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The Texas Chainsaw massacre is up for grabs, reports The Hollywood Reporter. As is always the case when a major IP is going to market, several filmmakers are approaching the project in hopes of being part of the franchise's creative "package," a case exemplified recently when the next Resident Evil movie, which has Barbarian's Zach Cregger directing, ignited a bidding war for the IP. Unsurprisingly, a couple of creatives with some serious chops are looking to be part of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre's IP package: in particular, It and Mama director Andy Muschietti is interested in the role.

The story broke March 21, and made a special point to note that, though Muschietti is circling the creative role, no one has yet been decided as a helmer of the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In fact, THR even reports that Muschietti has some competition in the form of J.T. Molner. Molner is the writer/director of 2024 breakout thriller Strange Darling, which already makes him a formidable opponent on his own. Even more intimidating, though, is realizing Molner has teamed up with none other than Hit-Man's Glen Powell to be a part of the package.

Yeah, apparently Texas darling Glen Powell wants to either run away from or weird horror's most iconic lumbering tool on screen. Go figure.

If Muschietti does end up getting attached to one of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre's packages, expect a bidding war as bloody as any horror movie's ever gotten (metaphorically speaking, of course). Remember, Muschietti's It still stands as the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, having scored an incredible $705M at the box office. It Chapter 2, meanwhile, followed that up with another $473M. Just saying, you can buy a whole lot of leather handbags with that kind of money.

Then again, if you've got Leatherface in your phone, I suppose you can learn how to make your own?

More on this story as it develops.

In the immortal words of Danny Elfman, "Life's no fun without a good scare." We couldn't agree more, which is why we've cobbled together a couple pieces to send a chill up your spine. Join Popverse as we explore:

• The best horror movies of all time, according to horror aficionado Greg Silber
• The most underrated horror movies from the past couple years
• All the new and upcoming horror movies for 2025 and beyond

And much gore. Er, more. Much more.