A bit of a shocker – I thought this franchise would last AT ALEAST until X (Ten). Heck, I even thought they’d make some crazy promotion and use the whole X-factor to their advantage. Sounds like a great marketing scheme to me. Patrick Melton, co-writer of the Saw films, explains a differing of opinion in semi-recent interview with a UK radio station back in November (2009, I presume):
“I mean, I think it’s going to end with Saw VII. I have a very strong feeling its going to end with Saw VII. That’s something we’re debating now. You saw in previous interviews or discussions where we thought Saw VIII would be the last one where we had the first trilogy and the second trilogy and then sort of a grand finale wrapped up in two films. But frankly because Saw VI hasn’t performed as well as we anticipated, the idea is well why make two movies when we can make one really excellent movie that wraps up as best we can? And it’s going to be in 3-D which sort of adds to the spectacle. So if you had to ask me, I don’t own the franchise, nor do I run the studio, but I have a feeling, a strong feeling that it’s going to be Saw VII which will be also known as Endgame. And nothing’s official yet, but that’s where we’re hoping things will go.”
Thanks to Latino Review for this find! Check out the rest of the interview and more cool stuff at Latino Review: (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/saw-finally-comes-to-an-end-screenwriter-patrick-melton-reveals-endgame-9157)
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I don’t like the idea of it being in 3d.. But.. Whatever. Not like the viewer opinions truly matter here.