1999 Blair Witch Challenge solid wishes residuals, more from Lionsgate

Authentic The Blair Witch Job stars Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams have a number of requests of Lionsgate.

When 1999’s The Blair Witch Problem was a phenomenon upon launch, who realized we'd nonetheless be chatting about it 25 yrs in a while? Further particularly, who understood we'd be concentrating a lot on the entire “disrespect” that the studio has for the first solid? On the very least, that’s the declare that star Joshua Leonard tends to make, launching a advertising marketing campaign to carry curiosity to Lionsgate, who obtained Artisan twenty years again and he believes is unfairly cashing in on the screams, sweat and tears of the unique cast. Now, he's remaining joined by The Blair Witch Challenge co-stars Heather Donahue and Michael Williams of their efforts to acquire residuals and to be consulted on any potential endeavors.

In a joint assertion (by means of Deadline), Leonard, Donahue and Williams are inquiring that Lionsgate fork above earlier and long run The Blair Witch Enterprise residuals “for performing skilled companies rendered within the authentic BWP, equal to the sum that will’ve been allotted by way of SAG-AFTRA, had we skilled good union or authorized illustration when the film was constructed.”

A special ask for from The Blair Witch Challenge trio is that they be consulted on any endeavors related to the movement image, which might embody all of the issues from one more reboot to flee rooms truly, that is something in any respect “during which a single might reasonably suppose that Heather, Michael & Josh’s names and/or likenesses will probably be associated for promotional makes use of in most people sphere.”

And there is only one last request, this a single much less to do with them selves and extra about supporting future filmmakers. This grant, to be named proper after The Blair Witch Challenge is created to be specified to “to an not recognized/aspiring fashion filmmaker to help in incomes their very first characteristic film. This can be a GRANT, not a improvement fund, consequently @lionsgate is not going to have any of the basic rights to the job.” The cast additionally has full of life steerage from landmark horror film’s administrators Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, along with producers Robin Cowie, Gregg Hole and Michael Monello.

We foresee observing simply how Lionsgate reacts to those textual content and can replace our readers accordingly. Within the meantime, manufacturing on the reimagining of The Blair Witch Job – coming from Lionsgate and Blumhouse – is evidently pressing on.

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