#BUDGET FOR THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2016 UPDATE#

#BUDGET FOR THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2016 UPDATE#

Throughout вЂњBlair WitchвЂќ you can sense him and his regular screenwriter, Simon Barrett, trying to update вЂњThe Blair Witch ProjectвЂ™sвЂќ mock-documentary concept for a slicker, technologically savvier era of post-millennial digital filmmaking, while still retaining some semblance of the rough-and-ready DIY sensibility that made the original film a pioneering indie classic. In thrillers like вЂњYouвЂ™re NextвЂќ and вЂњThe Guest,вЂќ the director Adam Wingard has proven himself a nimble and energetic devotee of the horror canon, and he approaches his source with an appreciable mixture of reverence, enthusiasm and tongue-in-cheek humor. But to be fair, itвЂ™s also one of the few examples of this dispiriting trend that does, from time to time, elicit your admiration for the cheeky inventiveness of the filmmaking instincts on display. If nothing else, вЂњBlair Witch,вЂќ a so-so new entry in the found-footage freakout subgenre initiated nearly two decades ago by вЂњThe Blair Witch Project,вЂќ suggests that gimmicky franchise resuscitation is not strictly the domain of the major studios. With the singular exception of PixarвЂ™s stirring and imaginative вЂњFinding Dory,вЂќ every one of these dubious exercises in cultural nostalgia has been an unmitigated letdown - the sort of stinker that invites you to question your fondness for the original property, to say nothing of the taste and sanity of the people exploiting it.

It would seem that there has never been a better time to dust off the cinematic relics of 15 to 20 years ago, given this yearвЂ™s sudden deluge of long-deferred sequels: вЂњIndependence Day: Resurgence,вЂќ вЂњZoolander 2,вЂќ вЂњMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,вЂќ вЂњCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.вЂќ Did I say better? I meant the precise opposite.

Budget for the blair witch project 2016