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‘Saw 10’ Is Fast Approaching with Three New Confirmed Cast Members—And A Possible Returning Fan Favorite
The tenth installment in the Saw franchise has had fans on the edge of their seat waiting for news ever since it was announced Tobin Bell would be returning to the role of John Kramer. And today saw the release of that hotly anticipated update via Lionsgate Pictures, releasing news of three new cast members: Michael Beach, Steven Brand, & Synnøve Macody Lund.
Beach is a series regular on shows like S.W.A.T. and Truth Be Told and is best known for playing strong detective types. This may hint at his role as a possible member of the police force in search of Jigsaw in the wake of his latest games.
Brand, notable for voice acting work in games like Star Wars: The Old Republic, may be recognized by horror fans for his role in the 2017 Steven Yeun action-horror film Mayhem. Lund plays matriarch Ran on the popular Netflix show Ragnarok, a fantasy series surrounding a family of jötunn living in modern day Norway.
There’s been plenty of buzz about returning cast as well, with Shawnee Smith reportedly being in talks to reprise her role as fan favorite Amanda Young, the Jigsaw victim turned secret collaborator and the first in a long line of apprentices. While it is very possible, this is still unconfirmed.
The last entry in the billion-dollar franchise was 2021’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw, a spinoff that implied a series of similar films to come. It seems this avenue may be taking the back burner, as Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ new mission statement with Saw X is to “[capture] everything Saw fans love about the franchise, while also keeping them guessing with all-new traps and a new mystery to solve.”
This return to form is especially evident given that the director for this project is Kevin Greutert, who edited the first five films in the franchise and directed both Saw VI and Saw: The Final Chapter. The script for X is also penned by Saw alums Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg.
Saw X is tentatively set to release on October 27th , 2023.
Horror has, once again, proven it is the greatest force of positivity in the world of art today. Duplass Brothers Productions, known for its Creep franchise, has partnered with the Transgender Film Center to create the Found Footage Feature Fund. It was unveiled at Fantastic Fest, and promises an intersection of analog terror and empowered voices.
This is a fully financed, $25,000 grant for Trans filmmakers to tell original stories. The only criteria is that films should incorporate some element of found footage, collage, or other form of experimental media within their project. Mark Duplass, along with Trans Film Center Executive Sav Rodgers, says this is an opportunity not just to support independent storytellers, but to empower Trans filmmakers. A message we can totally get behind.
This fund is a phenomenal response to an era of discrimination, battling bigotry with action, art, and creativity.. The fund will open on October 23rd and close on November 7th. The grantee will be selected in December.
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The V/H/S franchise is back and scarier than ever, just in time for the season of the witch. The series, which began with its initial entry in 2012, promises a new theme with each installment. Themes such as science-fiction, 1994, and 1999 have been covered, but this year’s may prove both the scariest and the most fun: Halloween. Even more exciting is, about two months after announcement, the trailer for V/H/S Halloween has finally been released.
The trailer is itself a total blast. Starting with a 90s-family-movie-esque voice over, the intro back to the Halloween commercials of the early 2000s. The viewer is welcomed to an array of nostalgic, seasonal costumes, decorations and animatronics, only to be blindsided by a switch to ominous music and bloody, grungy terror with autumnal flare. One could most likely expect possessions, masked killers and nightmare-inducing mascot characters. So far, this seems perfect for Goosebumps fans.
Directors for this installment include genre favorites Alex-Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, and more. V/H/S Halloween will be released on SHUDDER on October 3rd.
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