The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced
Why cape for predatory pencil pushers instead of the actual content providers
This sounds like the same thing that happens to recording artists too often - they’re trapped in some exploitative contract that pays them pennies on the dollar while their song soars to #1
Except most artists tend to have better representation and more control over their album sales, marketing and promotion and royalty percentages then their late 60’s-80’s rock predecessors, and granted it was hard-earned and their were more then a few casualties along the way ( Badfinger being a notoriously sad, despicable case) but most successful artists are far smarter, savvier and cautious about the record deals they make now.
You can’t blame Lionsgate, Guido, for the creators of the original Blair Witch Project for not getting better, more competent SAG representation and negotiating a bad, business deal. Thats on them at least, partly. They didn’t really believe their low-budget art horror film would become the sensation it did and likely also assumed that 300 grand was a steal for the movie they made because they thought it wouldn’t do much.
They were very much wrong and now they’re upset they couldn’t see the future and what original Blair Witch film would do and they have serious regrets. They were young, naive, and idealistic and made a terrible, misguided decision.
I feel sorry for them but Guido their at least partly responsible for them not having the rights to their IP and being able to rake in millions from all the reboots, sequels, and comic book-related material.
That’s why lawyers are a Godsend, Guido and why up-and-coming artists, actors/actresses, musicians and in a less then a week, every college player being drafted in the first/second round of this year’s draft HAS TO gets the best damn lawyer available that will fight to get you the best deal humanly possible. That’s why they are an absolute necessity.