Life After ‘Blair Witch’: Why the Writer-Director Team Waited Years to Make a Studio Movie
Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard took a serious risk with their sequel to “The Blair Witch Project.” So what happens now?
Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard took a serious risk with their sequel to “The Blair Witch Project.” So what happens now?
“Bro, I told you we shoulda made that movie about the boring guy who landed a plane in water instead,” says “Blair Witch” director Adam Wingard.
Perhaps it’s time for that “Book of Shadows” critical reappraisal?
Adults would rather see “Sully” than “Snowden,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby” did better overseas, and Lionsgate whiffed with “Blair Witch.”
Before Lionsgate relaunched the franchise with a sequel, the team behind the first film had other ideas.
The score is a collaboration with electronic music producer Robert Rich.
A new take on “Blair Witch” looks to have the best chance to top Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” for #1 this weekend.
The third installment is out next week.
Indiewire’s guide for all the latest movies out wide or in limited release for September 2016. Trailers and info for a month’s worth of films below.
The original “Blair Witch Project” was a viral-marketing pioneer.
Producer Keith Calder recently took to Twitter to explain some of the advantages that come with working on an existing intellectual property.
The always diverse program includes Adam Wingard’s horror sequel “Blair Witch,” Paul Schrader’s crime thriller “Dog Eat Dog” and Morgan’s Spurlock’s rodent documentary “Rats.”