Ryan and Andy Tohill, the directors of the 2018 thriller The Dig, have been hired for a reboot of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
The Tohills will direct the film from a script by Fede Alvarez and Rodolfo Sayagues, the writers of the 2013 Evil Dead reboot and Don’t Breathe. Alvarez expressed his enthusiasm for the Tohills in a statement to Variety.
“The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” Alvarez said. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.”
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Variety reports that Legendary Pictures acquired the rights to the Texas Chainsaw franchise around autumn 2019. Alvarez and Sayagues were signing a deal to produce movies for Legendary through their own production company at that time, and the Texas Chainsaw reboot was announced as one of their projects. Chris Thomas Devlin was said to be writing the script, according to Deadline.
It was first reported by Bloody Disgusting in August 2018 that Legendary Pictures was vying for the rights to the franchise. That report said that Legendary wanted to develop a TV series and reboot the film franchise.
The Tohills may have only directed one movie before, but Ryan Tohill has a recent history in Hollywood. Ryan Tohill’s IMDb credits him on various TV and movie prop teams including Game of Thrones, Krypton and Philomena.
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The last Texas Chainsaw movie was 2017’s Leatherface, which acted as a prequel to the original 1974 film. It was released on DirecTV a month before a limited theatrical release that grossed less than $1 million worldwide, according to The Numbers. In our review of Leatherface, we said it was “the worst Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie ever.”
This reboot will be the ninth Texas Chainsaw movie to be released in theaters. We think the franchise would work great as a video game. And if these reboots aren’t satisfying you, then visit the gas station from the first Texas Chainsaw movie for some delicious BBQ.
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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who thought Philomena was awesome. PHILOMANIA!
Source: IGN.com Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reboot in Development