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Leigh Whannell achieved a memorable breakout with the low-budget horror movie Saw, which he co-wrote and starred in (as Adam) alongside Cary Elwes.Both Whannell and director James Wan subsequently ...
On the heels of his recent reunion with Blumhouse, Leigh Whannell is once again addressing the chances of The Invisible Man 2 happening. The 2020 adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi novel ...
When “The Invisible Man” writer and director Leigh Whannell figured out his screenplay was shaping up to be a story about domestic abuse, he knew he’d have to do a lot of research to ...
Director Leigh Whannell frames the shot like a landscape, with the door as the horizon. The image is eerie and beautiful, and the closest we’ll get to Wolf Man’s titular beast for quite a while.
PLUS: Writer-director Leigh Whannell reveals why he took a break from horror fare like 'Saw' and 'Insidious' to make this science fiction-action movie.
In 2015, Leigh Whannell was named to Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch list. He didn’t see the honor coming, for three reasons: He had made only one film; it was a horror movie; and there was a ...
Writer-director Leigh Whannell talks about his 'really modern, really grounded' take on the classic Universal monster. By. Clark Collis. Clark Collis. Senior Writer. EW's editorial guidelines.
Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man landed in theaters back in 2020 and, only weeks later, theaters around the world were shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic.As the months and years went by ...
The reimaging of the classic Universal monster flick of the same name comes from director Leigh Whannell, and it’s not the first time he’s played in this particularly horrific sandbox either.