Title: Saw II
Content:  Saw II is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman. It is the sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the Saw film series. The film stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Beverley Mitchell, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen, Shawnee Smith, and Tobin Bell. In the film, a group of ex-convicts are trapped by the Jigsaw Killer inside a house and must pass a series of deadly tests to retrieve the antidote for a nerve agent that will kill them in two hours. Meanwhile, a police squad led by Detective Eric Matthews apprehends John Kramer (revealed to be Jigsaw in the first film), but the latter reveals that Matthews' son is 
Title: Saw V
Content:  in Saw IV. David Hackl served as the production designer of Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV and second-unit director for Saw III and Saw IV before making his directorial debut with Saw V. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, the writers of the previous film, returned to write the film. Charlie Clouser, who provided the score for all previous Saw films, also returned to compose the score for the film. Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell served as executive producers. Saw V was released by Lionsgate in the United States on October 24, 2008, and received generally negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the film was a box office success, grossing $113.9 million worldwide. A sequel, Saw VI, was released in 2009.
Title: Saw II
Content:  Saw II was immediately green-lighted after Saws successful opening weekend a year earlier. Producers needed a script for a sequel but James Wan and Leigh Whannell, director and writer of Saw, were working on Universal Pictures's Dead Silence. Music video director Darren Lynn Bousman had just completed a script for his first film The Desperate, and was trying to sell it to studios but was getting reactions that the script was very similar to Saw. A German studio eventually approached him with an offer to produce the film for $1 million. Just as they were looking for a cinematographer, the American cinematographer David A. Armstrong, who had 
Title: Saw II
Content:  the script. The film was given a larger budget and was shot from May to June 2005 in Toronto. Saw II was released in the United States on October 28, 2005, by Lionsgate Films. It opened with $31.9 million and grossed $88 million in the United States and Canada. It has remained the highest grossing Saw film in those countries. Bell was nominated for "Best Villain" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw in the film. Saw II was released to DVD on February 14, 2006, and topped charts its first week, selling more than 3 million units. At the time, it was the fastest-selling theatrical DVD in Lionsgate's history. A sequel, titled Saw III, was released in 2006.
Title: Saw II
Content: Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw ; Shawnee Smith as Amanda Young ; Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Eric Matthews ; Erik Knudsen as Daniel Matthews ; Franky G as Xavier ; Glenn Plummer as Jonas ; Emmanuelle Vaugier as Addison ; Beverley Mitchell as Laura ; Timothy Burd as Obi ; Dina Meyer as Detective Allison Kerry ; Lyriq Bent as Officer Daniel Rigg ; Noam Jenkins as Michael Marks ; Tony Nappo as Gus ; Kelly Jones as SWAT Member Pete ; Vincent Rother as SWAT Member Joe  Archival audio of Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell and Michael Emerson, as Lawrence Gordon, Adam Stanheight and Zep Hindle respectively are heard in the film as well.
Title: Saw II
Content:  Saw II was given a larger production budget of $4 million, compared to Saws budget of a little over $1 million. The marketing budget was an additional $2 million. The first shot, which involved shooting police cars and a SWAT van driving around the industrial docklands outside the soundstage, was filmed on April 29, 2005 in Toronto. After two months of pre-production, principal photography took place over 25 days at Toronto's Cinespace Film Studios from May 2, 2005 to June 6, 2005. The film was initially given 21 days to be shot. The Nerve Gas House scenes were shot in an abandoned warehouse in 
Title: Saw (2004 film)
Content:  Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Evolution Entertainment. They later formed Twisted Pictures as a horror genre production label. The producers read the screenplay that night and two days later offered Wan and Whannell creative control and 25% of the net profits. Even though Wan and Whannell received "better offers" from studios like DreamWorks and Gold Circle Films, they were not willing to chance Wan's directing and Whannell acting in the lead role. In order to finance the film, Hoffman, Burg, and Koules put up a second mortgage on their Highland Avenue headquarters. Saw was given a production budget of between $1 million and $1.2 million.
Title: Saw II
Content:  Saw II was released in New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom on October 28, 2005; and November 17, 2005 in Australia. The original teaser poster showing two bloody, severed fingers, representing the Roman numeral, II, was rejected by the Motion Picture Association of America. Since the poster was already released and managed to "slip by" the MPAA, they issued a release stating the poster was not approved and was unacceptable; Lions Gate Films removed the poster from their websites. The image was used instead for the film's soundtrack cover. Lionsgate held the second annual "Give Til It Hurts" blood drive for the Red Cross and collected 10,154 pints of blood.
Title: Saw V
Content:  Saw V was written by Saw IV writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, though Darren Lynn Bousman, who had directed all Saw films since Saw II, affirmed in July 2007 that he would not direct another sequel. Thomas Fenton also joined Dunstan and Melton as writer to the film, though Marek Posival was attached to write as well at one point. The film went into production after Christmas 2007. Principal photography took place from March 17 to April 28, 2008 in Toronto. By mid-July 2008, there had been three photos released of David Hackl at the set of Saw V. The first trailer, depicting Agent Strahm's box trap, was released at Comic-Con 08 as a short clip and the trailer was also shown before The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The website opened on August 6, 2008. On September 17, 2008, a new clip was available on the Saw V website, depicting the Pendulum Trap.
Title: Saw II
Content:  a twist ending, which is why the Lionsgate executives found parallels in the script's style. Wan and Whannell also served as executive producers. All the previous film's crew members returned: editor Kevin Greutert, cinematographer Armstrong, and composer Charlie Clouser. This was to be Hoffman's last film. He died unexpectedly on December 4, 2005. Only those key cast and crew members who were involved in the film's ending were given the full script; the rest received only the first 88 pages. If a particular page was rewritten, the old page was shredded. Members were also required to sign confidentiality agreements requiring them not to release any plot 

Question: Who was the producer of Saw II?
Answer: Gregg Hoffman.
Oren Koules.
Mark Burg.
Leigh Whannell.