News about Joshua Leonard

The Blair Witch Project redefined horror movies when it became a huge, unexpected hit upon its release in 1999, raking in $248.6million at the box office on a tiny budget of $60,000. The film follows the disappearance of three student filmmakers in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary on the local legend known as the Blair Witch. It starred Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard playing fictionalized versions of themselves using their real names. The actors shot nearly all of the footage shown in the film themselves. They only got paid $500-a-week for their work on the film, with filming lasting only eight days and when the film grossed $100million, they only received a fruit basket for their contributions.

As Lionsgate prepares to reboot The Blair Witch Project 25 years later, the movie's original stars are calling out the studio. Actor Joshua Leonard, who used his real name in the 1999 found-footage horror film, slammed Lionsgate on Instagram after the company announced the reboot earlier this week.