Overview
- In a Sundance interview with Letterboxd, James Wan said he wants to “make it scary again,” steering Saw XI toward psychologically scarring suspense rather than bloodshed.
- Wan described this as his most hands-on involvement since the 2004 original, collaborating directly with co-creator Leigh Whannell.
- Blumhouse now controls future Saw installments after a 2025 rights deal and Atomic Monster’s merger, returning the franchise to Wan and Whannell’s orbit.
- A Lionsgate-developed version of Saw 11 was scrapped prior to the rights shift to Blumhouse.
- Saw XI is in early development with no director, cast, story details, or release date announced.