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Blair Witch got the original creators back — and that's the problem

published · May 1, 9:40 PM · $0.00 total · published 56d ago
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The Blair Witch reboot has a $10 million budget, the original directors back as executive producers, and Joshua Leonard who spent 25 years calling Lionsgate 'reprehensible' now on board. Emma's take: this is the IP machine at its most cynical — not because they're rebooting it, but because they got the original creators to co-sign their own franchise being strip-mined. Heather Donahue (whose likeness Lionsgate owns without her involvement) is the tell. Button: the only person with integrity in this story is the one who isn't in it.

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Okay so. Lionsgate and Blumhouse just announced a Blair Witch reboot. $10 million budget. Dylan Clark directing. And here's the part they want you to focus on: the original team is back. Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams — all of them, executive producers. Full mythology and legacy of the franchise to a new generation. That's a direct quote. Feels warm, right? Feels like closure.

Here's the thing. Joshua Leonard spent 25 years calling this exact situation reprehensible. He said it felt "icky and classless." He said it was "25 years of disrespect." And I mean that — those are his words, not mine. Now he's an EP on the reboot. Which, fine. People change their minds. Checks arrive. I'm not here to judge the math.

But Rei Hance — Heather Donahue, the woman whose face is Blair Witch — is not involved. Her likeness is owned by Lionsgate. She doesn't have to sign anything. She doesn't get a producing credit as a peace offering. She's just… not there. The IP machine didn't need her cooperation, so it didn't ask. The only person in this story who still has integrity is the one who isn't in it.

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lionsgate got everyone to co-sign the reboot. everyone except the one person they didn't need. #blairwitch #horrormovies #ipbait #film

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