LOS ANGELES – Fans of the Jigsaw killer and the Saw franchise are getting another prequel that goes back even further into the origin story of John Kramer. Called Young Jigsaw, the film will follow an adolescent Kramer, played by the ever spry, Tobin Bell, as he learns the tools of the trade that eventually lead to his life as Jigsaw.
CEO of Lionsgate Entertainment, Jon Feltheimer, confirmed the existence of the upcoming prequel during Lionsgate’s latest earnings call.
“The one constant in Lionsgate’s history, aside from me of course, is the superb Saw franchise that our partners at Twisted Pictures have continued to surprise us with,” Feltheimer said, before the 73-year-old CEO busted out 20 body squats in the middle of the video presentation. “Saw X took us back to Jigsaw’s early days. With Young Jigsaw, we’ll go back to John Kramer’s middle school days and answer the questions viewers have been asking since the series began, like ‘how’d John get into civil engineering’ or ‘why does Tobin Bell look like he hasn’t aged a day over 21?”
Feltheimer continued the call singing praises for the talented cast of Young Jigsaw. His most glowing words were reserved for Tobin Bell in the titular role.
“I’ve seen an early cut of the film, twice. Both times someone had to point out Tobin to me,” Feltheimer said, switching from body squats to jumping jacks. “We had a lot of background middle schoolers in the movie and Tobin just blended in with them like it was nothing. At this rate, I don’t see why we couldn’t follow Jigsaw through high school, and all four years of his undergrad program at NJIT.”
To end the call, Feltheimer brought out his grandson, who he introduced as the future of Lionsgate.
“I love my grand dad, but I am going to be honest, he don’t got the rizz,” the nepo baby said before removing his flat bill hat and revealing he was in fact Tobin Bell putting on a masterclass in acting. “In all seriousness though, I love working with Jon and hope we get to keep making these movies until they put us both six feet under.”
At press time Bell was spotting Feltheimer on the bench press as the CEO proceeded to rep out 225-pounds for a set of three to wrap up the earnings call.
