By Justina Bonilla

Director Fede Alvarez has confirmed that he will produce a direct sequel to the 70s horror classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which will be coming out later this year. David Blue Garcia will direct.

On the Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast, Alvarez confirmed, “It is a direct sequel. It is old man Leatherface”. He went on to acknowledge that in regards to the use of special effects for the film, “Everything is classic, old school gags. A lot of the approach that we had with Evil Dead – never VFX, to do everything on camera. It’s a very old-school approach to filmmaking. Vintage lenses… it’s very similar to the original film”.

The original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was directed and co-written in 1974 by horror icon Tobe Hopper. Hopper also directed the groundbreaking paranormal film, produced by Steven Spielberg, The Poltergeist and the critically acclaimed Stephen King adapted television miniseries Salem’s Lot.

In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a group of young people are traveling in rural Texas. They take a detour, leading them to fall into the clutches of a demented family of cannibal killers. As the young people fight to escape, they are hunted by Leatherface, a chainsaw-welding psychopath, who wears a mask of human skin. Leatherface’s mask has become an iconic villain image in cinematic history. This film spawned seven sequels, with the most recent being Leatherface from 2017.   

Alvarez is an Uruguayan filmmaker who is a director, writer, producer, and editor. His feature film directorial debut was the 2013 remake of the Sam Rami horror classic Evil Dead. He co-wrote this film with his frequent co-writing collaborator Rodo Sayagues. They have also collaborated as co-writers for Don’t Breathe and the upcoming sequel Don’t Breathe 2. Recently, Alvarez directed and co-wrote The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

Garcia is an Emmy award-winning cinematographer, camera operator, and director based from South Texas. His directorial feature film debut Tejano, which aired on HBO, is a neo-noir film, with a bilingual Tex-Mex theme. It follows the harrowing journey of a young farmhand, who is so desperate for money for his ailing grandfather, he reluctantly agrees to smuggle drugs across the Mexican/United States border for a cartel.  

In 2020, Garcia took over as director for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre after the original directors Andy & Ryan Tohill left over creative differences, as reported by Deadline.

This version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be the ninth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.

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As many people debate the pros and cons of Trump’s border wall, the issues at play are starkly laid out in Tejano, an action thriller set on the U.S.-Mexico border to debut on itunes, Amazon, Vudu, Hulu and other digital platforms on March 26.  The feature film, which is distributed by Outsider Pictures, has won numerous awards including the Audience Award at the 2018 Dallas International Film Festival.  The film will be recognized by the Texas State House of Representatives and will screen at the Texas State Capitol on March 22^nd and will play at the San Diego Latino Film Festival on March 23. 

“I set Tejano in the Rio Grande Valley, along the Mexico-U.S. border where I was born,” says director/producer David Blue Garcia. “The film touches on many of the issues that affect South Texas, including the border wall, the drug trade, cartel violence, immigration laws and health care. Tejano does not set out to take political sides but instead to show how these issues affect the day-to-day lives of its characters and influence their choices. The story is told in a style that has been called a thriller/western hybrid or Tex-Mex Noir. It is definitely meant to be entertaining and full of dark humor.”

 Tejano is the story of Javi (Patrick Mackie), a South Texas farmhand who lives and works with his grandfather, Arturo (Roland Hector Uribe). Javi dreams of leaving the border with his Mexican girlfriend but when his grandfather becomes ill, Javi, desperately turns to a Mexican cartel to make some quick cash. Javi embarks on a harrowing journey in which he first swims across the Rio Grande River, evades the border patrol and then faces the border wall, only to find that the cartel has different plans for him.

A favorite on the festival circuit, Tejano was shot entirely on the border of South Texas and in Nuevo Progreso Mexico has garnered over 10 film awards.  All of the actors are bilingual Texas natives and most are native to South Texas. null

 The festival award-winning Tejano was shot entirely on the border of South Texas and in Nuevo Progreso Mexico.  All of the actors are bilingual Texas natives and most are native to South Texas.

“The story itself slithers with twists and turns and unexpected betrayals…” – Austin Chronicle

Garcia is an Emmy Award-winning director and cinematographer based in Austin, Texas. He has lensed six independent feature films including his directorial debut, Tejano. 

Instagram:  @Tejanomovie

Tejano runs 1 hour and 29 minutes and is both in English and Spanish. Writers are Kyle Bogart (Screenplay) with Story by David Blue Garcia

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