Saw X

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Saw X is an upcoming American horror film directed and edited by Kevin Greutert, and written by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. It is the tenth installment overall in the Saw film series and serves as both a direct sequel to Saw (2004) and a prequel to Saw II (2005). The film stars Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Michael Beach and Renata Vaca.

Filming took place from October 2022 to February 2023 in Mexico City. Saw X is set to be theatrically released by Lionsgate on September 29, 2023.

Premise

Weeks after Saw (2004), John Kramer travels to Mexico after learning of a potential "miracle" cure for his terminal cancer. However, he soon realizes that the entire operation is a fraudulent scheme targeting vulnerable individuals. Finding a new purpose, the infamous serial killer and his apprentice abduct the con artists and subject them to a horrifying new series of traps.[2]

Cast

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Further information: List of Saw characters

Production

Development

In April 2021, a tenth film installment to the Saw franchise, titled Saw X, was reported to be in development with Twisted Pictures.[6] Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger, writers for the previous two entries of the series, Jigsaw (2017) and Spiral (2021), confirmed the script was completed in December 2021.[7] In August 2022, Bloody Disgusting reported the film would be directed by Kevin Greutert, who edited most of the previous installments, and directed Saw VI (2009) and Saw 3D (2010).[8]

Casting

In October 2022, Tobin Bell was confirmed to reprise the role of John Kramer / Jigsaw.[9] Greutert told Empire that Bell is featured in the film more than any other in the series.[10] In December 2022, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand and Michael Beach joined the cast.[11] Shawnee Smith reprises her role as Amanda Young.[12] Renata Vaca, Paulette Hernandez, Joshua Okamoto and Octavio Hinojosa also joined the cast.[13]

Filming

Principal photography took place on location in Mexico City from late October 2022 to February 2023.[11][14][12] The trap designs were more complex than in previous installments, so the filming schedule was split into two parts—three weeks in November and three weeks in January. Greutert told SFX, "We had to make so many prosthetics and machines, and over Christmas, we spent the entirety of it figuring this stuff out".[3]

At the Midsummer Scream 2023 convention, cinematographer Nick Matthews said they wanted to pay homage to the earlier Saw films. He explained, "I think for Kevin and I, it was really important that we were able to pay homage to all the early films, we love that the early films are 1:85 (ratio), we love that they're textural, that they're gritty, that there's these really bold, yellow color palettes, and we want to do our work to hearken to that, with pervasive darkness, and really throwing the audience subjectively right into this graphic, gritty world".[15] Production designer Anthony Stabley also looked back at the colors from those films and made sure that all the technology, like graphics, seen in Saw X would have been available back when Saw (2004) and Saw II (2005) took place. As for the film's Mexico setting, Stabley felt a "fresh aspect" because of it being a new location and considered that they had to make a "great combination" with the things fans really want to see, wishing for the film's emotional journey to take a "deeper meaning" from the film, which is going to have a "big payoff" for the last act.[16]

Most of the gore was done with practical effects, with CGI only being used for touchups.[3]

Release

Saw X is set to be released theatrically in the United States by Lionsgate Films on September 29, 2023.[2] The film was originally set to be released on October 27, 2023, before Lionsgate announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that it would be moved up to its current date.[8][17]

Possible sequel

On September 22, 2023, when asked by ComicBook.com about plans for the franchise's future, producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules affirmed that they already have ideas for an eleventh Saw film, but wish to wait to see how well Saw X performs.[18]

References

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