Those of you who aren’t worried about the decline of the Saw franchise, you will be happy to know that Saw II and III director Darren Lynn Bousman has not only 100% confirmed he will be directing the fourth installment but that in his words… the script is “Great!”.

This is what he said on his blog, found through Filmstalker…

SO after I have publicly gone on the record NUMEROUS times saying I WILL NOT return to direct SAW IV is it possibly true that, indeed I will be returning??? Ok… I should have never opened my big mouth… As I have now learned NEVER say NEVER… The rumors are in fact true.

At first I turned it down just on principle… I have been WAY to lucky with the past films to warrant or RISK me coming back… And then I read the script… I read the draft of SAW IV… My first reaction….

This script was good… no… not good… GREAT… I was totally prepared for this script to JUMP THE SHARK – - I mean – we are on our THIRD sequel – where in fucks sake to you go from here?

He goes on to say that his other planned project “REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA IS HAPPENING!!!!….

REPO is a ROCK OEPRA! Thus it is entirely sung… meaning over 35 songs have to be recorded and mixed PRIOR to us filming… That is going to take about four months… On top of that – I want to use the same crew as from the SAW films… That pushes me another two months… That means the EARLIEST I could shoot REPO would be September.

Repo! The Genetic Rock Opera sounds so wacky but tremendously fun also.

Saw IV I couldn’t really care less about but never mind, no-one is forcing me to see it. And I can assure you, I won’t be.

source – filmstalker, bousmann’s myspace, arrow in the head