I have no idea what is going on with Saw VI director Kevin Greutert or Saw VII — because I honestly don’t care — but today he posted a Blog entitled; “Woo hoo! Lawyers are sending me to Canada tomorrow!”

Greutert writes: “I just had the task of telling my 83 year old mother that no, I’m not going to be allowed to direct the movie we were all so excited about when my family last got together, and that I’m being forced to leave town before getting a chance to see her again. Yes, I’ll be filming people getting tortured YET AGAIN. So we’ll have to put off me making a film she can actually watch for another year. I’m not making this shit up.”

It sounds like Kevin was selected to direct Paranormal Activity 2 but Lionsgate is forcing him to direct Saw VII in 3D instead. Why would a studio force someone to direct a film? It sounds like a recipe for disaster.

UPDATE: Ryan Gowland of ReezChannel.com writes:

When the announcement was made that Saw VI director Kevin Greutert was hired to direct the sequel to Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity, it seemed like an ironic choice, considering Paranormal clobbered Saw VI at the box office. Even more ironic was that Paranormal Activity 2 was scheduled to do battle with the Saw franchise again, scheduling the sequel’s opening alongside Saw VII on October 22. Lionsgate, apparently, didn’t appreciate the irony.

Deadline Hollywood reports that Lionsgate has exercised a contractual option on Greutert which forces him to leave Paranormal 2 and helm Saw VII instead. Greutert will not have much time to prepare as Saw VII starts production in two weeks.