With Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez on board to produce Legendary Pictures’ Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot since last September, now comes word that the film has undergone a major change barely a week into production.

Via Deadline, directors Ryan and Andy Tohill had departed this fresh lick of paint for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with The Dig pair exiting the picture over the ever-familiar creative differences.

Having been in production in Bulgaria since last week, the film has moved swiftly to bring in Tejano’s David Blue Garcia on directing duties. Additionally, all of the footage already shot by the Tohill brothers is to be completely scrapped.

The current plan for this new Texas Chainsaw offering is to have the film connect to Tobe Hooper’s iconic 1974 original movie, while also being a jumping-off point for what Legendary hopes will be a new series of pictures for the franchise.

Produced by the Evil Dead reboot’s director Alvarez, the movie has a cast that includes Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher, The Maze Runner’s Jacob Latimore, Vikings’ Moe Dunford, and Happy Death Day 2U’s Sarah Yarkin.

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