, David Hackl, to get a statement for you guys. "You have to realize that I am probably one of the biggest Saw fans out there," Hackl tells Bloody-Disgusting. "My team and I are the ones who have had the awesome task of designing and building the Saw traps since Saw II. So now I'm about to helm Saw V. I'm as psyched as anyone could be. You can let the fans know that they won't be let down or I will have let myself down. Jigsaw might be dead but that would never stop him and it certainly won't stop me. "...My work has just begun." " Watch for our regular coverage to begin as soon as casting is announced.

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SAW IV makes 32.1 Million!

2007-10-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

Ah, Another year, Another SAW Film, Another success.

I loved SAW IV and since they are already working on SAW V I'm starting the hype train up again already. It kind of sucks because I didn't really hype SAW IV as much as the previous two movies and it managed to be amazingly awesome and refresh my faith in the series. So, hopefully, expect to see coverage of SAW V like I had for SAW II, because now I am HELL OF EXCITED for another flick. I can't wait really.

Go see SAW IV right now.

2007-10-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

It's amazing.

NEW CLIP : "Leaving the Clinic"

2007-10-18T22:47:00.000-07:00

On the right side of THIS page.

Honestly the movie look's amazing. I'm hearing from people who are not diehard fans that it's shaping up to be the best SAW yet.

It looks great.

Hairtrap Clip

2007-10-13T22:54:00.001-07:00

Cecil Knives Clip

2007-10-13T09:56:00.001-07:00

SAW IV Online Trailer

2007-10-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

Saw 4 Online Trailer

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All the SAW IV Vids so far (excluding the clip) and the new UK poster

2007-09-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

Saw IV Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0FlONg8ac

Saw IV Japanese Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tOdYvh8Vk

Autopsy Scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9PpIUXrs-w

WTH!?Is on the tape new TV-AD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OIE6VKYTXM

New UK Poster:
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9951

SAW 4 Autopsy Clip on YouTUbe

2007-09-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

Autopsy clip

2007-09-11T16:53:00.000-07:00

Its AWESOME.

SAW IV TRAILER!

2007-08-31T15:18:00.000-07:00

You can view it on youtube here.

Or in a high quality on yahoo here.

SAW IV Site up!

2007-08-30T22:51:00.001-07:00

http://www.saw4.com/

Check it out!

The 53 second long SAW IV trailer that (wont?) be in front of Halloween

2007-08-29T17:48:00.000-07:00

from House of Jigsaw:

Just wanted everyone to know the disappointing news, which is (obviously from the headline) that the Saw IV trailer WILL NOT be attached to Halloween. I know we all assumed that, but I have proof. I work at my city's theater, so every week we get an e-mail stating what trailers will be attached or enclosed with the movie coming. Well, Halloween's name was on there but there was no Saw IV listed under it. Instead there is (supposed) to be The Mist, Feast of Love, One Missed Call, and National Treasure 2. It's not even listed under Death Sentence.

It's a little blurry because I had to copy this list, but here is the sheet I am talking about...

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...railerlist.jpg

Now what IS interesting is that the movie 3:10 to Yuma, which doesn't come out until September 7, has Saw IV listed under it. Here's a close-up of it...

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...ailerlist2.jpg

What's interesting to note is that it says the trailer running time is 53 seconds. This seems a little short to me, but I guess something is better than nothing.

So I guess we still have yet another week to wait and see the trailer. I'm sorry to disappoint you guys, but I felt like you probably wanted to know. At least we know for sure now, I guess. And who knows, maybe, just maybe, the trailer for Saw IV will pop up under Halloween. Lionsgate may be yanking our chains or something. I try to be optimistic.

~Mr. Jawtrap

SAW IV's FINAL POSTER

2007-08-29T17:47:00.000-07:00

It reminds me of the original SAW poster. When I first looked at the poster with the reverse bear trap on it I was like "wtf?" and this poster, this image makes me say that as well.

New SAW IV image!

2007-08-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

SAW 4 CLIP IS BACK ON YOUTUBE.

2007-07-31T16:53:00.000-07:00

SAW 4 Comic Con Clip!

2007-07-27T10:57:00.001-07:00

Saw IV Too Much for Comic-Con

2007-07-26T21:15:00.000-07:00

Coming after Clive Barker and the panel for Midnight Meat Train might have been a tough act to follow, but director Darren Lynn Bousman and producer Mark Burg were up for it, having their first Lionsgate presentation in Hall H at Comic-Con International after years of doing the smaller rooms at the San Diego Convention Center. Their first announcement was that the MPAA had just given their first cut of Saw IV an NC-17 rating, and they would have to figure out what to do to, either to get it down to an R rating or decide whether to release it with that rating. They also had some problems with their planned Comic-Con clip, as they originally wanted to show the first five minutes of the movie but it was turned down, because it was "just too much" so they had to go with something else.

After a montage of clips from the first three "Saw" flicks, the crowd was treated to the famous line "Do you wanna play a game?" from Tobin Bell, who came out to join them and field a few questions from the audience.

Finally, they got to the clip, which similar to past years, featured one of the many deathtraps from the movie. It opened on an older bald man waking up on the floor of a room with a locked collar attached to a chain around his neck. He starts freaking out when he realizes that his eyes have been sewn shut and he can't see. He starts pulling on the chain to try to release himself and the camera follows the chain to another side where there's another guy (played by Justin Louis) and he has his mouth sewn shut. So the premise is that one guy can't see what's going on, and the other one can see but can't say anything. In between the two of them is a machine with gears that starts yanking on their chains pulling them closer to it and tightening the collar around their necks, and both of them start panicking. The blind man finds weapons (an axe and a sharp hook-like device) and he starts throwing them although he doesn't know what is pulling on him. The guys pull back and forth on the chain each one getting closer to the machine, though the lack of communication makes it impossible for them to work together on solving the puzzle. The younger guy spots a key on the back of the other man's neck and realizing that it might open the locked collar around his neck, he starts making his way over. The two men start fighting and the blinded man swings wildly with the hook and catches the mute man in the leg, blood starts spurting, and then the guy pulls the hook out of his leg and starts hacking the blind man with the axe over and over (or it might have been the hook--honestly, there was so much back and forth as they fought that it was hard to keep track). Finally, the mute man gets the key off the neck of his felled opponent and fumbles to try to open the lock on his neck but the chain pulls him closer to the machine and blood starts pouring out of his mouth because he's run out of time.

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New SAW IV Image

2007-07-25T21:04:00.001-07:00

OFFICIAL SAW 4 POSTER/NEWS

2007-07-24T23:57:00.001-07:00

It look's awesome.

"We broke the news last year that Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton - the dudes behind Dimension's Feast - would be penning Saw IV for Lionsgate. Now that the film is in post-production we also broke the news (here) that David Hackl would be helming Saw V and Saw VI. Today we learned that Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton will also be involved in Jigsaw's next two adventures writing the screenplay for Hackl to direct. Will Jigsaw return? Who knows... but what we do know is that Tobin Bell is signed on for six. More news as it comes in."

SAW 5 and 6 Director Announced!

2007-07-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

From Bloody Disgusting:

Yes I'm still blind, but the news gets even better this evening. Your #1 source for all things horror, Bloody-Disgusting, has just confirmed through multiple sources that David Hackl, the production designer on Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV and second unit director on Saw II and Saw IV has OFFICIALLY been attached to helm both Lionsgate's Saw V and Saw VI, assuming a hole doesn't form in the Earth and suck the franchise in with it. Will Jigsaw return? I'm sure he will. But this news comes so early don't expect much more until we see how well Saw IV does, which Hackl was once in the running to direct.

SAW 4 Synopsis +1

2007-07-14T11:48:00.001-07:00

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Agent Perez, arrive at the depleted police precinct and help veteran Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) sift through Jigsaw's latest grizzly game of victims and piece together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), is suddenly abducted and thrust into the madman's harrowing game, the officer has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of interconnected traps...or face the deadly consequences.

Rigg's citywide pursuit leaves a wake of dead bodies, and Detective Hoffman and the FBI uncover long hidden clues that lead them back to Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell). The genesis of Jigsaw's evil is unveiled, exposing the puppet master's true intentions and the sinister plan for his past, present and future victims.

