Based loosely on true events that inspired both the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs, the new film will center around a handful of friends who become isolated in the company of a deadly clan of cannibals. The original film not only struck a deep chord with the youth culture of the time but revitalized the horror genre, influencing virtually all of the successful horror franchises that followed it, from New Line's own Nightmare on Elm Street series to The Blair Witch Project. The film's ensemble of rising young stars is led by Jessica Biel (The Rules of Attraction, TV's "Seventh Heaven") and co-stars Eric Balfour (HBO's "Six Feet Under") Erica Leerhsen (Blair Witch 2), Jonathan Tucker and Mike Vogel. The screenplay is by Scott Kosar, with award-winning commercial and music video director Marcus Nispel at the helm. Produced by Michael Bay and Michael Fleiss of Next Entertainment, with Ted Field of Radar Pictures and Bay's Platinum Dunes partners, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, executive producing. Next's Jeff Allard is also an executive producer.

Jessica Biel .... Erin
Jonathan Tucker .... Morgan
Erica Leerhsen .... Pepper
Mike Vogel .... Andy
Eric Balfour .... Kemper
Andrew Bryniarski .... Leatherface
R. Lee Ermey .... Sheriff Hoyt
David Dorfman .... Jedidiah



Producer
Michael Bay
Mike Fleiss

Screenplay
Scott Kosar (screenplay)
Kim Henkel (1974 screenplay)
Tobe Hooper (1974 screenplay)

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