Original BLAIR WITCH Stars Ask Lionsgate For Recognition, Residuals, and Meaningful Consultation For Future Project — GeekTyrant
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The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced
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),...
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The Blair Witch Project Actors Are Still Haunted (by a Lack of Residuals)
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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...