Enhanced/High Res image from SAW 4

2007-07-13T12:28:00.000-07:00

Check out how I enhanced the SAW 4 image so you can see more. Leave your theories in the comments.

SAW IV & V Info

2007-07-09T14:27:00.000-07:00

Oren Koules on SAW 5: "We knew the story to five before we started shooting four."
Production Designer David Hackl discusses TRAPS: "It's not just, 'How do we kill the guy?', it's 'How do we kill them really well?'"

The Great Tobin Bell discusses Jigsaw's role in SAW 4: "There's plenty of him in this film. But it's not about the size of the role, it's the impact you have on the story." Tobin continues, "Jigsaw has a very interesting storyline in this film and I think it takes you someplace you haven't been before; there's a couple of extremely impactful scenes."

DLB (Director Darren Bousman) discusses the one and only Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "Tobin always has ideas. I think that's why the saw films have continued to work." DLB continues, "There was one scene that wasn't working and in a half hour, Tobin and I rewrote the scene and it worked amazingly. He walks around with this leather-bound notebook and it's his philosophy on Saw. Any question you ask him... what high school he went to, what was his first job... he's got it in this book."

Producer Mark Burg discusses SAW 4, SAW 5 and the amazing SAW Crew: "It's never been easy. It's just hard coming up with a good script that quickly. And we're working on Saw V right now. Part of the day is dealing with Saw IV and the other part of the day is dealing with the writers on ideas for Saw V. Our team is so good. It's the same cinematographer, same production designer, same costume designer, same line producer, same prop master, same special effects man. These guys, they all kind of look forward to us coming to Toronto to start. It's always the same crew. It's kind of like going to a camp and everyone comes back every summer."

The great Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "Are you ever going to see Jigsaw have a love scene? Well, I felt like I had a couple with Amanda in the last film. They didn't write any Amanda/Jigsaw relationship in that movie. So whatever we came up with, we had to come up with in a touch, in a look, in a feeling, in a moment which is blessed stuff when you're an actor. If you can create any sense of reality, any connection with your partner, it makes it all worthwhile. It feels very right. When that gets captured by the camera and makes it through the shark infested waters of editing onto the screen, then that's great."

Producer Oren Koules wants SAW Fans to know: "Leigh and James are still very much involved."

A SAW 4 tease from Producer Mark Burg: "All I can tell you is you're going to get to the end of the movie and people will go, 'Oh my God, how did I not see that coming?'"

The SAW Producers on the SAW 4 script-- Oren Koules: "In some ways this is our best script we've ever had." Mark Burg: "I love this script. I love it."

Producer Oren Koules: "One of the things we said is we love the way Saw I ended where you get to see the fans' faces and when Jigsaw started rising, people were like, 'Oh my God.' We used to watch them. So we want to have a great ending again. It's one of the things we worked from the ending back. We knew where we wanted to end it."

Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw"): "One of the things these guys have done really well has been to not only have all the traps and all the tricks and all the gore and all the murder and mayhem, but they've tried to infuse the films with a delicacy and intelligence that I think offsets that."

The one and only Tobin Bell discusses JIGSAW: "When I was doing Saw II, I came up with 130 things that disturb this guy, that disturb him."

SAW IV Synopsis Revealed.

2007-07-04T16:42:00.000-07:00

Oh Yes, this is Official !

Cast................... Character

Tobin Bell ............ Jigsaw
Scott Patterson........ Agent Straum
Betsy Russell ......... Jill
Costas Mandylor...... Hoffman
Lyriq Bent............. Rigg
Athena Karkanis..... Agent Perez
Justin Louis........... Art
Simon Reynolds...... Lamanna
Mike Realba........... Fisk
Marty Adams......... Ivan

Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman

Written by: Patrick Melton
Marcus Dunstan

Produced by: Mark Berg
Oren Koules

Executive Producer: Dan Heffner

Co-Producer: Greg Copelamd

Associate Producer : Troy Begnaud

Director of Photography : David Armstrong

Production Designer: David Hackl

Costume Desginer: Alex Kavanagh

Editors: Brett Sullivan
Diane Brunjes

Casting Director: Stephanie Gorgin (Toronto)

SYNOPSIS

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.

Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

First Official SAW IV image RELEASED.

2007-06-21T19:19:00.000-07:00

SAW IV Poster a FAKE.

2007-06-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

A poster for the upcoming "Saw 4" has been going around the internet, and nobody was really sure what the marketing people were going for. The poster shows surgical tools on a plate being served with a knife and fork.

According to Lionsgate, the poster is "not any kind of official art for the film, it was the invitation to a press event." The imagery of the plate, silverware and server gloves are a direct reference to the fact that this is an invitation to an event at a restaurant."

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Loads of News

2007-06-17T13:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not keeping up, but here is the news, and I swear to keep this thing updated.

Darren Lynn Bousman answerd some questions on HOJ:

Jordanaivrum

- you asked how man people worked on the story for SAW IV... Great question - - EVERYONE!!! seriously - from the production designer to the prop guys. We have all been doing these films for the last three years so we all kind'a feel like it's our baby. We take input from EVERYONE on set. That being said - Marcus, Patrick and I spent many a long hour on the phone talking about where the story should go. Once we were close we brought it to the saw family to get their ideas...

Brock Manson - will this story focus on Jeff? Every plot synopsis you might have read online is false... trust me when I tell you - the real 'story' has not been released.

Strictly Bars and Bad Boys - - are there a lot of twists? YES!!! but again - not all twists are THE GUY GETS UP OFF THE FLOOR. A twist in my book is any time you think you know whats going on - and come to realize you don't.

SAWesome89 - - you wanted to know about the teaser trailer... I don't know when they will be releasing this - but I can say - keep watching on line - for some OTHER surprises very very soon.

deserted soul - - Will we get to know more about Amanada - and will we see what was in the note... I can say the answer to ONE of your questions is YES... I Just can't tell you which one I am answering yes to!

Disciple Of Jigsaw - - you ask if I ever read SAW STORIES written by fans. During Saw II I use to read a lot of them... But currently I am swamped with editing this bad boy - as well as prepping my next project REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA. So my time is pretty short... I tell you what I do look at though is the ART people draw based on the saw films... We have some real talented fans out there!

copycatjigsaw - - you ask if someone is returning for the first film... YES!!!! just can't tell you who!!!!

Ok guys - I have to go back to editing... We are currently editing the ending... It's crazy... Let me tell you about it... Oh wait... I can't do that... but you will see it soon enough!

Keep the questions coming!

dlb

Tobin Bell was interviewed here.

Tobin Bell, Oren Koules Tease Saw IV

2007-03-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

While attending ShoWest in Las Vegas, ComingSoon.net had a chance to talk with two of the principals behind Lionsgate's Saw franchise, Tobin Bell, who has played Jigsaw in all three movies, and Twisted Pictures Co-Producer Oren Koules about this year's Saw IV, which starts shooting in Toronto on April 16.

With a month to go, Bell still didn't know very much about how they were going to bring Jigsaw back after his apparent demise in the previous film. "I haven't read the script, don't know the story. I know I'm in it, but that's it," he told us. "It's difficult for me to comment on something I haven't read so I don't know what they're going to do or how they're going to do it. Hollywood's amazing; they come up with all kinds of ways to accomplish things. If I knew I'd tell you, but I don't. In some ways, it's a blessing."

Koules, who was being honored with partner Mark Burg with ShoWest's Award of Excellence in Producing, gave us a few more hints about the fourth film in the franchise. "Tobin knows some clues and what to tell the fans is that there are three or four scenes in 'Saw III' that seem very innocuous and benign but when you see 'Saw IV' and they flash back to those, they have a whole different meaning. We shots scenes for 'Saw III', knowing they'd be in IV. We knew what we wanted to do for IV so we actually shot scenes for III but tried to make them very innocent scenes that didn't really make sense, but when it comes back, it's a huge part about Saw IV."

