Blair Witch 3 happening?

[rustinparr]

The Blair Witch Project co-creator Daniel Myrick spoke with Sci-Fi Wire recently on the possibility of another addition to the series. Although rumblings of a prequel detailing the mythology behind the Blair Witch folklore have been around for several years, it seems that they're still no step closer to it happening, but they're still not giving up.

Whether or not the film happens is entirely up to Lionsgate, who owns the rights, saying "we're developing some ideas and exploring some storylines that we like, and checking out some locations and seeing if something can get some tracks in with Lionsgate. But we'd like to do one. It would be great."

He then added... "We're still debating on whether or not you'll see the witch. It's hard to make something like that literal and ultimately have it realized in any form."

You can read the rest of the article here.

scifiwire.com/2009/02/will-there-be-another-blair-witch-project-sequel.php
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What do you all think about it? the info is dated 2009...

[Anarchist86ed]

I reported the same news some time ago.

There is no new BW movie. Not now, not anytime in the very very near future. Seriously, let's move on and let it go. If it ever happens it'll happen.

Dan hates when I act like a naysayer on this, but that's how it is.

[Dan]

I'm not saying anything on this.

As I said, when there's news, and there will be news I promise, I will post it on our site.

I'm just not in a position to discuss it here at this time.

[rustinparr]

Alright. I just wanted to post this because it was dated 2009, I didn't know it was already posted/discussed here before.

Nevertheless, there are several websites claiming that there will be BW3 afterall... they are actually struggling to make this possible with Lionsgate... so I really hope things go well.

We've been waiting for so long.... this must happen someday.

[Anarchist86ed]

It won't.

It's all just endless talk, and Dan knows it he just won't say it. Frankly I'm tired of hearing about it.

Talk talk talk and negotiations. That's all it ever is. By the time they make a new movie it'll be a remake.

[Tweek]

If something does happen, you'll read about it here.

[Sz]

Yeah Tweek and Anarchist i get what you're trying to say, but understand that most of the people who still visit this forum do so because we don't ever want to let this movie go.

[Tweek]

I'm with you on that. We all want to see another movie.

[Dan]

Folks, it's only July. Relax!

[Anarchist86ed]

There will never be a sequel.



Live with it.

[Sz]

Jul 6, 2009 9:34:33 GMT -6 Anarchist86ed said:

There will never be a sequel.



Live with it.

Good. because a prequel, would be perfect.

[Anarchist86ed]

A prequel is even less likely.

[unfinishedthought]

Ooh, could be a bit of hope here. BBC News is the most trust worthy news in Britain.

The legend of the Witch lives on

Another sequel?

Now, ten years on from the original, Sanchez and Myrick - whose subsequent careers haven't quite matched the early zenith of Blair Witch - are working on another sequel.

Sanchez admits they are still undecided how to proceed with the project, whether to stick with the grittiness of the first film, or make a more polished and more obviously expensive sequel.

"Ideally, each Blair Witch film would be a completely different kind of movie,", he says. "We've thought about doing a film that takes place in the late 1700s and looks like a [Stanley] Kubrick movie with gritty looking people and lighting.

"But now, we're thinking about going back and and seeing what happened directly after the first film finished.

"I think it will have some kind of video element in it, but it won't be a first person hand-held movie."

With the fate of the original characters an unsolved mystery, it is unlikely the actors will also return for the film.

Myrick says: "I talk to Josh quite regularly and Mike Williams as well. Actually, he had a role in my last movie.

"Heather, I haven't seen in years. The last I heard, she had got out of the business and gone up north and is living on a ranch somewhere.

"Maybe she's still traumatised," he adds.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8187275.stm

[Anarchist86ed]

My source is a little more reliable then the BBC.

[captainspalding]

Jul 3, 2009 9:42:40 GMT -6 Anarchist86ed said:

It won't.

It's all just endless talk, and Dan knows it he just won't say it. Frankly I'm tired of hearing about it.

Talk talk talk and negotiations. That's all it ever is. By the time they make a new movie it'll be a remake.

I'm just gonna have to write the script myself. I think I'll write a prequel since the they've already been there and done that with a sequel. What do you think? Should I give it a shot?

[Anarchist86ed]

if you wanna be sued, sure. ;D

[Anarchist86ed]

www.joblo.com/blair-witch-3

It's been just over a decade since THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT hit theaters and created two firmly entrenched opinion camps of "brilliant" and "stupid." I favor the former, and see the film as a classic of the genre, despite its deceptively simple concept of “running around the woods and yelling.”

The sequel was a massive let down for too many reasons to go into here, but recently the BBC spoke to directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez about a third installment they’ve been mulling over.

“Ideally, each Blair Witch film would be a completely different kind of movie. We’ve thought about doing a film that takes place in the late 1700s and looks like a Kubrick movie with gritty looking people and lighting…But now, we’re thinking about going back and and seeing what happened directly after the first film finished. I think it will have some kind of video element in it, but it won’t be a first person hand-held movie.”

Hm, which do you think would be better? An 18th century witchhunt, or seeing what happens to the guy standing in the corner? I’d go with the first one, but I think the directors are forgetting that the handheld camera is what made the film memorable in the first place. Take that away, and I’m not sure you’ve got anything worth watching.

Extra Tidbit: Frankly, with how little these movies cost, I’m surprised this series didn’t turn into an annual SAW-like event.

Tweek and I can both tell you that even if there is a sequel, it's many, many years away. And that's being optimistic. We all knew there'd be more articles popping up around the tenth BDay.

[rustinparr]

That's true. But they must do something about it to make the waiting less annoying. Wouldn't be that at least helpful?

[Anarchist86ed]

Or the boys could just announce the super secret surprise and noone would care about another movie for a while...

But obviously that's not to happen soon.

[captainspalding]

Aug 12, 2009 13:20:32 GMT -6 Anarchist86ed said:

if you wanna be sued, sure. ;D

So I could be sued if I wrote a script, had it copyrighted and presented it to Dan? Why? I could understand if I tried to submit a script to someone without his perission but I wouldn't want to do that even if I could.

[rustinparr]

If it will be made or not, a third movie it's necessary.
Now I just hope some more info about that big surprise leak soon.

[Anarchist86ed]

Dan has been MIA for a long time. Which could be good... or bad

[Tweek]

Aug 13, 2009 13:22:42 GMT -6 Anarchist86ed said:

Dan has been MIA for a long time. Which could be good... or bad

I hope it's because he's busy doing... what he does

[Anarchist86ed]

we don't wanna know what he does

[Anarchist86ed]

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