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This is not the first "Blair Witch" movie since the original. Though the company behind "Blair Witch," Lionsgate, likely expected more from the release - especially hiring on Barrett and Wingard, who together have become a super duo when it comes to horror movies having made hits " You're Next" and " The Guest" - they can't be too mad at them as the $5 million-budgeted sequel pretty much made back its production budget in its first weekend.īarrett followed-up his tweet with this more sincere one: On Sunday, after the weekend box office numbers went out, Barrett tweeted this:
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To read the script with which they shot the film and delve into a massively-comprehensive archive of production content, check out the creative team behind the movie, screenwriter Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard, were good sports about the whole thing. The Blair Witch Project is available on DVD. Click here to watch our exclusive look behind the scenes on the film, featuring new footage from early auditions and the film’s shooting. It’s why you do what you do.Īnd that’s not all for our celebration of all things Blair Witch. I really feel, if I don’t make another movie ever again, we got our opportunity to leave our mark, and as a filmmaker that’s one of your dreams. We could not have hoped or imagined anything more fantastic and grander than Blair Witch. For that I’m so flattered and so thankful. That’s when I step back and go, “Wow.” It has transcended what it originally was and it’s become such a part of the lexicon, and synonymous with being scared or hoaxed, and that’s really kind of amazing. I get surprised when I read a book that has nothing to do with film at all and the author’s talking about getting “Blair Witched” or something like that. Blair just took on a life of its own from there. But Sundance was special because you’ll only ever sell your first film once, and there we were, deep in the snow, taking this journey together. That was really when the film took on a national awareness that lead us into Cannes later on, which is when things really went crazy. We were elated, excited, exhausted and complete virgins to this film sales phenomenon that happens at Sundance. It all happened so quickly and it snowballed from there.

We were the first film that sold there, and the next thing we know we’re doing interviews for Premiere magazine and photoshoots and all the rest. We were really thrown into the blender right off the bat. It was a big part of the experience for us and being there for the premiere was really kind-of surreal.

After all the work, when you get into Sundance you can at least start to feel like you’ve been accepted. Taking the film to Sundance was, for us, the moment where we got some validation as filmmakers. Now, ten years on, as RT reveals an exclusive Behind the Scenes featurette revealing how the project was put together, we reunite directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick to share their memories of making and releasing the film, as well as their plans for more from the Blair Witch franchise…
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It spawned a wave of imitators both amateur and professional and is the cultural yardstick against which hoaxes, horrors and movies shot with a camcorder are measured. It was an unprecedented success, holding the world record as the most profitable movie of all time after making more than $10,000 for every $1 spent, and became one of the most important horror films of all time. Shot on a budget of just $22,000 by film school graduates Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick, The Blair Witch Project premiered at the Sundance Film Festival ten years ago this month and started a journey that dominated public consciousness for most of the year. Ten years on, we’re celebrating a remarkable twelve months of movies with new features around some of the year’s best and most important releases. From defining originals like The Matrix and Fight Club to sleeper favourites like Office Space and Election, 1999 was a landmark year for the internet generation of movie fans and set a high standard for the big screen as we headed into the new millennium. 1999 was one of the most important years for modern cinema.
