Comingsoon: Lionsgate announced today that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, the next installment in the long standing franchise, is set to commence production. The film is a collaboration between Lionsgate and frequent production partner Nu Image, with Lionsgate assuming U.S. distribution rights and Nu Image handling international sales beginning at the Cannes Film Festival. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, Mike Paseornek, President of Motion Picture Development and Production, and Jason Constantine, Lionsgate's President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.
best Horror Movies says 'Texas Chainsaw 3D is a sequel that has received a ton of advertising and publicity, and the release has been highly anticipated. At this writing it is not certain what the box office receipts will be, but chances are the first weekend of release will be pretty profitable due to the high level of PR and the inclusion of singer Trey Songz in his first acting role. There are those who would like to watch the film without knowing too much about it, and make up their own minds. '
I'm glad this film did well at the box office, it will encourage more horror films to be made!
Leviathyn | Calling itself, insultingly I think, the “true sequel” to the first movie, Texas Chainsaw 3D wasn’t quite the movie I expected it to be but that ends up being both good and bad. Maybe movie people should do what those young people wish they’d done with Leatherface and just leave him alone in his house with his saw and his family.
Jeremy of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Seven years after New Line and Platinum Dunes had their way with the Chainsaw franchise we are now subject to a Liongate attempt, which means a shorter title and added 3D. John Luessenhop‘s Texas Chainsaw 3D sounds like the furthest thing from quality for a series that has really only had one or two good entries, yet underneath the generic first act and the poorly-done CGI in the third act, the film manages to endure and come out on the other end."
