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- Fans of The Blair Witch Project will finally be able to see the movie as it was intended, minus the extra effects and with new content on the Blu-Ray release.
- Producer Michael Monello has announced a special 25th anniversary edition of the film that will reveal unseen content and remove previous transfer errors.
- The original film's cast came under heavy criticism after Lionsgate announced the remake, citing the lack of respect and legal battles they faced over their roles.
Blair Witch Project Fans may not know it, but they haven’t seen the original film as the production team was supposed to. That’s all set to change in October when an all-new version of the film is released on Blu-Ray, changing everything fans know about the film.
In a post shared by Dawn of the Discs on X/Twitter, it was revealed that Blair Witch project Michael Monello The production company has announced details of a new release to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film that launched a whole generation of found footage copies. However, unlike the Lionsgate/Artisan releases people are used to, this will be an unseen version of the film, with new content and the removal of extra effects added to previous transfers of the film. According to the post:
“For 25 years, Artisan/Lions Gate has been content to release a version of this film that does not reflect the way the directors intended, with broken motion and grain on video. Now that we have a director-producer approved version, I believe I have earned the right to abandon the Artisan release of the film without consulting us.”
If they want to take money and put it on the market, I can't stop them, but I'm not going to stop talking about something I worked hard on and it launched with poor conversion and the same old add-ons.
“It hasn’t been announced yet, but a new version of the original film is coming out in October with new exclusive content. For the first time ever, the film will look the way it was originally intended to look. In 1999, Artisan didn’t consult us about the transfer and they… I think the technical term is ‘messed it up’ and they or Lionsgate never fixed it. Not even for the Blu-Ray release. The upcoming version will be the only one that represents the filmmakers’ full vision for the film.”
The Blair Witch remake has caused quite a stir among the original cast.
Announcing this special edition for 1999 Blair Witch Project The announcement comes as a surprise to fans, but it also comes on the heels of Lionsgate announcing that it would reboot the franchise with a new film. The announcement was met with disappointing reactions from the stars of the original film. Blair Witch The film, which has been voicing its opinions on social media over the lack of respect shown to them by the studio over the years since the film's initial success.
Heather Donahue, who became the face of the franchise, expressed her disappointment at the announcement of the remake at a time when it spoiled the 25th anniversary of the original film. She said:
“I was actually looking forward to the 25th anniversary. We had a few conventions booked. It's great to hear nice things from the fans and see the guys. It was a great feeling for the first time in the history of this thing. Then all of a sudden, this announcement came, and it was like, 'Hey guys.'”
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The backlash to the news was partly driven by the legal battles the stars of the 1999 film faced to get proper compensation for their roles in the blockbuster hit. When the low-budget film became a worldwide hit, Artisan sent baskets of fruit to the cast, prompting them to file a lawsuit to claim a share of the profits they felt were rightfully theirs. The trio received a $300,000 settlement, but the bitter taste remains in the knowledge that the studio is still making millions from the film to this day.
It seems that the legacy Blair Witch The curse is one that has passed from the screen to the film's sequel to a new generation. This time, home media will be the ground from which this second vision will take off. Blair Witch Project The new game's October release seems to be aimed at exorcising the demons of the series' long and troubled past.
