Myrick and Sanchez, eager to try something different, instead threw themselves into raising funds for a romantic comedy called “Heart of Love” that never panned out. In the immediate aftermath of “ The Blair Witch Project” taking off around the world, the company announced its investment two follow-ups, only one of which came to fruition. However, distributor Artisan Entertainment had plenty of ideas. “We didn’t have a plan if it became the highest-grossing independent film of all time.” “We had a plan for if it failed, what do with our finances without declaring bankruptcy,” said Eduardo Sanchez, who co-directed with Daniel Myrick.
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In 1999, the shaky-cam horror movie “The Blair Witch Project” grossed nearly $250 million around the world, turning the microbudget chronicle of a few friends who venture into the woods and never returned into an unexpected phenomena. About a decade ago, the team behind the biggest hit of the decade wrote a screenplay for the prequel.