Michal Bay to Redo Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

By Jack January 31, 2002 12:02 PM

(VARIETY) Radar Pictures has greenlit a remake of the horror cult classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" as the first production for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes banner.
Radar will fully finance, with Good Machine Intl. handling foreign sales. Film is set for a spring start.

The 1974 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was directed by Tobe Hooper and told the gory tale of five 20-somethings who fall into the clutches of a monstrous clan of Texas cannibals and find themselves being whittled away by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface. The film spawned three feature sequels, at least two behind-the-scenes documentaries and a Teutonic copycat, "The German Chainsaw Massacre."

Hopper and his original co-writer, Kim Henkel, are penning a draft, but no final decision has been made on the writer or director of the remake.

For now, Bay has shot a three-minute promo for the film that GMI will use as a sales tool at the upcoming American Film Market. CAA will rep the film for a domestic deal.

Michael Fleiss of Next Entertainment will produce. Ted Field of Radar

Pictures and Jeff Allard of Next will executive produce with Bay's Platinum Dunes partners, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller.

Formed last November, Platinum Dunes has a first-look deal with Radar and is devoted to producing lower-budgeted commercial films.

Next is best known as a producer of reality television and is producing "The Bachelor" for ABC. Fleiss also produced several successful reality series, including "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire" and "Million Dollar Mysteries."

Deal was negotiated by CAA on behalf of both Platinum Dunes and Next. Hooper is repped by the Gersh Agency. David Boyle, executive VP business and legal affairs, represented Radar. GMI was represented by the company's president, David Linde.

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New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on January 31, 2002 12:12 PM

Bad ideal, it will probably be not good, and therefore take away from the greatness of the original, which is a lot like the stupid sequel done with matt Wooderson.  Hiiyaa!

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on January 31, 2002 12:25 PM

Imagine the end: a big meteorite blow all Texas away while the boy and the girl escapes at top speed with a Porsche.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by power-trip (powertripz@hotmail.com) on January 31, 2002 3:03 PM

...and all the meanwhile slo-mo patriotic themes will be fast cut into the final sequence.  I can't wait to see kids going through the drive-thru at McDonald's interspliced with Leatherface disembowling another teenager.  Oh the symbolism!

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 1, 2002 1:54 AM

Maybe Michael Bay is being considered because he likes to cut things really fast.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 1, 2002 5:08 PM

Cast: Ben Affleck as the chainsaw dude.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 2, 2002 12:15 AM

Fantastic!  Another classic Hollywood story to go down in American history forever.  Only in America.
I can imagine if the whole world got wiped out and aliens came to salvage and study our culture and found these ridiculous and brainless movies they would be on their first space shuttle back to their solar system.  
They would class America as the land of the Psychopath species.  

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 3, 2002 5:14 AM

I did.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 4, 2002 2:44 AM

As Michael Bay is often fond of saying: 'My movies are meant to en-ter-tain.'

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 4, 2002 7:41 AM

Entertain Psychopaths?  Like all the famous celebrity serial killers in good ol USA, where I think its the only place in the world that you have to have metal detectors in schools to stop students from killing each other or their teachers.
En-ter-tain?

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2002 3:35 AM

He's not even going to make it anyway.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 5, 2002 11:50 AM

Yes, yes I agree with u posters. Let's make fun of America some more. The Dtheatre guys seem to like this.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 5, 2002 5:26 PM

Funny is the amount of bucks that Bruckeheimer will have to spend to do this movie.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2002 6:23 PM

No no.  i have a better idea.  Lets make fun of Chinese people and pretend we are big Chinese movie stars.  Aw f*ck it.  Lets just be racist paedophiles to everyone.  Dtheatre guys love that too.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 3:18 AM

Yea, why don't we all be racist! I can pretend to be a big black man and tell you all to be my bitchs, Ho.

RED

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 7:13 AM

well said RED

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 8:58 AM

And you can start by kissing my black ass Jet Li!

RED

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 6, 2002 3:12 PM

Who's the man?

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 10:39 PM

a RED-neck with a black ass?  I got 2 words for ya...  toilet paper.
You really need to stop talking to your self too.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 8, 2002 3:02 AM

SHAFT!

