11-22-2008, 09:30 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-FANGORIA+<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(FANGORIA)</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--QuoteEBeginKim Henkel revs up another CHAINSAW Fango caught up with filmmaker Kim Henkel, who most recently served as a producer on the docudrama-style chiller THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD, made in his native Texas by up-and-coming filmmakers Duane Graves and Justin Meeks. He’s best-known as the co-scripter of the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, and gave us the scoop that he has a new Leatherface offering in the planning stages—though Michael Bay (whose company was responsible for both the remake and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING) will not be involved. “I have just completed a script for a new one, and it will not be made by Platinum Dunes,” Henkel tells Fango. “I’ve just done the first draft, and I’m still unsure of which way I’m going to go with it. However, it’s the first time since the original that I’ve done something that I wanted to do with it. I’m excited about being able to truly realize what I’ve put down on paper.” While Henkel, who also wrote and directed 1997’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION, is tight-lipped about plot details, he does offer, “Let me say that it moves the whole situation forward. It places everything in the present, and is very much a product of these times. It leaves behind the setting of ‘30 years ago.’ ” —Calum Waddell<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEnd