Having written both Saw and Insidious, Leigh Whannell is pretty much the most successful horror screenwriter working in film today. His directorial debut – Insidious: Chapter 3 – is out now on Blu-ray and DVD, so we caught up with him to discuss how difficult the second film was, why Saw should have stopped at three, and what should have happened in E.T. 2.
JUST BEWARE OF INSIDIOUS 3 SPOILERS AHEAD...
IGN: Why did you want to make Insidious 3?
Leigh Whannell: As you know with sequels, the impetus to make it usually comes from the producer, who is sitting there saying ‘Hey that last film made a lot of money – let’s make another one!’ So it’s not like I was knocking on the producer’s door saying ‘Come on, let’s make another one!’ And he was saying ‘I don’t know – our integrity is at stake!’ It was them coming to me and saying ‘OK, do you want to make another film?’ I think the thing that was interesting to me – first and foremost – was the opportunity to direct. I knew that James
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JUST BEWARE OF INSIDIOUS 3 SPOILERS AHEAD...
IGN: Why did you want to make Insidious 3?
Leigh Whannell: As you know with sequels, the impetus to make it usually comes from the producer, who is sitting there saying ‘Hey that last film made a lot of money – let’s make another one!’ So it’s not like I was knocking on the producer’s door saying ‘Come on, let’s make another one!’ And he was saying ‘I don’t know – our integrity is at stake!’ It was them coming to me and saying ‘OK, do you want to make another film?’ I think the thing that was interesting to me – first and foremost – was the opportunity to direct. I knew that James
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