A brand new image from Lionsgate’s Jigsaw, their eighth film in the SAW series, appeared in a special EW at the San Diego Comic-Con, which kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday evening. The photo, taken by Charlie Ridgely, displays five individuals with buckets on their heads, chained to something off-camera. It’s hard to see exactly what’s going on but it looks like they’re all asleep and are in for a rude awakening.
“Bodies are turning up, and they’re linked to Jigsaw — or a Jigsaw copycat,” co-director Peter Spierig told the magazine. “We’ve got some pretty wild traps in the film — we don’t shy away from the gore. It’s such a perfect Halloween scarefest. It’s perhaps not quite as vicious and more fun.”
The new chapter in the long-running saga has been rated “R” for “Grisly Bloody Violence and Torture.”
We understand that neither Costas Mandylor nor Cary Elwes will be returning to play their respective characters, who both ended up becoming Jigsaw apprentices in earlier installments. As for the original Jigsaw himself, Tobin Bell will be back in some capacity.
The cast also includes Mandela Van Peebles, Laura Vandervoort, Brittany Allen, Callum Keith Rennie, Matt Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson, Josiah Black, Shaquan Lewis, Michael Bolsvert, and James Gomez.
Jigsaw was written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger (Piranha 3D and Sorority Row). In the director’s chairs were the Spierig brothers, Peter and Michael, who brought us Daybreakers and Predestination.
The trap is set for October 27, 2017.
