In a new report this week, Deadline exclusively revealed that the rights to beloved The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise are back in the hands of sales representative Verve.
Rumours are also circulating that Glen Powell will star in the new film, while JT Mollner (Strange Darling) could potentially be interested in directing.
The website notes: “One of the parties, we hear, showing interest in reviving Texas Chainsaw Massacre is filmmaker/scribe JT Mollner and producer Roy Lee, hot off Strange Darling, their $3 million-grossing, 96% certified Rotten Tomatoes cult hit. If Mollner gets a script together, word is that Glen Powell would like to read it.”
Verve said in a brief statement: “Verve represents The Texas Chainsaw Massacre estate and is building out a multimedia strategy for the seminal horror franchise. Verve has not officially submitted the property into any filmmakers, producers or buyers,” the rep continued. “Because this is such a hot and iconic horror property, packages are pre-emptively being brought to Verve.”
Nothing other than what we have here has been revealed as of writing this article, but we expect things to pick up rather quickly over the next couple of months.
Stay tuned to Dark Nation for more news on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot.
