Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
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Hooper talks TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake

While talking about his role in directing the first installment of the Sci-Fi Channel's mini-series STEVEN SPIELBERG'S TAKEN, Tobe Hooper talked to our own Eric Moro about the upcoming remake of his horror classic, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Michael Bay is shepherding the remake.

What did Hooper have to say?

He didn't rubber stamp the remake, for one. When asked if he'd signed-off on the idea, Hooper said, "Not really. I didn't have to sign off on it. I'm involved kind of peripherally... I don't have the slightest idea of what I'm going to see. I hope it is interesting. The times seem to be right for it. I think it's a matter of if they dig up enough of the spirit of these crazy times we're in because really that's what CHAINSAW was and is. The original bubbled up out of its times and in these times, as far as that goes, are far richer and deeper with horror than back then. We'll see. You have to throw a net over a spirit that you hope you conjure up."

Would the film be based on his original script, did he know?

"It's going to be different," Hooper said. "It is different. I don't think they're doing shot-by-shot or anything like that. I do know they're in prep and they've found locations and there will be a house, so maybe it is close. Leatherface is back."