While doing press for Saw III, Leigh Whannell seemed ready to have that be his last movie in the series (as did Darren Lynn Bousman who will be back for Saw IV) but Koules told us that Wan and Whannell are still in the picture. "They're totally involved. Two of the biggest ideas in this movie are Leigh's. We hired writers, but they were still very much involved."

A lot of people have been wondering how long they'll be able to keep making these Saw movies to which Koules responded, "Until people stop going."

Source

Darren returning to direct SAW IV

2007-02-19T10:05:00.000-08:00

"Saw" series screenwriter Leigh Whannell tells Fangoria that Saw II and Saw III director Darren Lynn Bousman is coming back to direct Saw IV, which Lionsgate has targeted for an October 26 release.

While Whannell is not writing the screenplay this time, he'll still be around. "James [Wan] and I, as executive producers, are still treating it like our baby; we'll still oversee it," he tells the magazine. "I've definitely been privy to the ideas they've had and the scripts they've been writing, and it's coming along well. I'm actually excited."

Next up for Whannell is Dead Silence, which he co-wrote with Wan. He's also writing a kids' movie and "working on something with James, which I would describe as a sci-fi/thriller/noir film with a couple of horror elements."

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News

2007-01-24T21:38:00.000-08:00

SAW III came out on DVD yesterday and there is still a lack of information on SAW IV besides that it is happening.

I wish I could say more

Dont forget to check out DEAD SILENCE

From the people who made SAW.

SAW 3 TOPS BOX OFFICE!

2006-10-29T18:24:00.000-08:00

Its not like we didn't see it coming. SAW III has topped the box office again with 34 million dollars proving that people still love close to NC-17 torture and gore.

Isn't that awesome?

SO SAW IV........

How is it going to come about.......?

SAW III Sneak Peak

2006-10-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

Shawnee Smith Interviewd

2006-10-16T18:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.officialshawneesmith.com/interview.html

Here's some of the parts about Saw III...but definitely check out the whole thing.

DC: Well, I know you can’t get into too many details, and I wouldn’t ask you for them, but what can you say about Saw III?

SS: It’s a love story and a tragedy.

DC: Not the response I was expecting!

SS: It’s different than either Saw or Saw II .

DC: One of the things that I think is interesting about these movies is that, as opposed to the average Jason Voorhees kill-fest, the Saw series is driven by the philosophy behind the killing as much as the revealing of the elaborate traps. Whether that philosophy is a warped one or not, it is still a philosophy that creates believable motivation in the set-ups to the killings, rather than just setting the table for mindless, unfathomable bloodletting.

SS: There’s a genuine sort of search for truth that goes on in every department, from writing to directing, to acting, to props, to costumes, painting, set design, all of it.

DC: And it translates, certainly in Saw II, into a more interesting beast. This philosophy, if you will, can be refigured through a host of different characters and set-ups, so each new movie has the potential to set itself apart from a narrative standpoint. The most shocking things in that second movie were the discoveries the audience made about your character. We were witness, from the first movie, to how you were transformed-- in a way that’s not acceptable in standardized storytelling—not into angel of mercy in the typical sense, but a damaged angel, one who is just forming her own warped take on the mind-set of the most influential person in her life.

SS: Absolutely.

DC: Yet, in reading people who have written about the first two movies, particularly those who don’t seem to think much of them, there sometimes seems to be a set of preconceptions working there. Those who disdain the genre, or the specific subset of horror that has come to be known as “torture porn,” are often lumping the Saw movies into categories that don’t indicate just how transgressive the Saw movies, particularly II, actually are. Not just in terms of gore, either, but in terms of violating some of the basic tenets of the genre, like being so up front about imploring or otherwise insisting that the audience examines why it wants to see some of what it has come to see, or why it’s so easy to understand, and perhaps even, to some degree, empathize with the Jigsaw philosophy on a basic level. This is a disturbing route for the series to take, but a meaty one, and one that doesn’t let the audience off the hook in terms of its level of enjoyment. And it bodes well, I think, for Saw III.

SS: The movie is serving something bigger than any one individual part of it, whether that’s the director’s vision or the storytelling of the writer or the talents of the actors. So the series has to change its shape and form to grow, which is a bizarre and unlikely occurrence, especially in this marketplace.

DC: It’s the antithesis of what usually happens with a sequel-driven franchise which is, “Let’s make another one, and let’s make it as close to the last one as we possibly can.”

SS: Right. Keep the formula, and just make it “more”—bigger, gorier.

DC: I remember a couple of reviewers writing about Saw II who were pissed that the movie didn’t travel exactly the same road as the first one.

SS: Well, they should get ready to get pissed again!

DC: What was it like for you to find out what direction this character, Amanda, was going to go? And what kind of reaction did you get from people who either liked, or didn’t like, the second movie, based on the trajectory of your character?

SS: I haven’t yet encountered anyone who had a negative reaction personally. And Saw III evolves Amanda in ways that, as an actor, you just dream of. It’s like the character arc that never ends. I went from being an actress who typically had one scene or two scenes in big movies—the joke was, my characters never had an arc—and now the half-a-day’s work I do on the independent, low-budget horror movie turns into the arc that keeps on giving. In Saw III you really get to know Amanda, and there actually is a person here to get to know.

DC: To my eye, that was clear from the first movie, and so for me the way your role keeps expanding, in size and importance, in each movie feels like a kind of vindication of what I saw in that first wonderful performance you gave in Saw.

SS: It’s weird. It’s like there’s some kind of fairy dust on it, as if I’d mapped the whole thing out, starting with part one. Everything is connected, and it’s beyond me. There’s some bigger something at play—luck, or whatever.

DC: In that first movie, just in that two minutes you were on screen, there was a concentration of some kind of acting energy or essence that I don’t think the movie exploited. If it had, you would have had a much bigger part.

SS: And it’s interesting, too, how Saw II, of all the things it could have been—I happened to get pregnant. It wasn’t planned. So I had a four-month-old pregnant body, and I decided to chop my hair in a crazy manner. As an actor I could have just gone for the gold in that part. I could have spruced up my physical appearance, given myself more lines. But instead I took half my lines away from myself—“Do I really have to say this here, or can I just--” You know, I purposefully was very subdued. Well, the hairstyle wasn’t so subdued, but it wasn’t like—Like, her sexuality was totally repressed. And I had no idea that there would be any kind of pay-off for any of that in Saw III. Maybe it was because I was four months pregnant that I just wasn’t concerned, I had bigger things on my mind, I don’t know. But it’s been an actor’s dream to be able to connect it all in a meaningful way.

DC: There’s integrity in your performance in the second movie, too. You did some great things in Saw, and looking at the second movie you might think, “Okay, she’s dialing it down here. The performance isn’t as distinct as it was in the previous film.” And it only becomes clear as the movie ends that there’s a rationale for that, and in a way your entire performance in Saw II is still rooted in the very unlikely choices you made in the first film to not wave your arms and call so much attention to yourself, to not chew the scenery. I actually thought it was rather brave to basically give yourself to the concept, and to the other actors.

SS: That’s what we were talking about. And maybe that’s the fairy dust of the Saw franchise—everyone sees to be serving something bigger than the individual.

DC: If you looked back on everything that you’ve been able to do so far with your acting, is there one project that you feel particularly proud of, one that touched you in a singular way that made it more special than the others?

SS: Mmm… probably Saw III. Isn’t that a silly answer?

DC: Not necessarily, because I see it coming from a place that’s clearly not marked “junket promotion sound bite.”

SS: (Laughs) That didn’t even enter my mind! If anything, I’d move against that kind of answer, especially at this stage. But I had the time of my life—personally, professionally. I had both my kids with me. I had a starring role, so I was really involved in the process on many different levels. It was challenging, frightening, no pun intended, and fun.

DC: Tell me a little about working with Darren Bousman again on Saw III.

