The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced
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Original Blair Witch cast issues statement asking for residuals and recognition
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...
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‘Blair Witch’ Cast Asks Lionsgate for Retroactive Residuals and Consultation on Future Projects
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...
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Original BLAIR WITCH Stars Ask Lionsgate For Recognition, Residuals, and Meaningful Consultation For Future Project — GeekTyrant
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...