‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’ Release Date Pushed Up, Will Now Kick Off Summer Movie Season
Nothing says summer movie season like severed limbs, andSpiral: From the Book of Sawis going to deliver on that. Lionsgate has moved up the film’s release date, setting the horror reboot to kick off the summer movie season in May.
TheSpiral: From the Book of Sawrelease date has been pushed up toMay 14, 2021, a week earlier from its previous May 21 release date. Lionsgate announced the release date change in a press release, setting up the new installment in theSawfranchise as the beginning of the summer movie season.
“With movie theaters now open in New York and Los Angeles and moviegoers returning to their favorite pastime,Spiral, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, puts a fresh spin on a favorite franchise,” said David Spitz, President of Distribution, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “We know thatSawfans, as well as those experiencing their first Saw adventure, will be on the edge of their seats with this thrilling new film. We are proud to support the exhibitors with one of our most eagerly awaited films. We are confident this film will kick off a robust summer moviegoing season.”
This new earlier release date is roughly a year afterSpiralwasoriginally set to hit theatersin May 2020, before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down theaters around the world and sent studios scrambling to delay their theatrical releases. And it seems just like last year, Lionsgate is counting onSpiralto be its summer season opener, renewing interest in theSawfranchise with a revival starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in aSeven-inspired twiston the horror series.
Darren Lynn Bousman directsSpiral: From the Book of Saw, which is written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger. In addition to Rock and Jackson,Spiralalso stars Spiral stars Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols, and is produced by the original Saw team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules.
Here is the synopsis forSpiral: From the Book of Saw:
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
