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Chris Thomas Devlin Writing the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot for Producer Fede Alvarez
We exclusively broke the news back in September that Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) was coming on board to produce a reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Legendary, and Deadline confirms the scoop this week with their report that Alvarez and writing partner Rodo Sayagues have officially inked an overall deal with Legendary Pictures.
The site notes that the duo will create/develop/produce films for Legendary through their Bad Hombre Films banner, including the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie.
Deadline also brings us the brand new scoop today that newcomer Chris Thomas Devlin will be writing the film, described as a reboot of the original classic.
More as we learn it. Stay tuned!
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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