E.T.<\/em>\u2018s record. <\/p>\n\n\t\u201cNathan Fielder reached out. Tim Robinson, who I freaking love. Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson publicly said things. I was becoming numb because it was so unbelievable, my brain couldn\u2019t really process it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe opportunities were just unbelievable. I realized I can do whatever I want now,\u201d Barker said of his post-Obsession<\/em> successes. \u201cMy whole career, I\u2019ve had to come up with crazy ideas and pitch them and if it didn\u2019t go over well, I\u2019d have to come up with something else. They were like, \u2018If you could do any movie you wanted, what would it be?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Whoa. Let me think about that for a second.’\u201d <\/p>\n\n\tExtending into his horror expertise, Barker will also next write and direct A24\u2019s\u00a0Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em> reboot<\/a>. Of offering his take on the story, he told THR<\/em> he wants his version to \u201ccapture the rawness and the grounded-ness of the original\u201d while still making something that \u201cfeels fresh and new.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cThe canon itself is all over the place, so there\u2019s not much to stay loyal to other than the original,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to make a new generation of people scared and give them this feeling of: \u2018What if you went on a road trip with your friends and this happened to you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n