Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Dina Meyer are reprising their starring roles for Saw III, while Bahar Soomekh (Mission: Impossible III) and Angus MacFadyen (Alias, Braveheart) are joining the hit horror franchise for the first time.
Smith and Meyer are back as Amanda and Kerry, respectively. Soomekh will play Lynn, while MacFadyen will play Jeff.
The film, which is being produced by Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures, is set to begin shooting May 8 in Toronto and will wrap by the end of next month. Saw III will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II) and is scheduled for an October 27 release.
Variety says that franchise screenwriters Leigh Whannell and James Wan came up with the story for the upcoming installment, with Whannell penning the screenplay.
The horror franchise has grossed more than $250 million at the worldwide box office, with DVD sales approaching 10 million units, according to Lionsgate.
Producers of Saw III are Twisted Pictures' Mark Burg and Oren Koules, and the late Gregg Hoffman, to whom the film will dedicated. Executive producers are Wan, Whannell, Peter Block, Jason Constantine and Dan Heffner.
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