for extreme graphic violence, "torture porn", the franchise's creators, and most of its fans, disagree with that characterization. Films Future A tenth film with a working title of Saw X, is currently in development as of October 2022. The film will be directed by Kevin Greutert who also directed Saw VI and Saw 3D. Josh Stolberg confirmed the script was finished in December of 2021. In October 2022, Tobin Bell was set to reprise the role of John Kramer / Jigsaw for the film. Later in December, Shawnee Smith was "circling" around an offer to reprise her role as Amanda Young. In February 2023, it was confirmed that Shawnee Smith returns as Amanda in Saw X. Short film Saw, retrospectively referred to as Saw 0.5, is a 2003 short film that served as a promotional tool in pitching a feature-length version to Lionsgate. It is included on the second disc of the uncut DVD release of Saw. It has also been released alone, and on the Saw Trilogy DVD containing Saw Uncut Edition, Saw II Special Edition, and Saw III Director's Cut, packaged with a limited-edition 3D puppet head box version of Billy the Puppet. Television In April 2021, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs announced in an interview with Deadline Hollywood that Lionsgate TV is in early talks on a television series adaptation of the film Spiral, from Mark Burg and Oren Koules' Twisted Television. Recurring cast and characters Additional crew and production details Production Story overview The series takes place in an unnamed city in the United States. Flashbacks from Saw IV reveal the roots of the series, presenting John Kramer as a successful civil engineer and devoted husband to his wife Jill Tuck, who opened a rehab clinic for drug addicts. Jill lost her unborn baby, Gideon, due to the unwitting actions of a drug addict named Cecil, who fled the scene. Saw VI later showed that another drug addict, Amanda Young, also had an unintentional role in Gideon's death. Grieving the loss of his child, John distanced himself from his friends and wife. John and Jill eventually drifted apart and divorced. John found himself trapped by his own complacency until he was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Extremely bitter over his squandered life and the loss of his unborn son, he began observing the lives of others and became even more depressed as he saw them squandering the