BREAKING: Lionsgate officially announced today that the next installment in the Blair Witch Project franchise will arrive in theaters on September 24, 2027, marking the fourth film in the iconic horror series and the latest attempt to revive one of the most influential horror properties of all time.
This time around, Lionsgate is putting its faith in the horror powerhouse partnership of Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, with Jason Blum and James Wan helping oversee a new era for the franchise. The move comes as both companies continue to dominate the horror landscape, recently celebrating major theatrical successes with Backrooms and Obsession, which have combined to gross more than $600 million worldwide this spring.
The new Blair Witch will be directed by Dylan Clark, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed horror short Portrait of God. Clark represents the latest wave of genre talent discovered through online platforms and short-form filmmaking before making the leap to studio features.
According to information previously confirmed by Dread Central, the film follows a family on a camping trip who begin disappearing one by one after hearing strange noises in the woods.
Chris Devlin penned the screenplay.
The project is being produced by Jason Blum and Roy Lee (Resident Evil, Weapons, The Ring), while stars of the original 1999 film, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, along with original filmmakers Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick, and Gregg Hale, are all aboard as executive producers.
The new movie marks the fourth entry in the franchise following Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s groundbreaking The Blair Witch Project in 1999, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 in 2000, and Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch in 2016. Wingard’s sequel was famously shot under the secret title The Woods before being unveiled as a surprise Blair Witch film at San Diego Comic-Con. While the reveal generated significant excitement, the film ultimately struggled to connect with audiences and arrived near the tail end of the found footage boom that the original movie had helped create.
Few horror films have left a mark on the genre quite like The Blair Witch Project. Produced on a shoestring budget and marketed as if it were real recovered footage, the film became a cultural phenomenon and one of the most profitable movies ever made, grossing nearly $250 million worldwide while helping define found footage horror for an entire generation.
Now Lionsgate is hoping the combined creative forces of Blumhouse and Atomic Monster can breathe new life into the franchise. The studio is making a similar bet on the future of Saw, another cornerstone horror property currently being developed under the same partnership, with additional announcements expected in the months ahead.
For now, horror fans can prepare to head back into the woods when Blair Witch arrives in theaters on September 24, 2027.
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