Has three awesome cats. Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez has a handful of upcoming projects in the works, including a new take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that he’s producing and a … Still plays with toys. I’ve since wanted to just make the movies that really matter to me.”, That brings us to Lionsgate’s 16 States, which Alvarez is setting up as his next film. But one project Alvarez won’t be directing is the sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth that he had recently been attached to. Last year, Legendary announced they would be developing new Chainsaw films inspired by Tobe Hooper’s 1974 original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, as well as potential TV series. Stephen Lang starred in the first Don't Breathe back in 2016, directed by Fede Alvarez, becoming both a box office hit, as well as successful with critics and moviegoers. The outlet notes that the film could possibly be a direct sequel to the 1974 original, though no plot details have been confirmed. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, RSS. RELATED: The Machine: Legendary Acquires Movie Rights to Bert Kreischer’s Viral Story.

Kim Henkel, who wrote and produced the original movie and directed Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, acquired the rights to the franchise. Fede Alvarez was born on February 9, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez has a handful of upcoming projects in the works, including a new take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that he’s producing and a zombie film for Lionsgate that’s currently titled 16 States.

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There were some things that I enjoyed and some things I didn’t about that. Alvarez will produce for Henkel and Legendary, and is currently searching for a filmmaker to helm the project. Or have a preconceived notion of how it should look on the screen. Check out our picks for movies that (hopefully) won't keep you up at night.

So I just decided I didn’t want to do things as a director that people knew already what it was. Labyrinth was something I was going to do at some point, but then I stepped down,” Alvarez reveals. So Labyrinth would be something that people would judge that way, so I decided not to do it.”, Providing more insight into where his head is at right now, Alvarez noted a bit earlier in the interview, “My last movie (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) was me going to make a movie for the studio for the first time, like from inside. Bloody Disgusting brings word that Fede Alvarez, who previously directed Don’t Breathe, 2013’s Evil Dead, and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, will produce the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie from Legendary Entertainment.

“I just felt…when people have a preconceived notion of what something should be, it’s very hard to succeed – to surprise them. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D.

He is a director and writer, known for Don't Breathe (2016), Evil Dead (2013) and The Girl in … The franchise currently has a total of eight films with the most recent entry being the 2017 prequel simply titled Leatherface. “It’s so hard to decide what’s worth your time. Looking for a slightly scary movie to watch this Halloween? And what’s worth the attention of the audience.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre franchise centers around Leatherface and his backwoods family, who terrorize innocent visitors trespassing their lands in the isolated Texas countryside. Fede Alvarez Reflects on Ash Almost Appearing in ‘Evil Dead’ and Teaming With Mia in a Sequel [Interview]. ComingSoon.net is a property of Mandatory, an Evolve Media, LLC company. They’re just expecting the same thing again. Fede Alvarez-Produced ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot Gets New Director One Week Into Production. The original film was directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) and released in 1974. Writer in the horror community since 2008.
It was announced back in 2017 that Fede Alvarez would be directing a follow-up to the classic Jim Henson-directed Labyrinth, which was said to be “a direct continuation of the first movie… [set] many years later.” Alas, Alvarez reveals in a new chat with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast that just went up this week, he has since stepped away from that project. He is a director and writer, known for, Don't Breathe 2 Is Coming to Movie Theaters in Summer 2021, ‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Lands Late 2021 Release Date, ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel Moves to Summer 2021, My Cast for The Last of Us Movie/TV Series, Creating the World: The Making of 'The Girl in the Spider's Web', The Girl in the Spider's Web: All About the Stunts, The Girl in the Spider's Web: Secrets of the Salander Sisters, The Girl in the Spider's Web/The Front Runner/Outlaw King/Overlord, Mechanic: Resurrection/Don't Breathe/Hands of Stone/The Hollars, The Girl in the Spider's Web - Unscripted - Claire Foy, Fede Álvarez, Sylvia Hoeks, Sverrir Gudnason, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast.

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