Benjamin VanHoose for People Magazine
The Blair Witch Project franchise will live on in a scary new installment.
At CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 10, Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced that a new Blair Witch movie is in development. The film is part of a multi-movie deal between the studios to reimagine "horror classics from the Lionsgate library," according to a press release.
Lionsgate/Kobal/Shutterstock - Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid and James Allen McCune in "Blair Witch" (2016)
Roy Lee, who produced the 2016 reboot titled Blair Witch, will return to produce alongside Jason Blum.
"We are thrilled to kick this partnership off with a new vision for Blair Witch that will reintroduce this horror classic for a new generation. We couldn’t be more pleased to be working with them on this and other projects we look forward to revealing soon," Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement.
Blum, a producer behind hits like Paranormal Activity, M3GAN, Get Out and more, added, "I’m a huge admirer of The Blair Witch Project, which brought the idea of found-footage horror to mainstream audiences and became a true cultural phenomenon."
Getty - "The Blair Witch Project" (1999)
"I don’t think there would have been a Paranormal Activity had there not first been a Blair Witch, so this feels like a truly special opportunity and I’m excited to see where it leads," he said.
News of a fresh Blair Witch Project entry comes 25 years after the 1999 original became a sleeper hit at the box office. A less-well-received sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, came out in 2000, then a reboot came in 2016, directed by Adam Wingard, who made the recent Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Separate from this Blumhouse deal, Lionsgate has more horror sequel and reboot projects coming: The Strangers: Chapter 1 is in theaters May 17, and an 11th Saw film will be out in 2025.
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