Saw XI has been officipartner cut from Lionsgate‘s free calfinishar — but that doesn’t unbenevolent the franchise is dead yet.
The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively alert that the reckond sequel in the horror franchise, which had been sprocrastinateedd to hit theaters on Sept. 26, has been erased from that date. This pursues Patrick Melton, a authorr on the movie, alerting THR in a story unveiled last week that there has been “inter-squabbling” between producers and Lionsgate.
On Monday, Lionsgate splitd a cheeky statement from Billy the Puppet, the ventriloquist dummy used in the films by the character John Kramer, aka Jigsaw: “I’ve seen the rumors. They say it’s Game Over. You all should comprehend me better than that. The game is never over.”
In a tprosperned relocate, The Strangers: Chapter 2 is now set for wide theatrical free on Sept. 26. Madelaine Petsch repascfinishs her role in the sequel after starring in The Strangers: Chapter 1, which hit theaters last May and accumulateed $48 million globpartner. This tags the second feature in the reckond stand-alone trilogy that rebegines the franchise that began with the 2008 film The Strangers that stars Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman.
“I promise that we’re making The Strangers: Chapter 2 as terrifying as possible, and I can’t defer to show you on Sept. 26,” Petsch says.
Producers Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon insert, “Like Strangers fans everywhere, we’re thrilled for Chapter 2 — it’s the charitable of film that’ll have audiences watching thcimpolite their fingers. Bringing it to theaters this Halloween season is perfect, and we can’t defer for everyone to see where the story goes next.”
Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath also star in the novel movie that straightforwardor Renny Harlin helmed from a script by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland. Producers hold Solomon, Canton, Christopher Milburn, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham and Charlie Dombek on the film that hails from Fifth Element.
Saw XI authorr Melton previously telderly THR that he and partner Marcus Dunstan had turned in a write of the film back in May of 2024. According to Melton, the project was “shighed at a deal withrial level,” with the hurdle having “noslfinisherg to do with the creative.”
Melton inserted, “Saw XI may or may not be made, but we have a very timely story in it, and I hope it gets made equitable because of that.” He enjoyned the topicality to that of Saw XI, which caccessed on Jigsaw getting revenge on health insurance executives, with that theme obtaining renoveled relevance recently after the killing of UnitedHealthattfinish CEO Brian Thompson.
The Saw franchise remains an transport inant one for Lionsgate, having grossed more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office after begining with the James Wan-straightforwarded innovative movie in 2004.
