The actors claim they didn’t have proper union representation and are seeking additional money for their work in the 1999 horror film.
The three actors who appeared in "The Blair Witch Project" are pushing for more compensation for their work in the popular 90s horror flick. Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams – who improvised most of the movie’s dialogue – allege they didn’t have proper union representation in 1999 and are seeking residuals, according to IMDb.
The actors later sued Artisan Entertainment in 2002 for using their names and likenesses in the studio’s 2000 sequel, "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2."A letter written on behalf of Donahue, Leonard, and Williams was posted on social media on April 20, listing their demands and sent to Lionsgate, the movie studio that owns the Blair Witch movie franchise.
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