Overview
- Dylan Clark, a rising horror filmmaker from YouTube, was confirmed Thursday to direct and rewrite a “new imagining” of The Blair Witch Project.
- Original stars Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams and original filmmakers Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick, and Gregg Hale will serve as executive producers, while Rei Hance is not listed.
- Trade reports say filming is targeted for this fall with a budget near $10 million, and Lionsgate and Blumhouse will launch sales at the Cannes market with Lionsgate expected to handle U.S. and U.K. release.
- Jason Blum, James Wan, and Roy Lee are producing alongside Divide/Conquer’s Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath, with Clark revising Chris Devlin’s script as plot and casting details remain under wraps.
- The 1999 micro‑budget original cost roughly $35,000 and earned about $248 million worldwide, which explains the franchise’s return under a pact to reimagine Lionsgate horror titles.