The horror-thriller movie franchise SAW is recently announced to be joined by the Marvel Cinematic Universe star, Samuel L Jackson. Bloody Disgusting reported and confirmed the information that Jackson will join cast in the next SAW movie.
The report also confirmed that Chris Rock will back to the franchise.
Previously, Samuel L Jackson has contacted Lionsgate Films, the company who will produce the ninth SAW installment. The president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Joe Drake, said that the company approves that in an official press release.
SAW began its debut in 2004 and has resulted in more than 1 million USD revenue globally from the whole franchise. James Wan is the director of the first movie. Wan is also the filmmaker behind The Conjuring franchise and the famous DC Comics adaptation, Aquaman.
Darren Lynn Bousman will direct the new installment of SAW. He also has led the production of three previous SAW movies.
The movie production will begin this week, with the scheduled release date on October 23, 2020.