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A new version of "The Blair Witch Project" is in development as part of a new partnership between Blumhouse and Lionsgate
The actors improvised and shot much of the movie, but have no profit participation.
The Blair Witch Project has never been a cut-and-dry Hollywood project. This scrappy $35,000 mockumentary wasn’t meant to be a blockbuster, but it went on to become one of the most profitable independent films ever made. Now, due to the creative marketing and filmmaking savvy of co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and their team, Hollywood is legally obligated to attempt a Blair Witch sequel every decade. Historically, this has not been a good idea, but hope springs eternal in...
The cast and crew of 1999's game-changing The Blair Witch Project didn’t go out and get terrorized in the woods for nothing, even if that’s sort of how they’re being treated by Lionsgate and Blumhouse right now. Ever allergic to new ideas, the two major studios announced yet another reboot of the iconic found footage horror film earlier this month. But Hollywood’s current creative famine actually isn’t the scariest part of this whole debacle. In response to the announcement, Joshua Leonard—one...
As sculptor Agon Qosa put some of the finishing touches to a statue of Tony Blair, he thought about what the former British prime minister had done for Kosovo a quarter of a century ago. Mr Qosa and other ethnic Albanians in Kosovo idolise the former British prime minister for his leadership role during a Nato bombing campaign in 1999 that halted Serb forces’ advances and ultimately helped the small Balkan nation win independence. Twenty-five years on, he is completing a life-size clay statue of...
Heather, Mike, and Josh are seeking to rectify the raw deal they got on The Blair Witch Project, as well as input on upcoming sequels and reboots.
Original ‘Blair Witch’ Cast Asks Lionsgate for Retroactive Residuals and Consultation on Future Projects https://t.co/ZV3NrH8CBu— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 21, 2024Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams wrote in a statement on Saturday that they’re asking Lionsgate for retroactive and future residual payments, “meaningful consultation” on any future Blair Witch projects and an annual $60,000 grant for “an unknown/aspiring genre filmmaker to assist in making their first...
It was a bit witchy of them.
Actors Rei Hance, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams – who improvised most of horror film’s dialogue – claim they didn’t have proper union representation in 1999 and seek residualsThe stars of The Blair Witch Project have called for more compensation for their work in the original film, as well as “meaningful consultation” on any reboots and sequels, after it was announced that the horror franchise is being revived yet again.On Saturday, actors Rei Hance (formerly known as Heather Donahue),...
The original actors of the hit 1999 horror film The Blair Witch Project are not happy with how Lionsgate has treated them over the years, and how the studio has...
For her outing, the actress, 51, looked effortlessly stylish in a cropped, cream knit sweater with bell sleeves layered over a white camisole.