Lions Gate Films has made a pre-emptive strike to acquire worldwide rights to the Sundance entry "Saw," a horror thriller scheduled to premiere Sunday in the festival's Park City at Midnight section.

Directed by James Wan, "Saw" follows a serial killer the police have nicknamed "Jigsaw" because of the madman's bloody calling card. Waking up in a mysterious room, two men (played by Cary Elwes and newcomer Leigh Whannell) find themselves trapped in the serial killer's twisted game. Danny Glover and Monica Potter also star. Whannell wrote the screenplay.

Source: Reuters [1]