Saw XI’s release plans shifted repeatedly, moving from September 2024 to September 2025 and then being removed from the schedule. Work on the script continued, with screenwriters delivering a draft in spring 2024, but no response followed. The delay was described as stalled at a managerial level rather than due to creative issues. The intended story was described as timely and similar in spirit to themes used in Saw VI. In June 2025, Blumhouse acquired the rights to the Saw franchise after acquiring Atomic Monster. This acquisition returns creative control to original creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, potentially shaping the franchise’s next direction.
"First, it was scheduled to be released in September 2024, but then it was bumped a full year to September 2025. Then, it was bumped from the 2025 date, but this time, it wasn't rescheduled, just taken off the schedule altogether."
"According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan turned in a draft of the script in the spring of 2024, but didn't heard anything back. "It's stalled at a managerial level," Melton said. "It has nothing to do with the creative or anything else. There's higher-level things at play.""
"Apparently, the script would have dealt with a "very timely story," much like the games in Saw VI."
"In June 2025, Blumhouse - which recently acquired James Wan's Atomic Monster - bought the rights for the Saw franchise. That means the original creators of the movie, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, will go back to having creative control."
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