One of the stars from the 1999 horror film “The Blair Witch Project” is speaking out against Lionsgate after the studio announced a forthcoming reboot.
Actor Joshua Leonard said he felt “frustration” upon hearing the news because of how he felt the studio treated him after the original film’s release. Leonard detailed some of his complaints in a lengthy Instagram post.
“The WEIRD PART is that I didn’t know anything about it until a friend sent me a ‘congrats’ screenshot yesterday,” he wrote of the reboot announcement, which was shared at CinemaCon on April 10. “I’ve been thinking a lot about this time, after seeing my BWP collaborators recently and sharing memories… sweet AND f***ed-up ones.”
Leonard also alleged in the post that he and his co-stars were paid much less than $4 million, which is what an anonymous “Hollywood insider” said they received….
