In July the groundbreaking horror pic marked a decade since its release--and the BBC.co.uk spoke with directors Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez who said they are in the process of developing a third film, with no relation to the Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 that the two of them had nothing to do with.
Sanchez on 2: "We felt a little betrayed because we wanted to let the Blair Witch hype die down a little because it was so out of control and there was a bit of a backlash. But they wanted to strike while the iron was hot and they went ahead and made the movie for what we thought were all the wrong reasons. We felt that the story of that movie broke the mythology."
Sanchez on 3: "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 [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."
Gritty looking people? I digress...
When I first saw the original I loved everything about it.....As I was in the process of making my own indie short film--It gave me some momentum to proceed when things were at a low point...But upon repeated viewings my feelings about BW turned into "Meh"
While there was coverage of the film's 10 -year anniversary--It seemed to be confined to Mentions in print and on the Net...
The questions remain.
Can these guys can get funding, much less a distributor for this project? And are Blair Witch fans really buzzed for a third film that follows the events if BW #1?
I say let the first film stand...and be done.
...On the topic of Net buzz-I saw District 9 last night...And will post my thoughts on it soon....
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