While some horror purists might think The Blair Witch Project should remain back in 1999, encapsulated in the time and place that made it a found-footage sensation some viewers actually believed was real, Lionsgate is of a different mind. Over the years, we’ve had a sequel and a stealth sequel, and a fourth feature—a “new imagining“—is on the way. Now we know when our next trek into the backwoods will be: September 24, 2027. Lionsgate announced the news with a brief social media video making use of the franchise’s signature stick figures: 9.24.27 pic.twitter.com/Yow1uXAcj5 — lionsgate (@Lionsgate) June 23, 2026 As was previously reported, around when this new Blair Witch was announced, the trio of actors from the original film—Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard—issued a public statement asking the studio for proper compensation, considering the key role they’d played in the original film’s success.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago, and fans learned that Williams and Leonard would be aboard the new movie as executive producers, as would the original film’s directing team, Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick, and producer Gregg Hale. (Donahue, who now goes by Rei Hance, opted not to participate.)
