The actor shared a laundry list of ways the studio has disrespected the cast and crew to his Instagram over the weekend.
over the weekend, the 48-year-old actor claimed that the new film's production companies, Lionsgate and Blumhouse, have been using a screengrab of his face from the 1999 film to promote the remake and listed off a series of issues that he and the fellow actors and creators have experienced in the 25 years since the film was made.
Among the issues, Leonard claims that despite the film making a whopping $248 million at the box office, he and his fellow actors -- Heather Donahue and Michael C. Williams -- only received $300,00 apiece while studio executives reportedly said the actors each made $4 million. "I’m so proud of our little punk-rock movie, and I LOVE the fans who keep the flames burning. But at this point, it’s 25 years of disrespect from the folks who’ve pocketed the lion’s share of the profits from OUR work, and that feels both icky and classless," Leonard wrote.
Leonard writes that on top of other forms of"disrespect," such as having to take the studio to court over a copyright dispute of their own names and allegedly being initially told that they might end up owing the studio money for marketing expenses, the situation is aggravated by a more recent experience surrounding a philanthropic event he has been trying to put together with -- according to Leonard -- no help from Lionsgate, who bought the film for just $1 million.
"But there was also the FACT that us weirdos got together, with virtually no resources, AND MADE A FILM THAT WORKED! Can we just go on record and say that the film itself is a huge part of why we’re still talking about it 25 years later?" he shared. -- will come together to make a new version of the movie for the franchise.
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