The Collector horror franchise is soon set to continue in The Collected, with filmmaking duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton back at the helm. The original film debuted in 2009 and followed a low-level thief who, upon breaking into a house looking for loot, finds himself face-to-face with a sadistic slasher, The Collector. The Collector's identity is unknown, but his needs are simple, to murder, torture, and "collect" victims to store on display in his lair, an abandoned hotel. With its simple premise and return to classic slasher sensibilities, The Collector earned praise from fans, even if critics were apathetic. 1h2v4u

The Collected has gotten an update after years of waiting. The The Collected, a sequel to the 2009 horror movie The Collector and its follow-up The Collection, has been in development since the latter's release in 2012. Although it was officially announced in 2014 with star Josh Stewart set to return, development had stalled as of 2018. It was revived in 2019 but production stalled several days in, with further development at a standstill. Franchise co-writer and director Marcus Dunstan revealed that this was partially due to the fact that he did not hold the rights to the franchise.

With a few years behind him, co-writer/director Marcus Dunstan has a hopeful update for The Collected. Dunstan co-created the horror movie series with frequent writing partner Patrick Melton under the initial name The Midnight Man, which was at one point read by the producers of the Saw franchise for a potential prequel. Though they wouldn't move forward with it, Dunstan and Melton would go on to both the long-running horror franchise as the primary writers for Saw IV through The Final Chapter and rework The Midnight Man into 2009's The Collector in between.

The Collector horror franchise has earned itself a cult fanbase, but the status of the anticipated third film The Collected is complicated. The Collector, released in 2009, was the creation of writing duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who worked on several of the Saw sequels. In fact, the project was initially pitched as a Saw prequel, but when that pitch was rejected by franchise producers, the duo decided to make it a standalone property.

The Collected, the third movie in The Collector film series, may never happen, leaving the trilogy unfinished. Written by Feast collaborators, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, and helmed by Dunstan, The Collector was initially pitched as a prequel to James Wan and Leigh Whannell's Saw films under the title, The Midnight Man. But when the producers turned down the offer, the horror movie became a franchise of its own, spanning two films - The Collector, which premiered in 2009, and its sequel The Collection, released in 2012. While both the movies were lambasted by critics, particularly for their displays of gore and tasteless nudity, they performed decently at the box office and amassed a cult following that regarded the titular serial killer as a horror icon.