The Saw franchise has had to rely on gimmicks and flashbacks after killing its biggest character just three movies in.
There are a lot of things that set Saw apart from other franchises, bone of the most prominent being that the series actually killed off its main character just three movies in. Tobin Bell's John Kramer died at the end of Saw III, but he has continued to be a major part of the franchises through flashbacks and twists in subsequent films.
Saw was only supposed to be a trilogy, so John's death in Saw III made sense at the time. But it grew so big that more films were made, and it got more complicated to tie John back into the story. According to Saw X director Kevin Greutert, who has been involved with the series from the very beginning, there have been some regrets over killing John so early.
"I think there is regret," Greutert told The Hollywood Reporter."It would be a lot easier to make these films if that hadn't happened, but at the same time, the first three were largely considered the best of the Saw series. There was a kind of integrity, I think, to really trying to make a trilogy and nothing more. And decisively killing the character off, that integrity, as it was perceived at the time at least, was pretty important in making the story great.
More Saw MoviesThere are more plans for additional Saw movies after Saw X. No scripts have been written just yet, but the creative team behind the franchise has ideas in place for more films. "We're kind of superstitious," producer Oren Koules told ComicBook.com."We tend not to get too far ahead of ourselves. The movie's going to be released in a few days. For us, we do have ideas for the next one, we haven't put pent to paper. But this is his story, we really wanted it to be John Kramer's story and tell a John Kramer story. So for the first 30 minutes of the movie, he's John Kramer, you don't have any hint of Jigsaw.
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