The iconic Saw horror movie franchise will continue, with Lionsgate announcing a release date for Saw XI just weeks before the the 20th anniversary of the first Saw.
Lionsgate and the official Saw Instagram revealed on Monday that Saw XI will be released in theaters on September 27, 2024.
As of now, Saw XI will only be going up against an untitled horror film from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
The news comes just a few months after the latest installment – Saw X – was branded as the most brutal of the horror franchise.
The iconic Saw horror movie franchise will continue, with Lionsgate announcing a release date for Saw XI just weeks before the the 20th anniversary of the first Saw.
Lionsgate and the official Saw Instagram revealed on Monday that Saw XI will be released in theaters on September 27, 2024
The news comes just a few months after the latest installment – Saw X – was branded as the most brutal of the horror franchise
The post featured an image that featured IX followed by XXVII and MMXXIV – the Roman numerals for 9/27/2024 – the film’s release date.
The XI in the MMXXIV was also colored in red, along with the brief message: ‘The game continues.’
Lionsgate has yet to confirm any plot details or casting details as of yet, and it’s unclear when production may begin.
The franchise kicked off with 2004’s Saw, which hit theaters October 27, 2004 and helped put director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell on the map.
The film also put stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith on the map, who would return as John Kramer a.k.a. Jigsaw and Amanda Young in several sequels.
The first film was produced on a budget of just $1.2 million but pulled in $103 million worldwide ($56M domestic, $47M foreign) and kicked off an iconic franchise.
Saw II followed just a year later, with Darren Lynn Bousman replacing James Wan at the helm and co-writing the script with Whannell.
That pulled in $147 million ($87M domestic, $60M foreign) from just a $4 million budget, which lead to a new film hiting theaters every late October from 2006 to 2010, with all but Saw VI pulling in over $100M worldwide.
The franchise kicked off with 2004’s Saw, which hit theaters October 27, 2004 and helped put director James Wan (left with Cary Elwes) and writer Leigh Whannell on the map
The first film was produced on a budget of just $1.2 million but pulled in $103 million worldwide ($56M domestic, $47M foreign) and kicked off an iconic franchise
This year’s Saw X brought the franchise back to its roots, with Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith returning in a film set between the first two Saw movies
After a seven-year break, the Saw franchise returned with Jigsaw in 2017, which only earned $38 million domestic but still earned $102 million worldwide.
After a four-year break the franchise returned with the stand-alone story Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Chris Rock, but it only pulled in $40 million worldwide, the worst tally from any Saw movie.
This year’s Saw X brought the franchise back to its roots, with Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith returning in a film set between the first two Saw movies.
Saw X brought the franchise back at the box office as well, taking in $107 million worldwide ($53M domestic, $54M foreign).