SS: I think the world will taste many fruits of The Great Darren Bousman’s talents-- he likes to be referred to as The Great Darren Bousman. (Laughs) Darren was a total unknown, a wild card, for Saw II. I remember talking to James Wan (director and co-writer of Saw) and saying, “Oh, my God, do you think this guy can pull it off?” And not only did he pull it off, but he was a first-time director and he put his own stamp on a franchise. Well, I guess it wasn’t a franchise then, but he sure helped make it one. I mean, he stands tall on the shoulders of many talented people, but he knows it, and that’s pretty rare. It was smart on the producers’ part to put the same team behind him for Saw III. But even in Saw III he outdid himself from the previous movie. He put a new stamp on the series. He could have thought, “It’s a fluke. This movie I did was a success and I’m taking a chance doing part three, so I’d better just stick to the same formula.” But instead, he fought every good fight. I mean, there were all-out creative battles, and that happens in a worthy creative endeavor. But, intuitively, he knew what to fight for, and he fought.

DC: Did he collaborate on the script again, with James Wan and Leigh Whannell?

SS: Yeah, they all worked together on the initial concept, and then Darren and Leigh really got in there and reworked it together. Then Tobin and I got up to Toronto and started doing our own rehearsals and research. We had to fill in the life of these characters’ relationship—everything that will never be addressed in the script but has to be there for the movie to work. And so a lot of that ended up influencing the script in different ways—stuff that Darren and Leigh couldn’t have come up with just sitting in a room, talking. It’s stuff that came out of these characters. Darren told me that one of his favorite scenes in the movie is a scene that came out of just that process—a character moment with Amanda. And he said it’s one of his favorite scenes because it has nothing to do with the story. Right, and it’ll probably end up on the editing room floor! (Laughs) But he loved it because it’s purely a character moment.

Saw 3 clip/Tobin Bell interview

2006-10-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

SAW 3 Clip

2006-10-11T19:05:00.000-07:00

PLEASE NOTE: The clip is EDITED for Television. This does not reflect the scene that is in the actual final film. It's more violent then this.

Awesome TV Spot

2006-10-09T19:41:00.000-07:00

SAW 3 General Information

2006-10-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

All three Trailers are up in the Trailer Section

Only 19 More Days Until Release

The House Of Jigsaw Fourms have been getting visits from Darren Bousman and J.Larose (Troy[Chain Guy])Click the HOJ button to check it out. Be sure to mark Leer down as a referer if you sign up.

Soundtrack info on http://www.sawsoundtrack.com/

I Can't Wait :D

More New Pics

2006-10-07T09:36:00.000-07:00

WE have found some more new pics from SAW III

Click the gallery to check them out.

SAW 3 Sountrack Info.

2006-10-07T09:33:00.000-07:00

More Info After The Jump

http://www.sawsoundtrack.com/

New Images

2006-10-03T19:58:00.000-07:00

New SAW III Trailer

2006-09-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

New blog for SAW III

2006-09-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

http://lionsgateblogs.com/saw3/bousman/

Wow - It has been FOREVER since last time we all talked. I am sorry that I have been out of touch, but this year has been killer!!! Saw III stands to be one WILD ride!!!! Currently I am sitting here at Deluxe Toronto, working on our FINAL AUDIO MiX for the film. It is crazy how much sound design and score really add to a picture. I was disgusted before - now I am just plain appalled!!! There are some things in this film that will make even the hard core squeemish!!!!
A lot of you keep emailing me asking if I am proud. The answer.
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
It was so great working with the same crew - it was basically like none of us ever left! And now, here I am, a year later - back on same Mix stage - with the same Mixers!!!
These last months have been intense. A lot of people don't realize that once a film stops shooting it is NO WHERE NEAR over.
Kevin (the editor) and myself had only two months to get a locked picture of the film. Then we have to submit that to the producers for notes. Once we reedit based on the producers notes, we have to resubmit - this time to the MPAA. Obviously the MPAA had some issues with our film so we have to reedit based on their concerns. Once the MPAA and producers sign off we have to get the film over to the sound
design team to start working their magic. THEN, I get on a plane
to fly to Los Angeles, and meet with SUPER GENIUS Charlie Clouser and we sit though and watch the film and discuss music. BACK to Toronto after meeting with Charlie to now meet with our special effects team about what post production effects we will be needing. Then starts ADR - ADR is when you rerecord an actor due to unusable production audio. So back on a plane I go, first to Montreal to meet with Angus
- then to LA to catch up with Tobin, Shawnee, and Bahar.
So here I am, back in Toronto, a little under the weather, and much exhausted working on the SOUND MIX!!!!
Well guys, it's great to be back, and start looking for more bloggs - I will keep you all up to date on the status on the film, and what is going on!!!
Stay sick and twisted,
dlb

News Bits

2006-09-02T10:52:00.000-07:00

Lyriq Bent will reprise his role in SAW III as Riggs. (http://blackfilm.com [Not listed anymore?])

Im not sure but I do not think the opening scene of SAW III was shown with Crank, I will be seeing that movie soon so Ill update you with that as soon as I know.

Still no news on a new trailer.

The HOJ forums are lacking bousman updates! come on man! xD

IMDB is listing the movie as completed.

SAW III Trailer Speculation.

2006-08-30T22:05:00.000-07:00

Is a new SAW III trailer bound to come? Tomorrow maybe?

We know that the opening scene may be put with crank but what if they could not so they decided to put a new trailer up.

The clues:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/sawiii/
Apple is possibly setting up a page for a new SAW III trailer, apple usually only makes pages when they exclusively get the trailer.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/sawiii.html
Check back soon for the latest trailer for 'Saw III.'

I hope another SAW III trailer is released, not just a revised one.

First scene of SAW III to be shown with Crank.

2006-08-24T20:47:00.000-07:00

http://www.saw3.com/

Crank is an upcoming 2006 action/thriller film, written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The Lions Gate Films produced film stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam and will debut on September 1, 2006. The film will be rated 'R' for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity, and drug use.

I suggest all of you to see it for the opening scene of the first movie and just because the movie looks awesome!

September 1st :D

SAW III Site Updated.

2006-08-15T22:00:00.000-07:00

The new site is more white and features the three pulled teeth rather than the three teeth in the mouth. The trailer is up there along with some desktop wallpapers and aim icons.

You can check it out at www.saw3.com

SAW III Trailer Images

2006-08-14T22:43:00.000-07:00

With all those constant flashes you may miss some things inside of the SAW III trailer.

Check the image gallery for images post by HurnMaster on the HOJ message board's

But be aware, they may be spoilers

SAW III Trailer in Differnt Formats

2006-08-14T15:25:00.000-07:00

Last year I transcoded the SAW II Venus Fly trap clip into differnt formats, This year I am doing it with the trailers.

More formats coming soon :D
Meanwhile the you tube trailer is in....the trailer section.

Its Official: The Trailer has Hit the Web.

2006-08-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

Yahoo movies now has the SAW III trailer up in great quality.

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1809278202

SAW III News is coming!

Keep checking back here for more!

Crucifix Trap Slow Mo

2006-08-14T14:02:00.000-07:00

Colour Corrected Official Released Images

2006-08-04T12:14:00.000-07:00

Up in the Image Gallery more images, officialy released.

SAW II Uncut DVD Info + Box Art

2006-08-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced Saw II: 2-Disc Uncut Edition for release on October 24th, according to Davis DVD. Presented with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and DTS-ES 6.1 Surround, the set includes an audio commentary with series creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, a second commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman, production designer David Hackl and editor Kevin Greutert, "Making of the Saw Story," "Making of Saw II," "Jigsaw" and "A Tribute To Gregg Hoffman" featurettes, director Darren Bousman's short film "Zombies" and bonus trailers. Retail will be $26.98. Read on for a look at the cover art...

Bloody Disgusting

"Billy" the Puppet

2006-07-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

Video from Comic Con 06

About the name: I think it was on the SAW the Blog DVD that they called him billy, yah it was.....So maybe you learned something new, his name is BILLY :D

Lots of Stuff

2006-07-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! It's the end of july and you know what that means (if its the same tradition as last year) The SAW news is going to start to pour in (well faster than it has been) let me go over some things:

If you want to ask Darren Bousman questions go here.

If you want to ask me questions email me (sawtheblog@gmail.com)

Keep checking back here or subscribe to the feed!

viva la saw,
Leer.

