Has Blumhouse’s Blair Witch Project reimagining found its director?
Two years have passed since it was announced that a reimagining of the 1999 hit The Blair Witch Project was moving forward under the guidance of Blumhouse Productions – and now, industry scooper Daniel Richtman is reporting that the project may have found its director: Dylan Clark.
Who Is Dylan Clark?
If the name Dylan Clark isn’t familiar to you, that may be because Clark hasn’t made a feature film yet. Four months ago, it was reported that Clark is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror thriller Portrait of God, which is coming our way from Universal Pictures and producers Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele. Written by Clark and Joe Russo (The Inheritance), that movie will be an expansion of Clark’s short film of the same name.
Plot details are being kept under wraps for the time being, but the short follows a religious young woman who discovers the answer to the question, ‘What does God look like?’ Deadline described, “Opening with a quote from the Old Testament — ‘No man shall see Me and live’ — it finds Mia sitting in the dark, practicing a slide presentation about a work of art dubbed ‘Portrait of God.’ To some who view the painting, she says, it appears completely black. But others report seeing a person in the darkness — one who’s been described time and again, in consistent detail. Minimalistic yet menacing, the short offers a counterpoint to the idea of God as a benevolent entity. Viewers of the portrait, beware.“
Peele is producing Portrait of God alongside Win Rosenfeld through Monkeypaw Productions, with Raimi and Romel Adam producing through Ghost House Pictures.
Blair Witch
As for the reimagining of The Blair Witch Project, Blum is producing the film with Roy Lee, who previously produced the 2016 film Blair Witch. The idea is that this reimagining could kick off a series of Blair Witch movies, taking the franchise into a new era.
Lionsgate and Blumhouse have made a multi-picture pact that will see Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library – and the development and production of a new The Blair Witch Project is the first project on that slate.
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