Back in September, A24 won a months-long bidding war for the film and TV rights to “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” franchise.
Now, a TV series has become the first project from that deal to move forward, while a film is also in early development
The rights to the property were up for auction last year with a handful of bidders involved. Multiple pitches were made for the property, and with A24’s acquisition, many of the others have fallen to the wayside.
The one that is going forward is the TV series that Glen Powell, JT Mollner, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Stuart Manashil, Ben Ross, Dan Cohen, Kim Henkel, Ian Henkel and Pat Cassidy will produce and Mollner will direct.
Though he is producing, Powell won’t star in the series. A movie also is in early development with the same producing team and ImageNation, but Mollner isn’t attached to that one and previous reports suggesting a potential home at Netflix aren’t so certain any more.
Powell says in a statement: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of my favorite films,” Powell said in a statement. “It defined a generation of horror films, and over half a century after its release, it remains one of the definitive movies of my home state. I’m honored to have Barnstorm help bring in a new chapter for such an iconic title and franchise. With a marquee home in A24 and visionary filmmaker with JT Mollner, alongside our top-shelf producing partners, I couldn’t have dreamed of a better team for such a dream property.”
The original 1974 film remains an iconic work of horror, though the franchise has been laden with numerous unnecessary sequels and prequels along with a whole lot of messy, contradictory continuity.
The highest-grossing instalment remains the 2003 reboot produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller. That grossed $107 million worldwide.
Source: THR
