Lionsgate and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster have announced a release date for their reboot of the 1999 found footage horror sensation The Blair Witch Project. Dylan Clark, known for his viral YouTube horror short, Portrait of God, is directing.

As revealed in a video posted to social media, the currently untitled film will hit theatres September 24th 2027. Original stars Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, who starred in the original 1999 found-footage hit, will serve as executive producers alongside the first movie’s directing team of Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick.

Like Obsession’s Curry Barker and Backrooms’ Kane Parsons, director Dylan Clark got his start on YouTube. He is next directing a film adaptation of his viral short Portrait of God for Universal Pictures, produced by Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele.

Leonard and Williams, alongside their co-star Heather Donahue, have had a fractured relationship with the franchise. After the actors were encouraged to use their real names in the film as part of a viral marketing gimmick, they later sued Artisan Entertainment for using their names and likenesses in the 2000 sequel and won a $300,000 settlement each. While Leonard and Williams are returning, Donahue is not. She wrote the following in a Facebook post this month:

I want to clarify that I am not participating. I was offered an agreement that, for me personally, raised difficult long-term questions about rights, future technological use of identity and voice, the ability to speak freely, and compensation. Ultimately, it just wasn't something I felt comfortable signing. I genuinely wish everyone involved well. But preserving my autonomy mattered more to me.

More YouTubers like Clark will likely be entrusted with significant horror projects as the industry adapts to the overwhelming success of Backrooms and Obsession