Whenever I saw Book of Shadows, they just didn’t touch on all these things I wanted to see. There were a lot of things that I could still remember watching the first film, as a mega-fan as a kid, thinking, what I wanted out of a sequel. He adds, “From there, we were left to our own devices to figure it out. EW has profiled the making of the film, which follows James Allen McCune‘s character, the brother of Heather Donahue’s character from the original hit back in 1999. “They knew they wanted it to be a continuation of the first film, using Heather’s brother,” says Wingard. That’s right: it’s actually a surprise sequel to The Blair Witch Project. Wingard’s credits include “The Guest,” “A Horrible Way to Die” and “You’re Next.In a Hollywood marketing machine that dates films half-a-decade (or more) in advance with constant updates reminding you to be excited for their latest property, how do you genuinely surprise an audience? Lionsgate, perhaps taking a note from Paramount’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, has revealed at Comic-Con that the next film from You’re Nextand The Guestdirector Adam Wingard, previously titled The Woods, is in fact an entirely different beast.

Artisan budgeted $15 million for the film, which grossed $48 million worldwide. The 2000 sequel “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2” was directed by Joe Berlinger and followed a group of people going into the woods to investigate the witch and coming unglued. After debuting at Sundance, Artisan released the movie, which became a box office sensation with nearly $250 million in worldwide grosses. The first film, 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” was directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick with a production budget of $60,000. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods, but as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence.

“Blair Witch” centers on a group of college students venturing into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of the sister of one of the students - who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch.

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