‘The Blair Witch Project’ Reboot Heads To Cannes Market For Lionsgate; Project Details Revealed
Lionsgate and Blumhouse are launching sales at the Cannes market for a reboot of 'The Blair Witch Project,' with rising horror director Dylan Clark set to direct. The film, with a budget around $10 million, is scheduled to begin filming in the fall, though plot details remain undisclosed. Original cast members and filmmakers from the 1999 release are involved as executive producers, marking a shift from previous sequels.
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'The Blair Witch Project' Artisan Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Blumhouse will be launching sales at the Cannes market on their reboot of horror franchise sensation The Blair Witch Project. We can confirm online reports from earlier this year that up-and-coming horror director Dylan Clark has been set to helm the new “imagining”. Lionsgate has had this iteration in the works for a few years and it now has solid impetus. We understand filming is being lined up for fall and hear budget is in the $10M range. Plot details remain under wraps. Chris Devlin wrote the original screenplay, with a current rewrite by Clark. Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum are teaming with producer Roy Lee to produce.
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