Comic Con....

2006-07-20T17:16:00.000-07:00

Video is here.

4:24PM - Director Darren Bousman first… Escorted by two incredibly good looking nurses up to his seat. Writer of Saw I and II, Leigh Whannell. Producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg. Shawnee Smith who played Amanda. And lastly, Tobin Bell as Jigsaw.

4:25PM - No spoiler and no secret questions - they will not be answered

4:26PM - First question for Tobin about “how to approach Jigsaw movie after movie” yet make him human.
Tobin says he “reads the script very carefully” and tries to never sell out the characters he plays. He always tries to think about what causes someone, or what the details are, that permit him to say the lines the writer says. As in “what does he mean by that.”

Question for Shawnee: Shooting for one half day for Saw, did you have an idea that you’d come back and be the big role.
Shawnee: I didn’t have an idea or I wouldn’t have put that cheesy cougar tattoo on my left shoulder.

Question for Darren: How do you approach directing Saw II and III?
He said it’s a tough line to walk from after Saw I and coming into Saw II not copy what he did in the first one but not change it entirely and therefore it was tough to find a balance of it. In Saw III they’ve taken more depature from it but have still kept some of the same. “Saw III makes Saw II look like a Disney film” because it is so intense.

Question for Leigh: How do you keep it fresh for Saw III?
In Saw I it’s about who’s doing it him; once that secret was out, what do they do now, what’s the new version. It’s another degree of difficulty then for Saw III going above and beyond the Saw II and making new surprises and surprising people who’ve seen a lot.

Oren talking about their experience with Saw I first at Sundance and how sold out it was and the reactions that it had. Lionsgate didn’t believe it would test as well as it did.

4:34PM - Time for audience Q&A.

1 - When Danny Glover’s character follows patsy back to the hide out, how did patsy know where the bathroom was?
He was in on it. There were little secrets in Saw III that answer these type of questions. He was more involved with Jigsaw than anyone else. And they say “the answer is in Saw III.”

2 - A guy was showing him the original t-shirt and boxers that Tobin wore in the first movie that had and wanted to reunite them.

3 - Question for Tobin Bell: what do you love most about playing Jigsaw?
He likes trying to bring some dimension to him; likes trying to find out what makes him tick and do the things that he does and what his every day life is like. He’s a mechanical engineer and philosopher and scientist - he’s a very interesting man.

4 - Favorite movie trap from first two films?
He liked the needle pit.

5 - Marketing question with the posters. Is there a fine line that they have to go through with the gore on them?
Tim Faylan - the marketing guru.

6 - Asking about if Leigh Whannell can believe about the success of Saw? Does he feel like the “Australian underddog”?
He says it’s amazing. Their original aim was to shoot it on $5000 in Australia. He said it’s amazing that it happened and got this big and that they got to shoot in the States. He can’t believe the hype they have in this audience and everything. “Thanks to you guys.” Applause.

7 - If Darren could be in a trap, which would it be?
Darren didn’t say but Leigh answered with saying that it should be the jaw trap so he can keep his mouth shut.

8 - How does Jigsaw differ from his other roles?
He said he doesn’t approach Jigsaw differently from any other role he plays. Talking about his role in The Nordic…

4:47PM - World premier of Saw III clip starting momentarily.

Description: A guy chained up with chains hooked via rings all over him. Through the mouth. Blood dripping over. TV screen turns on with Jigsaw saying this game is being played in the jail cell and talking about how he has been going to jail over and over. How far will he go to break those chains. Live or die, make your choice. Rips the chains off to get to a bomb nearby on the table. An angry screaming fit ripping the chains off from his body. He pulls them all out except for the one in his mouth as it ticks to 0. Then fades to “Saw III.” INTENSE!

4:52PM - Trailer ends. Audience cheers. Lionsgate is done!
Source.

"Silence" Info

2006-07-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

Another story from the awesome bloody disguisting

We're still rocking here at the San Diego Comic Con and we've got more great news for you horror hounds live from the event.Writer Leigh Whannell tells Bloody-Disgusting that James Wan has finally finished editing his second feature film, which is now entitled 'Dead Silence'. He also tells B-D that the delay was caused by position changes in Universal... watch for the film to hit theaters next year.

Source.
you should really bookmark that site

SAW 4 Being Planned

2006-07-20T16:10:00.000-07:00

I know alot of you dont want this to become a crappy franchise but as long as they have the twists and more from the first two movies in the next two. I wont care =D

We're here sweating our asses off at this year's San Diego Comic Con trying to keep you guys posted on all of the major horror announcements... and here's a whopper of one. B-D reporter Slice reports live from the event that Lionsgate will instantly begin prepping 'Saw 4' if the third film in the franchise is a sucess, which I'm sure it will be. Watch this spot for more news as it comes in live from the con!!! 'Saw 3' hits theaters this October.

Source.

More SAW 3 Trailer information

2006-07-09T10:06:00.000-07:00

If you remember last year, Lionsgate released a teaser for Saw II at the San Diego Comic Con, which I would call a complete disaster. The font looked horrid and everything was pixelated. What I'm told is that we'll once again see a teaser at this year's Comic Con, but a lot more time into it than last year's rush job. In addition, the official MySpace page for Saw III indicates that we'll be seeing the final trailer for the Darren Bousman directed film on August 4th, attached to prints of The Descent. The third installment in Lionsgate's mega-franchise, which hits theaters October 27, stars Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Angus Macfadyen and Dina Meyer.

source

SAW 3 Trailer - August 4th

2006-07-07T22:17:00.000-07:00

The SAW 3 trailer will premeire with The Descent so be sure to go see it !

WOOT!

"An Update"

2006-07-07T01:04:00.000-07:00

Posted on HOJ by darren bousman:

Hey guys - I thought I would drop in and say hello! I am sitting here in the edit room working on the last five minutes of the film! Even I get chills when I see it! Being a horror fan - I really think you guys will dig this! Scary, and intense - and yes for you gore hounds - there is blood!

Wanted to give everyone an update - my bloggs should be starting up again within the week - so check there for more updates.

Also if any of you are in California area, myself and Leigh will be at Comic-Con this year! Stop by, say hello!

Alright back to the film October 27th is right around the corner!

And to quote Jigsaw in Saw 3... "Suffering... You haven't seen anything yet!"

dlb

OFFICIAL SAW III Poster

2006-06-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

Darren Bousman on SAW III

2006-06-28T14:38:00.000-07:00

SOURCE: http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6368

June 26: SAW III wraps; director talks

It’s a solid stand-alone installment that’s also for the fans; it’s pretty damn ballsy, even for year already caked in blood; and it’s guaranteed to give the MPAA some grief. These are just a few things Fango has already heard about SAW III, the anticipated sequel due in theaters October 27 from Lionsgate, and who better to confirm it all than its director Darren Lynn Bousman (pictured on the set of his previous SAW II), who dropped Fango a line with a progress report.

Having taken a much-needed extended weekend before entering the editing suite for the first time today, Bousman speaks highly of the third entry’s 30-day shoot in Canada. “I’m so surprised by how quickly everything came together for this and how smoothly it went,” Bousman says elatedly. “I learned a lot of mistakes from SAW II, and part three is definitely not a copy of the first two films. It’s very, very different.”

Actors Bahar (CRASH) Soomekh and Angus (EQUILIBRIUM) Macfadyen find themselves cast as Jigsaw’s latest victims. The former plays a doctor who must keep the ailing killer (encoring Tobin Bell) alive just long enough to see Macfadyen’s Jeff get out of one of Jigsaw’s fiendish and thought-provoking games. Dina Meyer and Shawnee Smith also make their return to the series which has already grossed over $200 million in worldwide theatrical ticket sales.

“Fans don’t realize how much say they have in this franchise,” says Bousman, sounding rather like a carnival barker luring ticket buyers into his refurbished haunted attraction. “This movie is for them. Last year’s film was a balls-to-the-wall gorefest and it didn’t have too many scares. I believe SAW III has a lot more of what made both previous movies good—we took the best elements of each and combined them. It’s got a lot more scares in it and has so many Easter eggs for the fans to discover. For those who really know the franchise well, they’re going to be blown away by some of the things we did this year.”

