Ah, Leatherface. The last time we saw you was way back in 2006! Sadly, we’ll still have to wait until October 5, 2012 to see you again. Because that is the release date for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, according to various sources as well as the company behind it, Lionsgate. Hopefully, TCM3D will be more profitable than the last film, Beginning (2006), which made less than half of the Remake (2003). This time, John Luessenhop (Takers) will take the reins as director, with Adam Marcus (Jason Goes To Hell), Debra Sullivan, Stephen Susco (The Grudge), and Kristen Elms as writers. Heavy-hitters Mark Burg (Saw franchise), Av Lerner (Day Of The Dead, Mega Shark), and Carl Mazzocone (Repo! The Genetic Opera) will serve as producers. Only news as far as casting goes is that Bill Mosely who is rumored to return as one of the good guys, in stark contrast to his acting role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in 1986.
I’m not so sure how reliable What’s Playing and Hollywood Insider are, but here’s what they have to say about the plot. WARNING: IF THIS IS THE TRUE PLOT, IT DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS.
The new film, set today, will see the authorities and some angry townspeople ambushing the Sawyer home – where Jeb Stuart is accused of carrying out his butchering.
Hooper, the local by-the-book sheriff, had agreed to give Leatherface/Jeb Sawyer a fair trial and grant him a good lawyer…. But that’s before local mayor Burt Hartman, an imposing town tough-guy, arrives with a mob to see that the murderer/s don’t even make it past their front door. Though they both want justice, Hooper and Burt have different methods. Things escalate when Burt’s mob start tying ropes to trees, prepping for a hanging, and ultimately throw a flaming cocktail into the Sawyer home… burning the place, and it’s residents (including Jeb’s father, Drayton, played by Bill Moseley), to the ground.
Goodbye Sawyers… goodbye Leatherface?
You can guess what happens next : The Chainsaw killings start up again (there’s a fun sequence at a carnival where our villain starts chopping away at the attendees) and Hooper is forced to believe that Jeb Stuart somehow survived the fire and is back for revenge. But is it Jeb? And if not, who is it? and why have they surfaced?
To entice the young ones, there’s a young heroine in the film, Heather who – Halloween H20 should maybe get a ’special thanks’ in the credits – learns she has a disturbing connection to the murderous Sawyer. Heather’s a bit of a hornbag but possibly more disturbing is her taste for things of a darker nature (not just referring to her boyfriend either) – like her art pieces which border on revolting. Still, there’s good in this family member and enough intelligence and determination to find out what’s really going on.. [Source: here]
