![]() ![]() The name got pinned on her – she had nothing to do with it. I don’t know if that idea would’ve made it, but that’s what’s cool about folklore – there’s a folklore, and when you find out the truth of it, it’s never what you thought it was." “Elly Kedward was going to be a character who died right at the beginning, and nothing else ever happened as a result of her. Mythology maestro Ben Rock revealed that, in the planned prequel: The really big twist, however, had more to do with the story itself than with its narrative structure or setting. There’s so much more to explore – and there’s no reason not to." ![]() I mean, that worked great the first time, I think both Adam and Simon did a great job on this current movie, but there’s so much more. "Blair shouldn’t be limited to three or four people going out into the woods with video cameras and disappearing. Why such a huge departure from the found-footage format of the original? Dan Myrick explained: This may all be common knowledge, but what perhaps isn’t as well known is what the so-called Haxan Five had lined up for the future of the Blair series had they been left to their own devices, they not only would have delivered Blair Witch 2, but potentially five more installments, ranging from sequels to prequels, each meticulously detailing the twisted mythology of Elly Kedward and her stomping grounds in the Black Hills woods. The result was Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, which was so atrocious that it pulled a Batman and Robin and single-handedly killed the entire multimedia franchise in one fell swoop. Artisan refused and opted to make the next installment all on its own, without the original filmmakers’ involvement. ![]() The fact that there was a considerable amount of both hype and backlash to the “scariest film of all time” was also a prime motivator in wanting to wait and let the air clear a little. Haxan Films, the tiny production company that had formed to create Blair Witch, was angling to do an entirely different project (a comedy called Heart of Love that, sadly, never quite materialized) and had asked for the powers that be to hold off on a follow-up for at least a little while longer. ![]()
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