No matter when they’re set, or which timeline they’re in, they’re all about a guy with a chainsaw massacre people.
Hooper directed the first two films, which were followed by two more sequels and then a successful reboot (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) in 2003 and a prequel, and then two more movies (Texas Chainsaw 3D and Leatherface) set during the continuity of the original series.
Which really makes you wonder: What sort of “creative differences” could there be when those are your marching orders?
Now, per Deadline, after just one week in production its directors have been replaced over “creative differences” with the producers at Legendary Pictures.