The Woods Revealed to be… a Blair Witch Sequel!

The Blair Witch sequel is coming in September

Kept under wraps for years, Lionsgate has finally revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con (via EW) that the previously-named The Woods is actually a sequel to 1999’s horror hit The Blair Witch Project! Simply titled Blair Witch, you can watch the new trailer in the player below!

The film stars James Allen McCune (Showtime’s “Shameless”) as the brother of Heather Donahue’s character from the original horror film, who sets out to discover what happened to his long-missing sister. Blair Witch is directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, whose previous teamed up on You’re Next and The Guest.

“’The Woods’ was our working title,” says Wingard. “When we signed on to it, we knew that [the name] was eventually going to be changed. To us, it wasn’t even going to be part of the marketing. But I think Lionsgate made a really smart decision, using that.”

Callie Hernandez (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series), Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry (The Following), Corbin Reid, and Wes Robinson co-star as the doomed characters in the film.

Blair Witch will be released in theaters on September 16. Are you looking forward to the movie?

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