Jim here. The press day for SAW 6 at Universal Studios has producer Mark Burg and co-writer Marcus Dunstan talk briefly about SAW 7 3D and I have brought over just those comments (courtesy of Collider). The full interview is available here.
Any plans to go 3-D, in the future?
Burg: For Saw 7. It’s 3-D. Absolutely.
Will that still stay within the same budget?
Burg: No. 3-D costs more money. It’s a longer prep, a longer shoot, a longer post, more expensive cameras. It costs more to shoot and it costs more to market ’cause you have to buy the glasses. It’s an extra $2 million in marketing, just because you have to buy the glasses. But, it’s worth it. I think Saw itself, just the way the films are shot, lends itself to being a 3-D movie. We saw a test that somebody did, that was a minute of Saw, that they just transferred from 2-D to 3-D, and it looked great. So, we were like, “All right, screw it. Let’s do it!” But, we’re not going to transfer it. We’re actually shooting it in 3-D. A lot of people just do the 2-D to 3-D transfer, but we want to be able to build the sets in a way that takes advantage of depth. We’re going to design traps to come at you. The pendulum trap that opened the last Saw movie would have been great in 3-D.
Have you determined what way the 3-D will be used? Will it be more about the depth of the film, or will you use it similarly to My Bloody Valentine 3-D?
Burg: We’re planning a lot of the movie to be through the victim’s eyes, seeing stuff as it’s coming towards them, in their point-of-view. But, I think the audience wants a couple My Bloody Valentine type moments, where the gun comes into the audience.
Now that Saw 4 and 5 really cemented the idea that this is a series that is going to thrive, live and drive forward off of the flashbacks and the inter-connectivity of everything, how far in advance do you get to plan?
Burg: We’re definitely making Saw 7. We’re starting in January, and it’s going to be in 3-D. The storyline that we started in Saw 5 and carry through Saw 6, ends at Saw 8. Where it goes beyond that, I couldn’t tell you. In my mind and in Oren’s mind, we have the story threaded through Saw 8. After that, I can’t tell you that the franchise will continue.
Saw 8 is sooooo 3D too. :-) Sounds like we are going to have a blast with these for at least another 2 Halloweens. Chalk the SAW franchise up on the native 3D production side as opposed to conversion. Interesting. And don't forget to re-read the title of this post in Jigsaw's voice if you haven't already...
First thing you will probably notice is that there are no roman numerals on the Spanish version poster for Lionsgate's upcoming SAW VII.
