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Mark Burnham Playing Leatherface in the New ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Movie! [Exclusive]
We’ve learned a whole lot about Legendary’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie this week, with producer Fede Alvarez revealing to Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast that it’s actually a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, centered around “old man Leatherface.”
Additionally, we reported that Sally Hardesty is coming back, with Olwen Fouéré (Mandy) playing the character we haven’t seen since Marilyn Burns played her way back in 1974.
But who’s playing Leatherface, you ask? Bloody Disgusting has been able to confirm that Mark Burnham (Lowlife) will be the latest actor to don the skin mask and wield the chainsaw!
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Leatherface was originally played by the late Gunnar Hansen, with various actors taking over the role for the many sequels, reboots, and follow-ups. Bill Johnson played Leatherface in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2; R. A. Mihailoff in Texas Chainsaw Massacre III; Robert Jacks in The Next Generation; Andrew Bryniarski in the 2003 remake and its subsequent prequel; Dan Yeager in Texas Chainsaw 3D; and Sam Strike in 2017’s Leatherface.
David Blue Garcia (Tejano) directed the movie for Legendary, which was written by Chris Thomas Devlin and filmed last year. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
Elsie Fisher (“Castle Rock”), Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Mark Burnham (Wrong Cops), Moe Dunford (The Dig), Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), Alice Krige (“Star Trek”), Jacob Latimore (The Maze Runner), Nell Hudson (Victoria), Jessica Allain (The Laundromat), Sam Douglas (Snatch), William Hope (Dark Shadows), and Jolyon Coy (“War & Peace”) star.
Alvarez is producing with Bad Hombre’s Rodolfo Sayagues, alongside Kim Henkel (co-writer of the 1974 film), Ian Henkel and Pat Cassidy, who are producing via their Exurbia Films.
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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