SAW: LEGACY Getting a New Title?

Having been known as Saw: Legacy for the
past year or more, it looks as if the upcoming eighth movie in the Saw
franchise is about to be been given a new title.

In fairness, it had been long said that the
Saw: Legacy moniker was merely a temporary holding title while Lionsgate
decided on an official name for the film. As per Bloody-Disgusting, the
current idea seems to be to call the film simply Jigsaw. Whilst that’s yet to be made official at this stage, it’s
the title at the top of the tree following recent discussions from those
involved in the picture. Interestingly, Jigsaw
was the planned title for James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s original Saw movie.

Of course, the film has already finished
shooting ahead of its October release. On board to star are the likes of
Mandela Van Peebles, Laura Vandervoort, Brittany Allen, Callum Keith Rennie,
Matt Passmore, James Gomez, and we know that Tobin Bell will be back in some
capacity. Daybreakers’ Michael and
Peter Spierig are directing from a script by Piranha 3D’s Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg.

The current synopsis for the film reads:

Bodies
are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As
the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man: John Kramer. But how
can this be? The man known as Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade. Or has an
apprentice picked up the mantle of Jigsaw, perhaps even someone inside the
investigation?

At present, Saw: Legacy/Jigsaw is
set for an October 27th release.

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nce day
one we were told that Saw:
Legacy wasn’t the official title of the eighth Saw film. Even when it went into production we were being told that
it would probably change and that Legacy was tentative. Now in post-production for release on October 27,
2017, Lionsgate is circling the idea of calling the film Jigsaw. Bloody Disgusting has
been able to confirm it’s a discussion being had, although nothing is set in
stone as of this writing. Jigsaw, however, is the perfect
title as franchise creator’s James
Wan and Leigh
Whannell had revealed years ago
that Saw‘s original title was in
fact Jigsaw. Talk about coming full
circle.

In the film…

Bodies are turning up around the city, each
having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence
points to one man: John Kramer. But how can this be? The man known as Jigsaw
has been dead for over a decade. Or has an apprentice picked up the mantle of
Jigsaw, perhaps even someone inside the investigation?

The new chapter
in the long-running saga has been rated “R” for “Grisly
Bloody Violence and Torture.”

We understand
that neither Costas Mandylor nor Cary Elwes will be returning to play their
respective characters, who both ended up becoming Jigsaw apprentices in earlier
installments. As for the original Jigsaw himself, we’ve been told that Tobin Bell will be back in some capacity.

The cast also
includes Mandela
Van Peebles, Laura Vandervoort, Brittany Allen, Callum Keith Rennie, Matt
Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson, Josiah Black, Shaquan Lewis, Michael Bolsvert, and James Gomez.

Saw: Legacy was written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, the duo
behind Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, and Sorority Row. In the director’s chairs
were the Spierig brothers, Peter and Michael, who brought us Undead,
Daybreakers, and Predestination.