More Leatherface Casting News
Steve Barton
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Man, talk about coming on strong, huh? Just a couple of hours ago we told you that Angela Bettis was in talks to play the mother of Jackson, the young man who would grow up to be Leatherface, being played by Sam Strike; and now more news has come that changes things a bit.
The Wrap is reporting that James Bloor (pictured) is in final negotiations to join the Leatherface cast!
According to the site, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel is presented as a mystery of sorts about three teenage psychopaths, one of whom grows up to be Leatherface. Bloor will play Ike, a budding young maniac who, like Strike’s character, also grows up to potentially wield the iconic chainsaw. It’s unclear if there will be multiple actors playing Leatherface or whether we will see the character at different stages of his life in this film.
As reported earlier, Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the French filmmakers behind cult hit Inside, are directing the flick, which was written by up-and-coming genre scribe Seth M. Sherwood (2014 Blood List winner).
Millennium Films, who was behind the 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D, is once again producing with Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, and Carl Mazzacone for Lionsgate.
Synopsis:
In this prequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on a road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of these teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will destroy his mind, molding him into the monster we now call Leatherface.
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