Blumhouse Acquiring ‘Saw’ Rights From Twisted Pictures – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: In a deal that will bring James Wan back in touch the mega horror IP he first directed and co-wrote, we hear that Blumhouse is acquiring the perspective rights to Twisted Pictures’ portion of the Saw franchise.
In short, Blumhouse is essentially taking over the IP’s ownership from Twisted’s Mark Burg and Oren Koules. Lionsgate will continue to be involved as a partner, and in fact owns 50% of the franchise.
As of this time, there isn’t development on another movie yet.
The Saw franchise has grossed over $1 billion at the global box office from ten movies.
There was a Saw XI movie in development that was previously scheduled for September 2025. However, the project was punted. Lionsgate and the producers of the Saw franchise didn’t see eye-to-eye on the elevanth movie. Saw XI scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan turned in a draft in 2024 with Saw X director Kevin Greutert attached to direct. His 2023 version opened to $18.3M domestic, finaled at $53.6M stateside and went north of $112M global.
