'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' – A24 will acquire the film and TV rights of the franchise

The study A24 is very close to Acquire film and television rights of the horror franchise The Texas Chain Saw Massacrewhich were in auction and had several bidders in the industry, according to Deadline reports.

The media explains that although the agreement has not been closed, A24 is the first online to take the rights of the franchise.

What would be the first step?

First, a series of JT Mollner, Roy Lee y Glen Powell. Powell is not expected to be the protagonist.

Mollner is the screenwriter of The Long Walkthe adaptation of Stephen King's novel freshly released in cinemas; Lee is the producer of horror sagas as IT, The Strangersand deliver like The Long Walk, Weapons, Barbarian, Until Dawn, Companion, Late Night with the Devilamong others.

The rights of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Verve represents them since 2017, with other candidates interested in recent months such as Jordan Pele, Osgood Perkins, Bryan Bertino, and Taylor Sheridan.

Deadline also reveals that Lee maintains an interest in doing another Texas Chainsaw Massacre For Netflix – streaming premiered a legacy in 2022 – this project is maintained and could still be carried out with A24 as a producer study.

He Tobe Hooper’s 1974 croásic, focuses on a group of people who, during a road tripson kidnapped by a family of cannibals which includes to the infamous Leatherface. This production is considered a classic of horror and also, One of the best films of the Slasher subgenre of all time.

The franchise The Texas massacreit has not distinguished exactly because of its consistency. Hooper's original classic gave way to four sequels. In 2003, a remake was launched. Three years later a prequel to said remake came (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning). Then a sequel to the original would arrive (Texas Chainsaw 3D), which in turn obtained the prequel Leatherface (2017), and finally the legacy of 2022 (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) produced by Fede Álvarez.

Exurbia Films is the main production company behind the franchise, with Pat Cassidy, Ian Henkel and Kim Henkel as producers. In 1983, New Line Cinema acquired distribution rights.