Blumhouse's Blair Witch Project remake taps a YouTuber to direct

It's the latest in a wave of successful horror YouTube creators getting bumped up to helm studio work At CinemaCon 2024, Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced a planned remake of 1999's viral breakout horror movie The Blair Witch Project, the film that launched a mega-wave of found-footage horror movies and redefined viral marketing. The announcement came with few details, apart from promising a "new take" on the franchise. Two years later, the studios have announced who'll be helming that new take: first-time feature filmmaker Dylan Clark, who's earned a huge following for his short horror films on YouTube. Clark is the latest in a wave of popular YouTubers stepping up to make theatrical releases. Earlier this year, game streamer Mark Fischbach bypassed the studio system entirely with his creepy feature debut Iron Lung. A24 backed Undertone, the feature debut of VR filmmaker Ian Tuason, who's going on to reboot the Paranormal Activity franchise for Blumhouse. A24's upcoming Backrooms, based on a popular creepypasta series, was directed by 17-year-old Kane Parsons, known for his Backrooms web videos. The trend mimics what traditional book publishing houses have been doing for decades n