{"id":2222416,"date":"2024-04-16T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-blair-witch-project-actor-blasts-lionsgate-amid-remake-announcement-25-years-of-disrespect\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:42:55","slug":"original-blair-witch-project-actor-blasts-lionsgate-amid-remake-announcement-25-years-of-disrespect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-blair-witch-project-actor-blasts-lionsgate-amid-remake-announcement-25-years-of-disrespect\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor from Original &#8216;Blair Witch Project&#8217; Calls Out Lionsgate Over Remake: 25 Years of Disrespect"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foriginal-blair-witch-project-actor-blasts-lionsgate-amid-remake-announcement-25-years-of-disrespect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222416&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Joshua Leonard, known for his role in\u200b &#8216;The Blair Witch Project&#8217; (1999), criticizes Lionsgate for announcing a\u2064 reboot without\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-financial-services-committee-to-hear-testimony-on-gamestop-stock-shorting-frenzy-from-ceos\/\" title=\"House Financial Services Committee to hear testimony on GameStop stock shorting frenzy from CEO\u2019s\">prior notice<\/a>. Feeling frustrated by the studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-spends-1-5-million-on-transgender-programming-for-prisoners\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Spends .5 Million on Transgender Programming for Prisoners\">treatment post<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-wins-again-hits-number-one-spot-on-imdbs-star-rating\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Wins Again, Hits Number One Spot on IMDB\u2019s \u2018Star Rating\u2019\">original film<\/a>,\u200b he voiced his grievances on Instagram. Leonard also revealed discrepancies\u2062 in payment, alleging they\u2062 were paid much less than reported. Actor Joshua\u2062 Leonard, famous \u2063for his part in &#8216;The Blair Witch \u2063Project&#8217; (1999), \u2063has expressed dissatisfaction with Lionsgate for unveiling a reboot without\u200b warning. He aired \u200bhis grievances on Instagram,\u2063 citing frustration with how \u2063the studio treated him\u2063 after\u2063 the initial \u200dmovie release. Leonard further disclosed payment inconsistencies, claiming they\u200d received\u2063 considerably less than rumored.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the stars from the 1999 horror film \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/horror-movies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Blair Witch Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d is speaking out against Lionsgate after the studio announced a forthcoming <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reboot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Joshua Leonard said he felt \u201cfrustration\u201d upon hearing the news because of how he felt the studio treated him after the original film\u2019s release. Leonard detailed some of his complaints in a lengthy Instagram post.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C5oesR_JjFt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C5oesR_JjFt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Joshua Leonard (@thejoshualeonard)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe WEIRD PART is that I didn\u2019t know anything about it until a friend sent me a \u2018congrats\u2019 screenshot yesterday,\u201d he wrote of the reboot announcement, which was shared at CinemaCon on April 10. \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about this time, after seeing my BWP collaborators recently and sharing memories\u2026 sweet AND f***ed-up ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonard also alleged in the post that he and his co-stars were paid much less than $4 million, which is what an anonymous \u201cHollywood insider\u201d said they received. \u201cWe made [$300,000]\u2026 and NEVER saw another dime,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-gives-emotional-on-camera-interview-following-rust-shooting-halyna-hutchins-was-my-friend\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Gives Emotional On Camera Interview Following 'Rust' Shooting: Halyna Hutchins 'Was My Friend'\">actor insisted<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Blair Witch Project\u201d is a fictional story about three student filmmakers who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, to make a documentary about a local figure known as \u201cThe Blair Witch.\u201d The students all disappear, but their footage is found a year later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The movie was shot in Maryland over eight days and cost around $60,000 to make, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/original-blair-witch-star-blasts-25-years-of-disrespect-reboot-8633963\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and was purchased for $1.1 million by Artisan Entertainment, which was acquired by Lionsgate in 2003. \u201cBWP\u201d earned close to $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonard also claimed that because the actors used their real names in the movie, \u201cthe studio claimed copyright. We had to take them to federal court to win OUR NAMES back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said, \u201cThere were many factors that made BWP a success: timing, marketing, etc. But there was also the FACT that us weirdos got together, with virtually no resources, AND MADE A FILM THAT WORKED! Can we just go on record and say that the film itself is a huge part of why we\u2019re still talking about it 25 years later?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonard concluded, \u201cI\u2019m so proud of our little punk-rock movie, and I LOVE the fans who keep the flames burning. But at this point, it\u2019s 25 years of disrespect from the folks who\u2019ve pocketed the lion\u2019s share (pun intended) of the profits from OUR work, and that feels both icky and classless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Joshua Leonard, known for &#8216;The Blair Witch Project&#8217; (1999), voices discontent towards Lionsgate for planning a reboot. 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