The Blair Witch Project Cast Opens Up About How Hollywood Has Treated Them

In 1999, The Blair Witch Project ushered in the age of found footage horror films, and it had the unique touch of a marketing campaign that pretended its cast members--Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, and Joshua Leonard--actually went missing while investigating a local legend and were feared dead. The movie earned $248.6 million off of an initial budget that was estimated to be between $35,000 and $60,000. It also sparked the beginning of a two-decade and counting fight for the stars to be properly compensated.

Last month, Lionsgate announced plans for a new Blair Witch Project movie that will be produced by Jason Blum and Roy Lee. In response, Donahue, Williams, and Leonard issued an open letter asking for "meaningful consultation" for any projects that use their names and faces as well as retroactive and future payments for the original Blair Witch Project as if it had been filmed under SAG-AFTRA rules. Subsequently, the trio spoke to Variety at length about the struggle they've endured for the last 25 years.

"I'm very grateful for what I have now and how f***ing hard I fought to get it," said Williams. "But it still impacts me. I buried all this. Giant corporations don't care that this happens to young artists. It's bulls***. And that's got to change somehow. Hopefully, we will help somebody to see: Don't do what we did."Continue Reading at GameSpot


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