As for the gore quotient, Bousman insists on skirting the intricate details, yet he is optimistic that what will make the final cut will be weighted by a healthy dose of realism. “We’ll see what remains. All I can say is SAW III is the real deal and it’s not f’in around. I don’t get disgusted easily; I think the time that happened with a movie was when I watched CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. There’s one scene in that movie that made me squeamish—and there were about four separate occasions on the [SAW III] shoot that made me want to throw up.” —Ryan Rotten

Official SAW III Production Blog

2006-06-12T11:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.officialsaw.com/blog/default.asp

I can't believe I never posted this ! It brings you posts from the set of SAW III by Darren Bousman, Shawnee Smith, and more!

Check it out!

First SAW III Trap Revealed!

2006-06-11T11:06:00.000-07:00

TORONTO - It takes a while to puzzle through what it is we're looking at, here on the Toronto set of the low-budget, high-concept gore-fest Saw III.

Deep in the latest warren of deathtraps conceived by murderous mastermind Jigsaw, behind a door painted with the words "here's your chance," the device standing in front of us looks like a crucifix fashioned out of steel beams, clamps, cables, motors and gears. There's blood (or the special effects version thereof) pooled around the base of it, and a few chunks of disturbingly lifelike ersatz flesh.

Arms get strapped in here, feet get wedged in there, head goes inside this clamp contraption. But what are the gears for? When this thing is powered up, won't the gears just rotate the clamps in place and make the victim's ... oh. Okay. Got it.

You know the famous scene in The Exorcist, where Linda Blair's head spins a full 360 degrees? Imagine a contraption that does that to you without the benefit of satanic possession. And to your arms and legs, too, twisting them in their sockets until flesh, muscle and bone rip and snap like wet tree bark.

Jigsaw, you're a sick, sick man. But that's why moviegoers love you so.

Saw III, which wraps shooting this month at Toronto's Cinespace Film Studios, is a homecoming of sorts for the monstrously successful horror franchise.

"We shot Saw II here in Toronto, in the same studio, same crew. So by now it's like family," said Leigh Whannell, co-creator of the Saw franchise with fellow Australian filmmaker James Wan.

"It's another day at the office, breaking people's limbs off, body parts flying everywhere," Whannell said last week during an interview on set. "It's good times."

The affable Aussie's demeanor belies the unspeakable stuff going on a dozen metres away. Literally unspeakable - access to the set is strictly controlled, and no one's talking about the film's array of deathtraps and plot twists, for fear of spoiling the fun when the film hits theatres this Halloween.

Other than the clampy contraption, all we are shown are the sets for Jigsaw's creepy, mannequin-festooned lair and a decrepit meat packing facility (complete with disemboweled hogs hung from hooks) where much of the film takes place.

Then we're hurried off the set, though we can hear director Darren Lynn Bousman call "action!", followed by the high-pitched whine of a drill. And screaming. That can't be good.

This much we know about Saw III: The terminally ill Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is determined to play one more sick game with a new group of victims. With the help of his protege (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw has kidnapped a beautiful young doctor (Bahar Soomekh) to keep him alive while he leads a grieving father (Angus Macfadyen) into a new den of horrors.

The hero's peril is much more than physical, though. Jigsaw's chosen victims are the people responsible for death of Macfadyen's character's son. He can choose to help them escape Jigsaw's devious deathtraps, or sit by and watch them die slowly and very, very painfully.

The grisly shoot is taking an emotional toll on Macfadyen. "When you're doing these things, you think, 'Jesus, these things actually happen for real, there are people who do the most awful things to other people,' " he said.

"And you go, 'How can you do that? How does someone take someone's head and shove it into a bathtub full of feces and drown them in it?' I just don't get it."

Fans don't seem to care. The first two Saw movies were made on a combined budget of about $6 million US, and took in more than $130 million at the box office, plus tens of millions more on DVD. Bousman, who also helmed the last film, has high hopes for number three.

"I would say the most tame parts of Saw III are (equal to) the most extreme parts of Saw II," he said.

"It's going to be interesting to see if we get away with half the things we're shooting right now. I'm even offended looking at what I'm shooting at the moment."

Source

SAW III Synopsis

2006-06-04T23:33:00.000-07:00

Jigsaw has disappeared.

With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) is unaware that she is about to become the latest pawn on his vicious chessboard.

One night, after finishing a shift at her hospital, Lynn is kidnapped and taken to an abandoned warehouse where she meets Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), bedridden and on the verge of death. She is told that she must keep the madman alive for as long as it takes Jeff (Angus Macfayden), another of his victims, to complete a game of his own. Racing against the ticking clock of Jigsaw's own heartbeat, Lynn and Jeff struggle to make it through each of their vicious tests, unaware that he has a much bigger plan for both of them...

"Brace Yourself" a new post from Darren Bousman on HOJ

2006-05-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

Friends! It has been a LONG WHILE since we last spoke. But - WE'RE BAAAAAACK!!!! That's right in about a week we start shooting SAW III. Please trust me when I tell you - this one is not for the squeamish! Forget all of these horror films that claim to be gory and scary - SAW III is the REAL DEAL - we have a TON of violence, gore, a few surprises and oh yes, TRAPS!!!!

I have to tell you all I just got back from the special effects house who will be building all of the body parts and gore for the film. I nearly vomited. Some of the macabre things we have in store for you will make SAW II look like a children’s film!

There is so much I want to tell you - but where is the fun in that? I think I will make you wait!

In the meantime - stay tuned!

Click on the button on the sidebar if you want to go to the HOJ fourms!

SAW III Site up!

2006-05-06T10:06:00.000-07:00

Yes the saw III site is up here.

Bloody Disguisiting wrote up a article that also includes who's starring in it.....

God bless Lionsgate and their development team. You'd think that how fast they pump out their movies they'd be half-assed crapola-- only they're not. Last year Lionsgate release Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw II almost exactly one year after James Wan and Leigh Whannel's Saw became an instant box office hit. Now here we are six months later already prepping for the release of Saw III, which hits theaters October 27th, 2006. Today the official website was launched, which carries a nice teaser logo and a forum to start talking all things Saw. Yesterday we broke the news (here) that Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Angus Macfadyen and Dina Meyer will star. Watch this spot for more news as it comes in. 'Saw III' is currently in pre-production in Toronto, Canada- shooting begins Monday.

Casting Information for SAW III

2006-05-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

After the huge success of Saw II, it was announced a few months back that Darren Lynn Bousman will return to direct Lionsgate's Saw III. It was also revealed that co-creator Leigh Whannell will be returning to script the film for the third time, and that stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith would be returning to the extremely popular franchise. As the film is aiming to hit theaters October 27th, 2006, we're still awaiting to hear what the film will be about... but until then we've got some exclusive casting news for you inside! Read on and enjoy. More news as it comes in...

We were informed this morning from an anonymous scooper that TV veteran Angus Macfadyen (Redline) will star as a new character in the Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II) directed SAW III, which is currently being written by Leigh Whannell.

In addition, the insanely gorgeous Bahar Soomekh (Crash, Mission: Impossible III) will also be joining the cast alongside Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith.

We contacted Darren Bousman to confirm the scoop and to our surprise we got a quick little quote from him and Whannell, who are hard at work on the script. "It's the most f-cked up of Jigsaw's games... and the most psychologically intense," they tell Bloody-Disgusting.

Watch for an official announcement in the coming weeks.

from bloody disguisting

E! interviews Shawnee Smith

2006-04-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

If you think having a new Saw movie come out every year is intense, imagine being one of the actors. These guys get tortured on an annual basis. On top of that, they don't even get to read the script. With one month to go before shooting Saw III, Shawnee Smith has no idea what's in store for her.

"I'm still waiting to read a script," she complains. "How can I prepare as an actress with no script?"

Expect Smith's role to grow, too. She has gone from one scene in Saw to becoming the baddie Jigsaw's right-hand chick in Saw II. With Jigsaw in the last throes of cancer, she's going to have to start kicking ass on her own.