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 8, 2002 11:17 AM

You're damn right.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 11, 2002 6:47 AM

OHHHHHH YEAAAAAAA.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 13, 2002 3:05 PM

Can you dig it?

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 14, 2002 3:53 AM

Who's the black mother-f*cker with all the right moves?

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 14, 2002 2:40 PM

That no one can understand but his women?

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 14, 2002 11:08 PM

ME!

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2002 2:32 AM

I keep my bitches on ice, fool!

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 15, 2002 7:47 AM

Like your whiskey.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 19, 2002 1:53 AM

Guess where I am.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 20, 2002 2:39 AM

I'm in the cosy confines of an Audsmobile parked right outside Samones house.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 20, 2002 10:28 PM

Call 911.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 25, 2002 3:48 AM

Shut up man! I am rightious and you are not.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 25, 2002 11:10 AM

No, you pay for sex.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 25, 2002 1:37 PM

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING?!  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the greatest "modern" horror film ever made!
This is as bad as reamaking PSYCHO!!  
 HOW CAN YOU DO THIS AND NOT USE THE NEW DRAFT BY KIM HENKEL AND TOBE HOOPER??!!!  THEY CREATED ALL OF THIS!!!!

    -EDDIE WRETCH

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 25, 2002 1:39 PM

Pardon the spelling error in the first posting.  I meant to spell remaking correctly.

chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 28, 2002 12:39 PM

does any oe know where ican view bays three minute promo reel for the chainsaw remake???

send answers to tronbarleycorn@aol.com

jill   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 29, 2002 2:29 AM

you are a bitch

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 29, 2002 2:30 AM

you are really stupid

what the hell   reply

Posted by Liver_alone (No Email) on April 3, 2002 10:39 AM

just recently seeing Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it's a perfect film, I mean, which f*ck head wants to screw with a good thing, Are they going to make ol' Leatherface masturbate and distroy trhe film like that bastard Van Gant did to Psycho, which like Chainsaw, was a perfect film, and had no flaws, and hollywood had to destroy it, just you watch, after Texas Chainsaw Massacre, they'll do A nightmare on elm street, Halloween, Friday the 13th, or Phantasm, they were all good, and Hollywood should'nt f*ck with a good thing like Chainsaw massacre.

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 4, 2003 5:09 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic gem of sweat-inducing, unrelenting suspense and nerve racking terror. If the remake can capture this then it should be scary if not oh well, they tried

RE: chainsaw   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 4, 2003 5:14 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most disturbing movies I have ever seen. Don't watch it if you are any bit unstable in your psychological makeup.
I hope the remake is just as scary, with fresh new faces.

ON THE CONTRARY   reply

Posted by ARollingRock (yes) on October 30, 2003 5:47 AM

Actually,I just saw the new TCM and it was incredibly cool,plenty of old fashion gore,Leatherface torturing people(the famous meat-hooks make a number of "useful" appearences),and thank god,leatherface doesnt mastrubate

old= crap new= good   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2004 3:23 AM

i saw the new tcm film wen it 1st came out n thought it was da scariest movie i have eva seen n den i watchd sa new 1 just recently thinking it would be good but turnd out 2 b da crappest movie EVA!. wot is with letherfaces mask with make-up. n dat old guy suckin dat girls finger n did u hear leatherface talkin (like a girl). dnt any1 watch it if u havent already. watch da new 1 tho, its worth watchin ;)

RE: old= crap new= good   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2004 3:27 AM

i mean i saw da old 1 recently n it was crap, sorry

RE: old= crap new= good   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2004 3:30 AM

i mean i saw da old 1 recently n it was crap, sorry

RE: New Chainsaw   reply

Posted by friendlyCut (kimy049@hawaii.rr.com) on February 29, 2004 11:25 AM

Choose someone who needs reconstructive surgery, not Ben Affleck.  After the last take, he can afford the surgical treatment and start making love.  I am getting high off my Vick's inhaler.  I was thinking 'Clint Eastwood' as a premature toss..

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