By The trio of stars from 1999’s original “The Blair Witch Project” have come together and issued a public proposal to Lionsgate in the wake of that studio recently announcing a partnership with Blumhouse for a reboot of the franchise.
In a statement released Saturday, actors Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams asked Lionsgate for retroactive and future residual payments, ‘meaningful consultation’ on any future Blair Witch projects, and an annual $60,000 grant to “unknown/aspiring genre filmmakers” trying to make their first feature.
The new project will mark the second reboot of the property, and fourth film overall, and the trio say those other films were “not made with significant creative input from the original team” resulting in box-office and critical disappointments.
The trio also included a statement from the directors and producers of the 1999 original film in support of them saying “we celebrate our film’s legacy, and equally, we believe the actors deserve to be celebrated for their enduring association with the franchise.”
Artisan Entertainment released the original film in 1999 with that studio being acquired by Lionsgate in December 2003. The full statement is up on Leonard’s Facebook page.
Source: Vulture
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