"I don't know how you top the first one, but from what I hear, they've done it again," she tells us. "I don't want to jinx anything, so we'll see what happens." Yes, we will.

from here

SAW Stuff

2006-04-24T23:55:00.000-07:00

Yes....Im back.....SAW III is in production and Master P WAS confirmed for it.

In other news I thought I might bring this up:

SAW III Teaser with See no Evil:
Definitely Possible......But dont expect it.

ONLINESAW.COM
This is suppose to be an "OFFICIAL" fan site for SAW........if anyone who is pulling the string is reading this.....PLEASE CONTACT ME!!! I want to take part in the official saw fan site =D

SAW III Teaser Poster

2006-03-15T16:08:00.000-08:00

from Latino Review
I love this, even though its just the teaser poster. The people at HOJ seem to disagee. They think that its not minalmal and dumb I have two things to say to that:

1. It's the TEASER poster.

2. It style. lol. but seriously its minamalistic and nice and gets the point across.....SAW III is coming.

Heres the HOJ post.

Update on Darrens Blog

2006-03-07T18:56:00.000-08:00

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Ok... So I actually lived out a horror film yesterday... I had a flight out of LA at 9:22 to Toronto... I had a car picking me up at 6:00am.... Lets cut to 7:30 that morning and I roll of my couch... I passed out watching LOST episodes I Tivoed and forgot to set an ALARM... So I FREAK quickly grab my bags - and my two pets and FLY out the door...

7:35 - I am curbside and as luck would have it the driver is still out there patiently waiting... He calmly exits the car and says "Late night sir..." to which I respond "Pretend your James Bond driving in a high speed chase and get me to LAX"

7:36 - HIGH SPEED DRIVING BEGINS - twisting and turning through North Hollywood...

7:37 - GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC... We aint moving...

So now there is no way in hell we are getting from Studio City to LAX by 9:22 let alone the one hour prior I need for check in... I fall back against the seat exasperated and sigh... The driver tilts his mirror a little to get a good look at me...

"You okay" he asks...

I respond "Afraid I missed my flight"

He smiles and goes - I used to be in the military and I am never late... and with that my man went into hyper drive taking back streets, dirt roads and gravel paths...

8:45 arrive at LAX (keep in mind my flight leaves at 9:22) I bolt from the car after hugging the driver who has now become my best friend (side note - if I ever plan a heist he will be my driver) and rush to the terminal...

8:46 MASSIVE LINE - I panic... Not making my flight... not making my flight... not making my flight... THEN A VOICE... the voice of angel??? no not an angel... I know this voice... THE DRIVER????

"MY MAN HAS A FLIGHT TO MAKE - MY MAN HAS A FLIGHT TO MAKE make room people... and with that the driver pushes his way through the crowd, and SOMEHOW gets me to the front of the line...

8:48 TICKET COUNTER... I show my passport - the ticket lady looks at her watch - "Sir that flight is already boarding..." she sees the pain in my eyes... then turns to see the "don't fuck with me" look in the drivers eyes... "Ok... we have to hurry... Put we have a small problem..."

"What problem" I ask...

"It's to cold to board your dog in CARGO..."

Now people - You have all met my dog CHANCE in a previous blogg... Now meet my cat ZOE...

Don't let the picture fool you... She is an angry bitter cat who sometimes I believe is plotting my death...

So in one hand I have my cat... in the other my dog...

"Well sir, all I can offer is that you take one pet on as a carry on item and have the other sent to you at a later time..." the ticket lady says.

So I stand - at a crossroads... which child do I pick... The cute puppy who is still just a baby??? Or the cat who will kill in my sleep if I anger her in any way?

8:50 - My heart breaks as I make my choice...

8:51 - I hand the other pet to the driver who is to bring it to Evolution to deal with sending it to me...

9:00 - Bags are checked...

9:10 - Make it through security...

9:15 - Make it on the plane...

So... which animal did I choose????

So yes, Darren is back in toronto getting the pre-production of SAW III started.

P.S.: Fans of SAW! Send in your questions and more to sawtheblog@gmail.com and have them answerd on the site! So far I only have ONE email and I know this site gets more then ONE hit a day (I know that as a fact :P)

Darren Bousman, Leigh Whannel, and James Wan OFFCIALLY are reteaming up for SAW III

2006-03-02T16:37:00.000-08:00

LIONSGATE AND TWISTED PICTURES ANNOUNCE SAW III FOR HALLOWEEN 2006

Original Creative Team Reunited For Next Film In Twisted And Lionsgate’s Saw Franchise; Film to be Dedicated to Late Twisted Pictures Principal And Saw Producer Gregg Hoffman

Saw Franchise Has Grossed Nearly $250 Million In Worldwide Box Office And Sold Nearly 10 Million DVD’s To Date For Lionsgate

SANTA MONICA, CA, and VANCOUVER, BC, March 2, 2006 – Lionsgate (NYSE and TSX: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and Twisted Pictures today announced plans to develop and produce Saw III, the next film in the psychologically intense and disturbing horror franchise, for an October 27, 2006 wide release. The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II), with story by Leigh Whannell and James Wan (Saw, Saw II) and screenplay by Whannell. (Note from Lee[Owner of SAW the Blog]: THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME) The Twisted Pictures team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules will return as producers with Whannell and Wan set to executive produce. The announcement was made by Peter Block, Lionsgate President of Acquisitions and Co-productions, Jason Constantine, Lionsgate Senior VP of Acquisitions, and the Twisted Pictures team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules.

Saw II set a Lionsgate record with a three-day opening weekend of $31.7 million last Halloween, becoming the widest release in Lionsgate history and achieving one of the best opening weekends ever for a horror sequel. With a domestic box office of over $87 million and more than $148 million in worldwide theatrical box office, Saw II easily eclipsed the $55 million domestic box office total of the original Saw. Saw and Saw II have grossed nearly $250 million in combined worldwide box office.

Saw II debuted as the #1 DVD in North America two weeks ago, becoming the fastest-selling theatrical DVD release in Lionsgate history with 3.9 million units sold in its first week alone. The movie was also released on VHS and UMD. The Saw franchise has sold nearly 10 million units to date for Lionsgate.

“Yes, there will be more blood,” said Block and Constantine. “Saw III will involve the same creative forces responsible for the tremendous success of Saw II. The Twisted team of Mark and Oren, along with Darren, James and Leigh, have all agreed to be prominently involved in Saw III. We are proud to be partnered with some of the most disturbing creative talents on the planet, and the Saw franchise will ensure that gore becomes every bit as much a Halloween staple as ghosts, goblins and candy corn.” Block noted that the film will be dedicated to Twisted Pictures principal and Saw producer Gregg Hoffman, who passed away in November 2005.

“We have been discussing story lines that extend the Saw franchise to new limits and beyond with Lionsgate for the past several months,” said Burg and Koules. “The most important element of any franchise is remaining true to the roots of its success. We believe that we are developing a script that is certain to please the Saw franchise’s core fans while adding fresh, terrifying and unimaginable new twists to the Saw saga. Jigsaw himself would be proud.”

Saw III joins an upcoming Lionsgate slate that includes Trent Cooper’s Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector (March 24), the inspirational Akeelah And The Bee, starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett and Keke Palmer (April 28), the provocative Sundance sensation Hard Candy (April), Lionsgate’s first entry in the Spanish-language feature film marketplace, La Mujer de mi Hermano, starring telenovela sensation Barbara Mori (April) and the horror film See No Evil, starring WWE superstar Kane (May 19).

Lionsgate is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library is a valuable source of recurring revenue and a foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
Twisted Pictures is helmed by Mark Burg and Oren Koules. Saw, one of the most profitable films of 2004, was their first picture under the new label and was also distributed by Lionsgate. Twisted is currently in postproduction on Catacombs, the first film under the previously-announced nine-picture deal between Twisted and Lionsgate, and is in production on Silence for Universal Pictures.

www.lionsgate.com

Bloody Disgusting Interviews Darren Bousman

2006-02-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

From Here

Saw II: Co-Writer/Director Darren Lynn Bousman
By: Elaine Lamkin

First-time feature film director, Darren Lynn Bousman, couldn’t have been handed a more challenging film to do: the sequel to the horrifying “Saw”. But for those who saw it in the theater as well as those who WILL see it when it is released on DVD on Valentine’s Day (how appropriate), Bousman was more than up to the challenge of continuing the crimes of Jigsaw. He was adept at developing even more brutal means of dispatching the many characters in “Saw II” due to his love of “disturbing” horror. Things look good for horror fans when “Saw III’ comes out this October.

