Spiral (Jigsaw Spin-off) TriviaAfter the release of Jigsaw in 2017, Chris Rock expressed interest in expanding his presence in the horror genre, which led to the beginning of discussions on the production of a new Saw film. The Spierig Brothers, who directed "Jigsaw," considered making another movie but ultimately chose not to do so. Rock is now working on the screenplay, which was written by Stolberg and Goldfinger. The project was publicly revealed in May of 2019. The other members of the cast were brought on board in the month of July, and the last days of production were spent in Toronto.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw was supposed to come out in May 2020, but it was pushed back because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It finally came out in theaters in the United States on May 14, 2021. Critics had mixed feelings about the movie. They liked the new direction of the franchise, but they didn't agree on whether or not it had completely changed the series.
A murder investigator called Fitch, who rejected a backup call from Banks and almost died, is taken and put in a trap where he must pull off his fingers to prevent electrocution; he also dies. Banks' experience with Fitch leads several cops to mistrust him. A package comes with a pig puppet and Schenk's tattooed flesh inside. A little vial inside the box leads detectives to a butcher shop that Banks and his father, former chief Marcus Banks, frequented. On arrival, the squad finds a recording recorder and Schenk's skinned body. Marcus tracks down the murderer himself and gets snatched from a factory. Soon later, Garza is abducted and put in a trap in the precinct's cold storage where she must cut her spinal chord to stop hot wax from pouring down her face. Banks finds her corpse after she dies from injuries caused by the hot wax.
Banks is caught while following a lead. When he wakes up, he is handcuffed to a pipe and a hacksaw is nearby. He thinks about cutting off his arm with a saw, but he gets away by using a loose bobby pin. He then finds Peter Dunleavy chained in place. Dunleavy was his former partner, but Banks fired him and put him in jail after Banks found out that he had killed someone. In front of him is a big machine that crushes glass and has been changed to quickly throw shrapnel at him. A tape recorder tells Banks that he can either let him go free or let him die. Banks tries to get the key to save Dunleavy, but he can't get it in time. Banks then goes to another room and finds Schenk, who turns out to have faked his own death by using the skinned body of the thief who lured Bozwick into the tunnels. Schenk was the copycat all along. He says that his real last name is Emmerson and that he is the son of Charlie Emmerson, whom Dunleavy killed because Charlie had agreed to testify against a dirty cop. He also says that Marcus, when he was chief, protected corrupt officers on purpose so that Article 8 could be used more effectively to clean the streets of crime.
Chris Rock's participation in Spiral
After Jigsaw, Stolberg and Goldfinger pitched a new Saw film based only on John Kramer / Jigsaw to series veterans Mark Burg and Oren Koules, but Burg and Koules phoned the pair to advise them about Rock's plans for a new film, with Rock calling them soon after to explore his notion. Before Rock, several writers presented their ideas for the next Saw film to Lionsgate, but none of them succeeded. Stolberg and Goldfinger had come up with eight versions of the picture before Rock blended his concept with theirs. Burg and Koules had the pair pitch Rock. Stolberg and Goldfinger's idea was accepted by Lionsgate and Rock, and they wrote a first screenplay that was greenlit a week later. Rock rewrote Stolberg and Goldfinger's script where needed.
Rock's character was formerly connected to Danny Glover's David Tapp from the previous film. Stolberg and Goldfinger decided against it since it didn't smell right. In May 2021, Bousman said he's discussed bringing Costas Mandylor back as Mark Hoffman in a future film. Bousman and the crew debated casting Tobin Bell as Jigsaw until the final day of production, but they thought that doing so would make the film seem like the ninth edition of the Saw series rather than a standalone picture. As Jigsaw was killed off in the third picture, Bousman believed that earlier films did a disservice by utilizing flashbacks to bring him into the tale. He didn't want to make that error in Spiral (2021) or disrespect Bell's legendary portrayal. Bousman contemplated having Bell perform a Johnny Cash cover during the concluding scene, but decided it was too gimmicky.
Tobin Bell wasn't in Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) for whatever reason.
In spite of the fact that discussions continued even after the first test screening and continued all the way through post-production, Stolberg stated in an interview with Bloody Disgusting that Jigsaw was never included in any draft for the screenplay of Spiral. This was because they believed that including Jigsaw would alter the foundation of the story they were trying to achieve. They did not intend to diminish the character, but rather wanted to place the franchise in a new direction. Stolberg also believed that because of the timeline of the franchise, any possible connection that John Kramer could have had with William Schenk / The Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) Killer should have occurred when the latter was still a child, taking into account his portrayer's age. Stolberg and Goldfinger proposed at one point to have an after-credits sequence where Kramer met a young Schenk after the murder of the latter's father and bonded with him, possibly giving him the puppet he later uses as
What happened on the set of Spiral: From the Book of Saw
The film officially began pre-production on May 16, 2019. Former series director Darren Lynn Bousman will direct the feature, which will be produced by Burg and Koules. In addition to developing the plot proposal, Rock was engaged as an executive producer.
