It looks as if the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE franchise is going in a new direction.  According to Variety, Twisted Pictures is aligning itself to restart the franchise yet again, and this time in 3D.  Apparently, the per-picture deal that Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes had with the rights owners of TCM fell apart in talks for a third film.  So they sold the rights to the people at Twisted for a multi-picture deal.

I know the SAW pictures are still very popular, and it's the only real horror franchise up and running.  But this deal comes with plenty of problems.  First, there's the fear that they might turn the Leatherface family into a "traps and puzzles" sort of thing, because that's what they're good at.  Then there's the 3D aspect;  I gather they'll be swinging phallic chainsaws in audience's faces for 90 minutes.  Most disturbing of all, though, is that this means it's likely that the TCM franchise will cast aside the Platinum Dunes movies, and start yet again.  We'll have to wait and see how Twisted handles the movies to see if any of these problems crop up.

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--Phil Fasso