A24 is dragging the saw back out of the shed, and they've handed it to a fast-rising name. Curry Barker — the writer-director behind the festival hit Obsession — will write and direct A24's reimagining of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel's 1974 nightmare that more or less invented the modern slasher.
Back to the Sawyers
Barker has said the thing that pulls him to this one is the family — the Sawyers themselves. Not a reboot that scatters to a new town with new kids, but a return to the clan that made the original feel like you'd wandered into something real and wrong. He's described his approach in three words: grounded, brutal, raw. For a franchise that's spent decades getting glossier and louder, that's the right direction.
Who's Behind It
The film is produced by Roy Lee and Steven Schneider of Spooky Pictures, alongside Stuart Manashil and Exurbia Films' Pat Cassidy, with Ian Henkel and original co-creator Kim Henkel involved — so the bloodline of the 1974 film has a hand in it. It's developing alongside a separate Texas Chainsaw TV series, a sign A24 wants a whole corner of this world.
Why It Matters
A24 doing Texas Chainsaw is already a statement. Handing it to the Obsession guy with a mandate to stay grounded and mean is the kind of swing that could honor what Hooper built instead of polishing it into another forgettable retread. No cast or release date yet — but keep this one close.