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LEATHERFACE Revealed; ‘Chain Saw’ Final Girl Marilyn Burns to Cameo in Sequel!
With shooting already underway in Shreveport, Louisiana, Bloody Disgusting has received exclusive word on who will be playing the NEW Leatherface in Lionsgate’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D!! Playing Leatherface will be discovery Dan Yeager (pictured inside). Director John Lussenhop knew he was perfect for the role immediately, after a chance meeting. He describes the 6′ 6″ actor as having “huge farm boy arms, a brooding brow. He’s quiet, circumspect, and immediately struck a menacing chord with me. After five minutes, I could no longer think of anyone else for the role.”
We also exclusively learned that another Texas Chain Saw Massacre vet will be joining the previously announced original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen. Marilyn Burns (pictured below), who played final girl “Sally Hardesty” in the 1974 classic will be playing the role of “Verna Carson.” Burns also starred in Hooper’s 1976 Eaten Alive. And in another surprise casting scoop, John Dugan will be reprising his role as the Grandfather, making his first series appearance since the original film!
We also now know that Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 star Bill Moseley – best known as “Chop-top in Hooper’s 1983 sequel – will play “Drayton Sawyer” in this film. Moseley will be standing in for Jim Siedow, who previously played the part before his passing in 2003. The two actors appeared together in the 1983 film and were quite comfortable together. Director Luessenhop explains how “Moseley is the perfect choice to capture some of the essence that Siedow had brought to the character.”
This is just the tip of the iceburg. Read on for the FULL cast!
EXCLUSIVE (cont.): In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, arriving in theaters October 5, 2012, Tania Raymonde will play Nikki, a small-town girl with an attitude who is the best friend of Heather (Alexandra Daddario), who travels to small-town Texas to collect her inheritance, which includes her deranged cousin Leatherface.
Announced a few hours ago was acclaimed R&B singer Trey Songz making his film debut as Heather’s boyfriend “Ryan” and Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Ryan’s friend. Shaun Sipos (“Melrose Place,” Final Destination 2) plays “Darryl” in the film, a hitchhiker along for the ride who knows more than he lets on.
An all new cast of law enforcement and government professionals take on Leatherface in this chapter of the saga: Thom Barry (The Fast and the Furious, Independence Day) plays the role of “Sheriff Hooper,” with Paul Rae (True Grit) in the role of town mayor “Burt Hartman.” Scott Eastwood (Gran Turino) will portray “Deputy Carl Hartman,” a young officer who is battling a powerful attraction to Heather while hunting Leatherface. Noted character actor Richard Riehler (Officie Space) will play Sawyers family attorney Farnsworth.
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‘The Space Between’ Exclusive Teaser Trailer – Damian Maffei Stars in Indie Liminal Horror Movie
Liminal horror is all the rage right now in the wake of A24’s Backrooms dominating the box office, and up next from the sub-genre is the indie film The Space Between.
We recently told you that The Space Between had wrapped production inside an operational Midwestern mall, and now we’re exclusively debuting the teaser trailer today.
Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey At Night, Wrong Turn, Haunt) stars in The Space Between. Watch the teaser trailer below, and also find the official poster underneath.
Maffei plays Rick, an overnight security guard working inside a once-bustling shopping mall after closing. While quietly carrying the grief of losing his daughter, Rick clings to the structure of his nightly routine as a form of stability. Over the course of a single shift, that routine begins to fracture as something unseen retraces his every step.
Kate Kiddo (Black Eyed Susan, The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom) co-stars in the liminal horror movie as Dispatch, Rick’s only point of contact during the night. She is a calm and steady voice guiding him through his rounds as the system he relies on begins to break down.
Production took place inside an operational Midwestern mall, utilizing real locations after hours to ground the film’s surveillance-driven psychological horror and liminal atmosphere. Built through a lean independent model, the production focused on performance, practical environments, and atmosphere.
Filmmakers were granted unlimited access to more than 96,000 square feet of retail, corridor, and back-of-house space for critical sequences, allowing the production to capture the scale, emptiness, and unsettling realism of a functioning mall after dark.
Writer/director Joshua Garity tells Bloody Disgusting, “The original image that helped define the internet’s idea of liminal horror was traced back to Wisconsin, and that matters because those are the kinds of spaces I grew up in. They were once the heartbeat of a community, but many of them have slowly eroded into something more unnerving. Half-empty malls that still echo with laughter, if you listen closely and strip away the fresh coats of paint. The Space Between comes from that same Midwestern familiarity. It’s not about recreating Backrooms, but about exploring why these spaces stay with you: the absence, the repetition, and the feeling that a place you know is somehow watching you back.”
The Space Between is targeting a Fall 2026 release. Stay tuned for updates.
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