Eduardo Sanchez, one half of the filmmaking duo behind the found-footage masterpiece The Blair Witch Project, is giving fans hope that one day they may finally get a sequel.
After the 1999 indie hit broke box office records, a sequel was rushed into production. While it has aged pretty well, it definitely put a proverbial dagger in the coffin of the could-have-been mega franchise.
After the resurgence of found-footage, and the popularity of rebooting franchises, it’s only a matter of time until Lionsgate gets behind a new installment of Blair Witch, a franchise that deserves a second coming.
“We have been talking to Lionsgate and there has been a little bit of movement but nothing is concrete,” Sanchez tells DreadCentral “The film seems inevitable to me, but really it’s just a matter of it being the right time. I’m thinking it’s going to happen sooner than later at this point, but I always say that. There’s always rumblings and certain ideas being pushed around and such. While I don’t have anything firm to talk about now, it wouldn’t surprise me if something happened within the next year or two.”
Seriously. A new Blair Witch is a no-brainer like none other. The question is, what direction would it head? Personally, I’d love to see a mix of found-footage and traditional film work that shows a news crew investigating the infamous legend of the Blair Witch, and the kids that went missing in 1999…
