Curry Barker Lands Texas Chainsaw Reboot, Sets Anything but Ghosts After $230 Million Obsession
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Updated · GQ · Jun 13
Curry Barker Lands Texas Chainsaw Reboot, Sets Anything but Ghosts After $230 Million Obsession
1 articles · Updated · GQ · Jun 13
Summary
A24 has tapped Curry Barker to write and direct a Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot as the 20-year-old filmmaker moves quickly into bigger studio horror projects.
That push follows Obsession’s breakout run to $230 million worldwide on a $750,000 budget, a word-of-mouth hit that even outgrossed the latest Star Wars film domestically.
Barker’s next original feature, Anything but Ghosts, has already signed Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard for a story about fake paranormal investigators confronting real supernatural forces.
Cooper Tomlinson co-wrote the film with Barker and will star in it; Barker has said it shares Obsession’s universe through a reference to the earlier film’s triple-homicide fallout.
An Obsession sequel has not been formally discussed yet, though producer James Harris said talks are expected sooner rather than later as Barker’s schedule fills up.