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Cinema Hot Takes

Cinema Hot Takes

Saw 8 Star Originally Signed for Three Films

Cinema Hot Takes · Oct 2, 2026 · 27:48

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The Saw horror franchise has experienced multiple narrative shifts across its ten films, including a significant soft reboot with the 2017 release Jigsaw. During an interview with The Direct, actress Hannah Emily Anderson discussed her role as Eleanor Bonneville and the original multi-picture agreement she signed. Although studio executives never shared specific narrative trajectories with her, Anderson confirmed that she had initially committed to a three-film contract. Because the eighth installment underperformed commercially, those planned sequels were ultimately abandoned in favor of a different direction for the series. Regarding the ambiguous concluding scene of her character's debut, Anderson personally suspects that Logan Nelson was the individual inside the mystery vehicle.

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