Even though the lawsuit was settled and Victor Miller won custody of the Friday the 13th rights, Gun Interactive had a long hiatus to work on another project: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a reimagining of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 film that follows a similar premise to Friday the 13th: The Game but allows players to control both the cannibalistic family that ensnare unsuspecting tourists, and the unwitting survivors that find themselves stranded at the Sawyer household. Due to the uncertainty surrounding legalities, developers Gun Interactive were prohibited from unveiling any new content for the 2017 survival slasher game. ![]() Last year, the lawsuit concerning claims for copyright reversion made by Victor Miller, the screenwriter of Friday the 13th, saw him seeking the reversion to the rights in the screenplay. 18-20 in Concord, North Carolina.Concept design studio and video game publisher Gun Interactive - known for Friday the 13th: The Game - have done it again. It takes place about five or six months before (the original film), that way the original family is still in tact, the hitchhiker is still alive, and you get to see those original environments from the film – the house, the gas station, and we’ve got another one there, as well.”īe sure to read what Kane Hodder said about how his portrayal of Leatherface in the game honors his friend and original Leatherface, the late Gunnar Hansen, here. She’s not a playable character, but her friends are. It’s their encounter that kind of leads Maria’s sister and her friends to come searching for poor Maria. “Well, unfortunately, on one of her trips, she runs into one of the family members – a new one. People come from all over the world to see that, so if you live there, you definitely go out and see it. She loves to go out and see the Texas wildflowers during wildflower season. Speaking about Maria, Hobbs explained, “She’s a college student at the University of Texas, and she’s really the catalyst of the main character that sets all the events in motion. ![]() A missing persons poster was also revealed at the panel, introducing an original new character from the game, named Maria Flores. We do know from the Q&A that both the Cook and the Hitchhiker from Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre will be featured in the game, along with the obvious Leatherface.Īs for the time period in which the game takes place, it was confirmed that is a prequel to the events of Hooper’s 1974 film (which takes place in the summer of 1973). While Hodder performed the motion capture for Leatherface, it was also revealed that he is joined in the game by Halloween (2007) co-stars Scout Taylor Compton ( watch our interview here) and Kristina Klebe, as well Sean Whalen ( The People Under the Stairs), all of whom are playing characters not yet announced. Unlike Friday ( the 13th: The Game), there won’t be a lot of weapons, there’s not going to be a huge combat system where you can team up on Leatherface. During a Q&A panel at the Mad Monster Party horror convention last weekend in North Carolina, Gun Media’s Creative Director Ronnie Hobbs and Lead Community Developer Matt Szep were joined by Kane Hodder, who plays Leatherface in the recently announced The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game, revealing some exciting new details about what players can expect.Īfter re-confirming that Leatherface will be “joined by some more specific talents,” the game creators revealed, “You cannot kill the killers in this game.
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