For somebody to drive a chainsaw through a human body, swing a mallet down on someone's head, and wear another person's skin on their own, they likely had some tumultuous teen years. Though we got a taste of what Leatherface's, aka Thomas Hewitt's, younger years were like in Jonathan Liebesman's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, we haven't had a full helping of those growing pains-filled times, but French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are looking to change that with Leatherface, an upcoming prequel to Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. From Millennium Films, Leatherface will at the very least explore a slice of the titular antagonist's teen life and although cameras haven't started rolling on the project yet, a growing cast is being assembled, with one of the actors potentially set to play the legendary backroads killer.
TheWrap recently reported that Sam Strike (EastEnders...
TheWrap recently reported that Sam Strike (EastEnders...
- 3/12/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"EastEnders" actor Sam Strike has scored the role of the young version of Leatherface in the upcoming "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" prequel reports The Wrap.
Events of the film reportedly lead into the 1974 original. Strike plays a teenage version of the character who resides in a mental institution until he joins a pack of fellow patients who all break out and go on the run from the authorities.
Seth M. Sherwood ("Black Mass") has penned the film which French helmers Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo ("Inside") will direct. The project marks a second prequel in the franchise following "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" which served as one to the 2003 reboot.
Strike dropped hints that he'd scored the lead role in a major U.S. film yesterday, quickly leading to now unfounded speculation that he'd landed the role of Peter Parker in the Marvel-approved "Spider-Man" reboot.
Events of the film reportedly lead into the 1974 original. Strike plays a teenage version of the character who resides in a mental institution until he joins a pack of fellow patients who all break out and go on the run from the authorities.
Seth M. Sherwood ("Black Mass") has penned the film which French helmers Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo ("Inside") will direct. The project marks a second prequel in the franchise following "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" which served as one to the 2003 reboot.
Strike dropped hints that he'd scored the lead role in a major U.S. film yesterday, quickly leading to now unfounded speculation that he'd landed the role of Peter Parker in the Marvel-approved "Spider-Man" reboot.
- 3/10/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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