Saw III director Darren Lynn Bousman said in an interview with SCI FI Wire that he’s hoping to direct a big-screen version of the off-Broadway SF horror-rock opera “Repo! The Genetic Opera.” Bousman directed an early version of the production in Los Angeles and more recently shot a presentation reel using much of his Saw III cast and crew.

“We did shoot a presentation piece for it, and we’re in the process of editing that right now,” Bousman said in an interview while promoting Saw III. “The minute that I was done with Saw III, the mix of it, we went … right to work on this musical thing. And it was great, because the entire crew of Saw III came back; not just one or two of them, the entire crew. Getting 70 people to come work for me for basically nothing to try to help this thing get off the ground was amazing. Some of the actors flew back in, and we actually had cameos from some other actors that came out.”

Set in Los Angeles in the near future, “Repo! The Genetic Opera” depicts genetic engineers who respond to an epidemic of organ failures by harvesting organs for transplants. High interest rates and failures to pay off credit cards used for purchasing organs lead to foreclosures galore, and it’s the gruesome task of the genetic repo men at GENECO to reclaim the organs.

“It’s crazy,” Bousman said. “It’s dark. It’s horrific. And it’s … not like ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ or even ‘Rent.’ It’s like if ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ met ‘Saw.’ It’s violent, and the music is very modern. So it’s really cool. It’s not poppy, pop-singing kind of music. The music is pretty down.”