BD: Hello Darren and thank you for taking time to talk with Bloody-Disgusting. I have read that you are originally from Overland Park, Kansas. How did a “nice” Mid-Western boy end up directing one of the horrific films of 2005?

DLB: Growing up, I always wanted to be an actor and after high school, I went to Kansas University and studied acting. But a friend of mine went to Full Sail, the film school in Orlando, Florida and when I went to visit him, I was hooked. So I transferred there and received my film degree in 2001.

BD: How did you transfer from student to short films to music videos to “Saw II”?

DLB: I had a group of friends and we were determined to go to LA. I did a couple of short films: “Butterfly Dreams” (2000) and “Identity Lost” (2001) but on both shorts, we ran out of money. But for “Identity Lost”, a friend of mine suddenly inherited a large trust and literally wrote a check for $60,000. And on “Butterfly Dreams”, my friend, editor Hunter Via, financed the rest of the film with money he and his fiancee had saved for their wedding. Both guys were paid back!!

We headed out to LA from Florida and the first job I got was on “The X Files”. That didn’t last too long, about 7 or 8 episodes, as one I was assigned to keep track of one of the actors and I thought he was in the honey wagon so I waited outside, working on a script of my own. When someone came looking for the actor and discovered that not only was he not the person in the honey wagon but that I was not doing my job, I was asked to leave. But I did get to meet Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick – here’s an interesting bit of…synchronicity. Robert Patrick’s brother Richard used to be in Nine Inch Nails with the composer for “Saw” and “Saw II”, Charlie Clouser.

BD: How did you come to be involved in “Saw II”?

DLB: Well, when I was “asked to leave” “The X Files”, one of the things I was doing that they didn’t appreciate was that I was working on a script of my own. And I decided to write THE most disturbing story I could. Something that when people read it, they would be so upset. That script was “The Desperate” and after tons of rejections by “upset people”, I finally met an agent who loved it and that got me a lawyer. “The Desperate” is similar in structure to “Saw II” and when I met Leigh Whannell – well, let’s just say we’re both interesting but disturbed. I wish someone had recorded the conversations I had with him as well as with him AND Eli Roth! We probably would have all been arrested.

Between Leigh and myself, “Saw II” came into being – quite a few of the elements of “The Desperate” were kept in the “Saw II” script: the characters, the traps, ALL of the deaths.

BD: How much preproduction time did you have for “Saw II”?

DLB: We had two months to get ready.

BD: Did the script’s twists and turns at the end exist early on in rewrites and are there seed of “Saw III” in “Saw II” that we may or may not know about?

DLB: Yes, those twists and turns were there early and yes also to there being the seeds of “Saw III” in the current film. Actually, “Saw III” is set to be released this October but that’s all I will say about that. Except that James, Leigh and I will all be involved in some capacity.

BD: How would you compare your directing style to that of James Wan?

DLB: We both had similar influences and there are definitely hints of “Saw” in “Saw II”. I would say the styling and editing are different but David Armstrong DP’d both films so that dirty, grimy, gritty look is still there.

BD: How did the untimely death of producer Gregg Hoffman in December 2005 affect you?

DLB: I owe my career to Gregg. He was truly on of the “good guys” in Hollywood. I was so disheartened by the business until I met Gregg and he sold me on Twisted Pictures. He had nothing to gain by taking a risk on me but he did. I will never forget him

BD: How has the success of “Saw II” changed your life?

DLB: It has made me realize that anything is possible. The world opens up, people are paying attention and I can now “pollute” the world with MY vision (laughs).

BD: What new projects are you working on now?

DLB: I have two pictures with Dimension Films – one is entitled “Threshold”, based on the French-Canadian film “Evil Words”, and will be written by Stephen Susco who wrote the remake of “The Grudge”. The other is still called “The Untitled Horror Project”.

BD: What is your opinion on the state of horror today? Particularly the PG-13 versus R rated films that are being released, many to dismal box office.

DLB: I think the studios want to appease everyone and some films, like “The Grudge”, should be PG-13. But in order to appease everyone, the studios HAVE to also release R rated movies, like “Hostel”, “Saw” or “The Devil’s Rejects”. But THEN you get religious groups attacking the movie business.

BD: What advice would you give to up-and-coming filmmakers?

DLB: Well, I am a classic example that anything can happen. It’s what you make out of it – I wouldn’t and won’t do anything outside of the entertainment industry. If I had taken a job as a bartender in LA, I might as well have moved back to Kansas.

BD: What would be your “dream project” as a filmmaker, in any genre?

DLB: Making any movie that challenges people is one “dream” but also, as I am a huge “Rocky Horror” fan, I would love to make a horror rock opera film

BD: What are some of your favorite horror movies?

DLB: Wow, that’s a tough one! I would have to say “Audition”, “Ichi the Killer”, “The Last House on the Left” and early Polanski.

BD: Do you have any favorite horror authors?

DLB: I love Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” as well as a book called “Dirty White Boys” by Stephen Hunter. A great thriller! And I also love to read true crime.

BD: What is one thing no one knows about Darren Lynn Bousman that you think they should know?

DLB: Well, my middle name is my dad’s name and I use it professionally to honor him. I have seen every single episode of “Law and Order: SVU”, I have a black belt in Tai Kwan Do and I’m addicted to coffee. I can’t go to sleep unless I have some coffee!

Introducing: The SAW Mailbag

2006-02-19T08:56:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Im getting ready for SAW news and information (The DVD for SAW II is OUT go get it! [hurry because I haven't been able to see a place where it is not sold out] Now!) but I thought I might start a "SAW Mailbag" Send me your questions via email and Ill answer them....be sure to include a name/nickname! Send all emails to:

SAWtheBlog@gmail.com

And I will be sure to answer them! I don't think this will take off immediatly but Im sure once its started going the questions will start pouring in. Until later. Im Out.....oh and heres an example:

Hey, I was wondering if you think SAW III will be the last movie? If so, why?
-John S.

Saw 3 Will Make Its October 27th Release Date.

2006-02-09T20:51:00.000-08:00

Over at Bloody-Disgusting they got a word in with Darren (director & writer of SAW II)and here's what they said:

After the passing of the legendary Gregg Hoffman, whom is one of the founders of Twisted Pictures, genre fans have been asking the question "will we still see Saw III in theaters by October 2006?" Today BD reporter Elaine Lamkin talked one-on-one with Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw II who not only confirmed that 'Saw III' WILL be released this October (tentatively the 27th), but that he, and Saw co-creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell will be involved in it in some capacity. More news when we post our interview with Darren soon. 'Saw II' hits DVD on February 14th, just in time for your honeys.

SAW II DVD Menu Screenshots

2006-02-05T21:04:00.000-08:00

So, The SAW II DVD is coming out and SAW the Blog is still running :D. Anyway Im getting into the article writing mood so I am going to write some articles along with the news that is coming out with SAW III....Saw the blog, all saw news, all the time! Anyway I found some images on the internet of the dvd menu screens, check it out:

These images are also in the gallery.

Post 100= Scary movie 4 trailer wth audio

2006-02-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

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More SAW 3 news comign SOON!

first look at saw 2 dvd

2005-12-19T15:37:00.000-08:00

From Here

Inside you'll find a look at the nearly completed DVD art for Lions Gate Home Entertainment's release of Saw II on February 14th. The sequel’s DVD will contain interviews, commentary, five featurettes and more. The film directed by Darren Bousman, stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudsen, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer and Tobin Bell. Click the title above for posters, images, art, trailers and reviews or just click here for the official website. Read on for a look at the DVD art...