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Re: Leatherface 3D
John Luessenhop (Takers) is reportedly in talks with Lionsgate to helm Leatherface 3D, the proposed relaunch of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that was talked about a few years ago.
The story is said to pick up three decades after Tobe Hooper's film.
Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Stephen Susco have worked on the script.
Re: Leatherface 3D
With shooting already underway in Shreveport, Louisiana, Bloody Disgusting has received exclusive word on who will be playing the NEW Leatherface in Lionsgate's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D!! Playing Leatherface will be discovery Dan Yeager (pictured inside). Director John Lussenhop knew he was perfect for the role immediately, after a chance meeting. He describes the 6' 6" actor as having "huge farm boy arms, a brooding brow. He's quiet, circumspect, and immediately struck a menacing chord with me. After five minutes, I could no longer think of anyone else for the role."
We also exclusively learned that another Texas Chain Saw Massacre vet will be joining the previously announced original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen. Marilyn Burns (pictured below), who played final girl "Sally Hardesty" in the 1974 classic will be playing the role of "Verna Carson." Burns also starred in Hooper's 1976 Eaten Alive. And in another surprise casting scoop, John Dugan will be reprising his role as the Grandfather, making his first series appearance since the original film!
We also now know that Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 star Bill Moseley - best known as "Chop-top in Hooper's 1983 sequel - will play "Drayton Sawyer" in this film. Moseley will be standing in for Jim Siedow, who previously played the part before his passing in 2003. The two actors appeared together in the 1983 film and were quite comfortable together. Director Luessenhop explains how "Moseley is the perfect choice to capture some of the essence that Siedow had brought to the character."
This is just the tip of the iceburg. Read on for the FULL cast!
EXCLUSIVE (cont.): In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, arriving in theaters October 5, 2012, Tania Raymonde will play Nikki, a small-town girl with an attitude who is the best friend of Heather (Alexandra Daddario), who travels to small-town Texas to collect her inheritance, which includes her deranged cousin Leatherface.
Announced a few hours ago was acclaimed R&B singer Trey Songz making his film debut as Heather's boyfriend "Ryan" and Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Ryan's friend. Shaun Sipos ("Melrose Place," Final Destination 2) plays "Darryl" in the film, a hitchhiker along for the ride who knows more than he lets on.
An all new cast of law enforcement and government professionals take on Leatherface in this chapter of the saga: Thom Barry (The Fast and the Furious, Independence Day) plays the role of "Sheriff Hooper," with Paul Rae (True Grit) in the role of town mayor "Burt Hartman." Scott Eastwood (Gran Turino) will portray "Deputy Carl Hartman," a young officer who is battling a powerful attraction to Heather while hunting Leatherface. Noted character actor Richard Riehler (Officie Space) will play Sawyers family attorney Farnsworth.
Re: Leatherface 3D
The cast sounds great, and the whole vibe seems to be right.
But the characters and small plot reveals sound WEIRD. Not that Chainsaw hasn't went there before.
Sounds like they're trying to take the vibe back to the first two, which is cool, but that can be tricky. You very easily could get Chainsaw 4 redux.
Re: Leatherface 3D
Yeah, it's like some parts of it seem to be a throwback film with shades of Hooper in TCM 1 & 2, but the supporting cast seems to promote a 'gimmicky 3D slasher', just with Leatherface. I don't really know what we're gonna get.
I don't know who wrote it, but I know Hooper had this original concept for Chainsaw 2 that had the whole 'Sawyer lawyer' angle, and had the whole family in a courtoom and basically exposed to the public n' shit. There was even a deleted scene from TCM 2 where Chop Top & Leatherface raided a movie theater and massacred Joe Bob Briggs and two whores he was with.
I'm assuming Hooper has much much much more creative control on this newest one versus the past two with New Line. Just the fact that they're referring to them as the 'Sawyer' family, and not the 'Hewitt' family alone, seems to hint that this newest one is neither a reboot nor a sequel to the new franchise, but actually more of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre 5. Which is cool.
Even though it was a so-so film, alot of people were shocked in 2009 when they walked into Friday The 13th, and found out it was basically Part XII.
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