After two decades, ten films, and over a billion dollars grossed worldwide, Saw remains one of horror’s most popular and enduring franchises. Unfortunately, the series’ iconic villain Jigsaw may have already set his last trap, according to an anonymous source BD has verified as being close to the production of its newest sequel.
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“It’s totally dead,” the source tells us. “It’s 100% over. Almost a year now.”
So what happened?!
According to the source, “Everything went sideways in January 2024 … the producers started fighting.” While one producer attempted to “plow forward” with the film, the other “put up roadblocks,” stifling Saw XI’s production
But what about Lionsgate? Surely the company that Saw helped build would have stepped in to steer its lucrative ship back on course? Our source suggests, “[Lionsgate] didn’t have anyone to smooth over the disagreement.”
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The insider notes that the franchise might sell somewhere else, but it will likely “start over,” if so.
In the end, Jigsaw was thwarted not by cancer or a circular saw to the throat, but a persistent plague to creativity and filmmaking. As the source concludes, “Greed and ego won.”