‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’: ‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker in Talks to Write, Direct

Curry Barker is gassing up his chainsaw. Though the 25-year-old filmmaker’s much-talked-about film Obsession is not yet in theaters, A24 is handing him the feature keys to storied horror property The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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In addition to the previously announced television series from A24, JT Mollner, and Glen Powell, a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie is also in development over at A24.

Variety is reporting that Curry Barker (Obsession) will direct the brand new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie for A24, which is being described as a “reimagining.”

“Barker’s vision for the famed killer Leatherface and the gaggle of young things he terrorizes are under wraps,” Variety notes in their big time exclusive report tonight.

Roy Lee and Steven Schneider of Spooky Pictures will produce A24’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, along with Stuart Manashil and Exurbia Films’ Pat Cassidy, Ian Henkel, and Kim Henkel. Ben Ross of Image Nation serves as executive producer.

A24 emerged victorious earlier this year from a months-long bidding war for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film and television rights, with both a film and TV show in development.

Strange Darling filmmaker and The Long Walk screenwriter JT Mollner is spearheading the TV series based on the iconic horror property. Glen Powell will executive produce.

“It was a difficult decision, but A24’s embrace of boundary-testing genre film and its record of working with artists who are inclined to test boundaries made them a compelling choice,” original Texas Chain Saw Massacre co-writer Kim Henkel said in a statement earlier this year. “Plus, we believe having a great creative and producing team — JT Mollner, Roy Lee, Dan Cohen, and Glen Powell — in place gives us the best shot at a series that could be genuinely eye-opening and unexpected. There’s an epic tale lurking in the Chainsaw backstory.”

In the 1974 genre-defining masterpiece from Tobe Hooper, five youths traveling through rural Texas fall prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family.

Curry Barker debuted on the scene just a few years back with the low-budget YouTube horror movie Milk & Serial, which led to him directing this year’s Obsession for Focus Features.

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