In a recent sit-down, Blumhouse head-honcho Jason Blum touched on losing the bidding war for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, rebooting the Saw franchise, and the willingness to do another Halloween.
On losing TCM...
“We were in the mix. The deal isn’t closed, but we probably won’t get it,” Blum says, looking defeated for a moment in his Koreatown office complex in Los Angeles.
A24, the cool-kids indie film company, won the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” bake-off with a creative team led by “Weapons” producer Roy Lee and Glen Powell. Mainly, Blum is bummed he won’t have a chance to revitalize a franchise that had run out of gas. “I like taking IP that people are cynical about and turning expectations on their head,” he says.
Acquiring Saw...
It’s really hard to make 10 movies in a franchise — I don’t take that away from the original series’ producers. And I’m grateful to them for allowing us to continue. My creative outlook is what I always preach: Get the people who made the magic in the first place more involved. James Wan [the original director] will be hugely involved. That’s how we’re going to reinvent it.
Another Halloween?
We don’t own the rights anymore. I had a three-picture deal. But I would do another “Halloween” movie.
He also touches on the critical and commercial failure of M3GAN 2.0.
Source: Variety