Along with the news, Rock noted that he has been a fan of the Saw franchise ever since it released its debut picture in 2004. He was delighted by the possibility to take this to a very severe and twisted new level, which he thought would be a great challenge.
Stolberg also said that the ninth movie would be part of the same storyline as the first eight, and that it would not be a reboot or a direct sequel to Jigsaw.
Spiral cast
Max Minghella, a devotee of horror and buddy-cop films, took on the role of William Schenk / The Spiral: From the Book of Saw Killer because he wanted to act in a movie with straightforward story-telling like the buddy police of his childhood like 48 Hrs.
How was it like to shoot Spiral?
Principal filming for The Organ Donor started on July 8, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario, with Jordan Oram acting as cinematographer. The film will feature Rock, Jackson, Minghella, and Nichols. According to Lionsgate CEO Joe Drake, Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Rock, as well as Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols, will make this picture wholly unique in the Saw canon, and they can't wait to unleash this surprising and scary new narrative on fans of the series. This was Saw at its most extreme. On site, Rock contributed rewrites and entirely rewrote his character's introductory sequence. According to Bousman, a sequence with a trap had to be deleted from the movie because it was too gruesome.
The debut of Spiral in movie theaters and on streaming services
Spiral (2021), which will be released in the United States on October 23rd, 2020, is being distributed by Lionsgate Films. It was pushed back to May 15, 2020, in July of this year. The release date of John Wick: Chapter 4 has been delayed to May 21, 2021 because of the COVID-19 epidemic. As cinemas reopened, the release date was pushed out to May 14, 2021.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) will premiere exclusively on Starz in the United States on October 8, 2021, according to Lionsgate. In copyright, Spiral (2021) was published on PVOD on June 1, 2021.
How did people rate Spiral?
In the U.S. and copyright, Spiral opened with Those Who Wish Me Dead, Profile, and Finding You and was anticipated to earn $10–15 million from 2,811 theaters. The picture generated $3.7 million on its first day, dropping forecasts to $9 million. It opened to $8.8 million, leading the box office (for the sixth time) but marked the franchise's lowest opening weekend. Positive responses were more common on the East Coast, where 56% of audiences were male and 75% under 35. The next weekend, it dropped 48% to $4.6 million.
What were the reviews of Spiral like?
According to one reviewer, "the film takes an unexpected twist or two," but given that it's a thriller about police immorality, "the film confronts that theme in an oddly untopical, almost garishly generic way."
Some film reviewers praised the performances and Spiral (2021)'s plain yet captivating idea, but noted the killer's voice sounded like Kermit the Frog and that for this movie's genuine audience, the screams and gore aren't to be endured. It's their attraction.
A reviewer rated the film one star and said its finale was hurried, half-assed, clumsily written, and progressively uninteresting. The reviewer said game over.
In his one-and-a-half-star review, another film critic criticized the movie's tone and Darren Lynn Bousman's direction, which he said disappointed him after he praised the cast. He called the movie "impossible to follow" because it lacked tension, story, and plot development.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is a sequel that wants to woo Saw enthusiasts and mainstream viewers equally, but Spiral (2021): From the Book of Saw is likely to offend them both, according to one film reviewer. It's a cheap rip-off of the show, failing to match even the most basic aesthetic and narrative standards. It's also a terrible movie in general, attempting to portray a socially important subject but failing miserably. Spiral is hardly a Saw picture, delivering only momentarily on the primal pleasure of mutilation, and on none of the series' other precepts, according to him. It's also the most artless, tactless form of what it really is: a rejected pilot episode for a routine cop show.
The movie received a bad review from a film reviewer, who said that the picture "blunders through its fundamental enigma without elegance or flair, or even much thinking." Even the death traps are strangely unimaginative in design. He admitted that the movie had promise, noting that the most irritating thing about Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) is that there is a better and smarter movie hiding behind all of the crap that is happening here. He was right. There are much too many fast cuts and scenes that accelerate too quickly. The horrible conversation that is yelled at the top of its lungs is quite unpleasant. This type of subject matter has the potential to be both subversive, for a Hollywood movie, and timely; however, Spiral is almost frustrating in how little it seems to care about any of this. At its core, Spiral (2021) is a movie about corrupt and even murderous police officers who are suddenly forced to answer for their actions. Its only goal is to cause a lot of carnage, which it successfully does.
Twisted Pictures announced in April 2021 that they were working on a Saw X sequel. As a result, director Darren Lynn Bousman and webpage the film's producers were astonished by the early announcement. Because they produced Spiral, it doesn't imply that the Saw series is canceled, he remarked. Just because Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) is here, it doesn't mean there won't be a Saw IX. The Saw film series has nine installments, although this is the tenth. Jigsaw's successor, Saw IX, is very possible. My guess is that they're waiting to see how Spiral: From the Book of Saw does and how fans react before deciding what'll happen next in the series. In December of that year, Josh Stolberg stated that the script had been completed.
Will the book Spiral: From the Book of Saw be turned into a TV show?
In an April 2021 interview with Deadline Hollywood, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs said that Lionsgate TV is in early negotiations to produce a television series based on Spiral (2021), with Mark Burg and Oren Koules' Twisted Television productions.