Lionsgate and Blumhouse are currently developing a remake of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s 1999 classic, The Blair Witch Project.
The news was confirmed by Lionsgate’s Adam Fogelson and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum at CinemaCon 2024, and will mark the first release in a multi-project deal that sees Blumhouse reworking some of Lionsgate’s classic horror titles. Roy Lee, who also worked on the 2016’s Blair Witch, will be involved in the project. Additional information such as the plot or cast, or the involvement of anybody from the original 1999 movie, however, are yet to be confirmed.
“I have been incredibly fortunate to work with Jason many times over the years. We forged a strong relationship on The Purge when I was at Universal, and we launched STX with his film The Gift. There is no one better at this genre than the team at Blumhouse,” said Fogelson. “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.”
“I’m very grateful to Adam and the team at Lionsgate for letting us play in their sandbox. 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,” added Blum. “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.”
The story of the original The Blair Witch Project featured “found footage” of three student filmmakers who went missing while hiking near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994.
