Initial The Blair Witch Job celebrity Joshua Leonard isn’t delighted that the workshops are making money off of the 1999 indie smash hit.
The Blair Witch Job was a motion picture that must have been laid off. Yet such hugely effective movies hardly ever are, with the ultra-indie flick taking place to generate every little thing from inescapable follows up to tie-in comics to, yes, computer game. Include in that currently a “reimagining” thanks to Blumhouse, which hasn’t specifically been a well gotten concept from followers– or celebrities– of the 1999 scary smash hit.
Joshua Leonard– among the 3 celebrities of The Blair Witch Job, together with Heather Donahue and Michael Williams– is currently speaking up versus the intended flick (a Lionsgate co-production), specifically as it associates with just how the initial actors is dealt with. Connecting to an item in Selection concerning the Blumhouse endeavor, Leonard composed, partially: “The WEIRD PART [about his likeness being used in the press] is that I didn’t know anything about it until a friend sent me a ‘congrats’ screenshot yesterday. My frustration is compounded b/c I’ve been trying to get @lionsgate to engage for over a month about a BWP charity screening I’m putting together for @opositivefest to raise money for artists without healthcare, and NO ONE will get back to me.” He included that “it’s 25 years of disrespect from the folks who’ve pocketed the lion’s share (pun intended) of the profits from OUR work, and that feels both icky and classless.”
It must be kept in mind that Leonard has actually ultimately listened to back from Lionsgate because the experience began getting grip, yet the star is not prepared to drop without making his factor. Before this, Leonard would certainly take place to rattle off numerous instances of just how the workshop has actually made sure that he and his co-stars are not being monetarily made up for The Blair Witch Job, which had an initial spending plan of no greater than $60,000 yet would certainly absorb almost $250 million globally, making it among one of the most successful movies ever before. Still, he does not believe that also if he wished to go after lawsuit that he would certainly stand a possibility. At the exact same time, Leonard additionally keeps that his placement isn’t concerning cash yet instead “human decency”, claiming even more regard must be offered to “the craftspeople off who’s backs corporations make their profits.”
As this new Blair Witch flick progresses from Blumhouse and Lionsgate, they might locate Leonard developing assistance for his instance, something we are currently seeing. And going off of his words, he might have a situation right here in his effort to not just defend the initial The Blair Witch Job actors– that has actually had previous lawful fights relating to just how their similarities were made use of in succeeding flicks– yet any type of various other creatives that have actually discovered themselves in such a scenario.
What do you make from Joshua Leonard’s declaration concerning the upcoming The Blair Witch Job flick? What duties do the workshops keep in regards to settlement?
