History WhatCouldHaveBeen / Saw3D

* Speaking of the Public Execution Trap, there was a different opening trap before it that involved various victims forced to push each other off a rooftop on a tall building in order to survive.
* Kevin Greutert stated on Website/{{Twitter}} that the Public Square where the Public Execution Trap takes place was once meant to be the location for Bobby's final trap.

* Kevin Greutert revealed that the Public Square was meant to be the location for Bobby's final trap.

** Gordon listening to John going on a monologue before the latter asks him "Are you ready to save lives?" (this line done on a voice-over during a flashback to the Public Execution Trap showing Gordon with John in the crowd).

* Daniel Matthews was meant to appear at the survivors' meeting, but Erik Knudsen was unavailable at the time of filming. Tara and Brent Abbott from the previous film also did not return in the scene due to Shauna [=MacDonald=] and Devon Bostick's scheduling conflicts. This means that Brent's absence (in direct contrast with his mother's ''presence'') strongly implies that he has likely been brought to justice for his killing of William Easton at the end of ''Saw VI''.

* Originally, Evan, the racist skinhead played by [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]], was meant to live through the Horsepower Trap and be hospitalized afterwards. Because Bennington was under a very tight schedule at the time[[note]]as Linkin Park was recording their fourth studio album, ''A Thousand Suns'', around then[[/note]], and only had the one day for shooting, the filmmakers didn't have time to shoot his hospital scene, so Evan was rewritten to having died.

* Daniel Matthews was meant to appear at the survivors' meeting, but Erik Knudsen was unavailable at the time of filming. Tara and Brent from the previous film also did not return in the scene due to Shauna [=MacDonald=] and Devon Bostick's scheduling conflicts. This means that Brent's absence (in direct contrast with his mother's ''presence'') strongly implies that he has likely been brought to justice for his action at the end of ''Saw VI''.

* Speaking of the Public Execution Trap, there was a different opening trap before it that involved various victims forced to push each other off a rooptop on a tall building in order to survive.

* Daniel Matthews was meant to appear at the survivors' meeting, but Erik Knudsen was unavailable at the time of filming. Tara and Brent from the previous film also did not return in the scene due to Shauna [=MacDonald=] and Devon Bostick's scheduling conflicts.

** Melton has also stated that the Horsepower Trap was meant to be the opening trap for ''Saw VII'', with the Public Execution Trap being slated to ''Saw VIII''.

* Yet another deleted scene showed Bobby and Cale in a bar where while having drinks, saw a Jigsaw survivor on television. From there, Cale suggests Bobby pretend to be a survivor himself and tells him he knows two women who can handle the publishing (Nina) and legal issues (Suzanne).

* The original draft for a seventh film was meant to end with a SequelHook: the reveal that Gordon was still alive; an eighth film would have then explained how he survived. Due to the disappointing box office performance of ''Saw VI'', the ideas for ''Saw VII'' and ''VIII'' were condensed into ''Saw 3D''.

** In relation to this, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan stated that the survivor who appeared on the TV was meant to be Joyce. Bobby would be "taken" by her, and her story would resonate and motivate him. Joyce would then push Bobby further into the lie because she liked the fame and attention it bought them. Bobby in turn was overwhelmed with all the attention coming their way; and when he got cold feet about lying, Joyce would push him right back into the facade. According to Melton, Joyce was supposed to be a survivor who had "fallen off the rails."

** In relation to this, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan stated that the survivor seen on the TV was meant to be Joyce. Bobby would be "taken" by her, and her story would resonate and motivate him. Joyce would then push Bobby further into the lie because she liked the fame and attention it bought them. Bobby in turn was overwhelmed with all the attention coming their way; and when he got cold feet about lying, Joyce would push him right back into the facade. According to Melton, Joyce was supposed to be a survivor who had "fallen off the rails."

* Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan stated that the survivor Bobby and Cale saw on TV in the bar was originally going to be Joyce. Bobby would be "taken" by her, and her story would resonate and motivate him. Joyce would then push Bobby further into the lie because she liked the fame and attention it bought them. Bobby in turn was overwhelmed with all the attention coming their way. And when Bobby would get cold feet about lying, Joyce would push him right back into the facade. According to Melton, Joyce was supposed to be a survivor who had "fallen off the rails."

* Yet another deleted scene showed Bobby and Cale in a bar where while having drinks, saw Joan on television. From there, Cale suggests Bobby pretend to be a survivor himself and tells him he knows two women who can handle the publishing (Nina) and legal issues (Suzanne).

* There was a deleted scene that showed Bobby and Cale in a bar where while having drinks, saw a Jigsaw survivor on television. From there Cale suggested Bobby pretend to be a survivor himself and tells him he knows two women who can handle the publishing (Nina) and legal (Suzanne).
* Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan also revealed that the survivor Bobby and Cale saw on TV in the bar was originally going to be Joyce. Bobby would be "taken" by both her and her story and said story would resonate and motivate him. Joyce would then push Bobby further into the lie because she liked the fame and attention it bought them. Bobby in turn was overwhelmed with all the attention coming their way. And when Bobby would get cold feet about lying, Joyce would push him right back into the facade. According to Melton Joyce was a survivor who had "fallen off the rails."

** Gordon listening to John going on a monologue before the latter asks him "Are you ready to save lives?" (this line done on a voice-over on a flashback to the Public Execution Trap showing Gordon with John in the crowd).

* The original draft for a seventh film was meant to end with a SequelHook: the reveal that Gordon was still alive; ''Saw VIII'' would have then explained how he survived. Due to the disappointing box office performance of ''Saw VI'', the ideas for ''VII'' and ''VIII'' were condensed into ''Saw 3D''.
** According to Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan in the movie's DVD commentary, the original pitch for ''Saw VII'''s ending was not to have Gordon trap Hoffman in the bathroom, instead focusing on Bobby's fate after his game (which was left unknown for the following movies). In the pitch, Bobby was taken to the hospital, where he would meet Gordon.

** In the commentary, it's stated that the Jigsaw accomplices revealed at the end weren't going to include just Gordon, Brad and Ryan, but also the majority of the Jigsaw Survivor Group, whose recruitment was another task given to Gordon. According to an earlier script, this was going to be shown in a flashback where every member of the group would give a testimony of their survival experience to Gordon[[note]]All of them end their testimony with a tagline for ''Saw VI'' ("He helped me."), implying that said tagline may have been meant to be a foreshadowing to this.[[/note]] after he speaks to them with a message originally written by John. The reason this idea was dropped is currently unknown, though the writers have said that even the identities of the pigmasks who are supposed to be Brad and Ryan can be left to the viewer's imagination.

* Speaking of the Public Execution Trap, there was a different opening trap before it that involved various victims forced to push each other off a rooptop in order to survive.

** In the same script, the trap's location was going to be a toy store rather than a home improvement store, with a build-up involving a toy train that the aforementioned child follows to a sign reading "Don't touch the glass", with a pair of messages reading "Two clowns with all too familiar spirals on their faces" on its sides (while another toy plays the "Hello Zepp" {{Leitmotif}}). When Brad and Ryan wake up, they would appear with costumes of Billy the Puppet; meanwhile, Dina would be in a ballerina costume.