In 1999, The Blair Witch Project became an instant horror sensation and innovated the new film genre of “found footage” and became one of the year’s biggest movies. The film launched a multi-media franchise with sequels, comics, and video games, but not so much the careers of the original cast.
Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams have come together with a public proposal to Lionsgate after the studio recently announced a partnership with Blumhouse to reboot the series. The trio wrote in a statement 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 feature film.”
They continued with how both reboots of the film failed to capture the original suspense. “Neither of these films were made with significant creative input from the original team. As the insiders who created the Blair Witch and have been listening to what fans love and want for 25 years, we’re your single greatest, yet thus far unutilized secret weapon!”
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