Last weekend at San Diego Comic Con, it was announced that the new Adam Wingard horror The Woods is actually BLAIR WITCH, the sequel to the 1999 horror The Blair Witch Project. I first heard of thise whilst walking the halls of SDCC and saw a poster signing happening at the Lionsgate booth. I saw the new poster and some of the crew there signing them for the lucky few who were fortunate enough to get a wristband that morning (sadly I wasnt one of them, however I did get an unsigned poster of The Woods and also Blair Witch)
It’s been 20 years since James’s sister and her two friends vanished into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland while researching the legend of the Blair Witch, leaving a trail of theories and suspicions in their wake.
James (James Allen McCune of TV’s SHAMELESS) and his friends Peter (WRECK-IT RALPH’S Brandon Scott), Ashley (Corbin Reid of TV’s DISNEY STAR DARLINGS) and film student Lisa (Callie Hernandez of upcoming LA LA LAND and Ridley Scott’s upcoming ALIEN: COVENANT) venture into the same woods each with a camera to uncover the mysteries surrounding their disappearance.
At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals Lane (Wes Robinson of TV’s STATE OF AFFAIRS) and Talia (Valorie Curry of TV’s THE FOLLOWING) offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods. But as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence.
Slowly, they begin to realize the legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined
Blair Witch is helmed by director Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT, THE GUEST, V/H/S, V/H/S/2), who has assembled an accomplished behind-the-scenes team that includes screenwriter and longtime collaborator Simon Barrett (YOU’RE NEXT, THE GUEST, V/H/S, V/H/S/2); producers Roy Lee (THE RING, THE STRANGERS, THE GRUDGE), Steven Schneider (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, INSIDIOUS), Keith Calder, p.g.a. (YOU’RE NEXT, THE GUEST, ANOMALISA), and Jess Calder, p.g.a. (YOU’RE NEXT, THE GUEST, THE DEVIL’S CANDY), ; and executive producers Jenny Hinkey, Daniel Myrick (director/writer, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT), Eduardo Sanchez (director/writer, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT) and Gregg Hale (producer, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT).
Producer Jessica Wu, Writer Simon Barrett, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Producer Keith Calder, Director Adam Wingard and James Allen McCune seen at Lionsgate’s “Blair Witch” screening at 2016 Comic-Con on Friday, July 22, 2016, in San Diego, CA. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Lionsgate/AP Images)
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