Witch Sequels Set

With all the hoo-ha surrounding the fate of **Blair Witch Project **prequels and sequels, not to mention the confusion over who exactly is going to do what, it's a relief to hear that things are finally shaping up in the Witch camp. Without further ado, here are the plans: Award- winning documentary director Joe Berlinger is set to take the helm of Blair Witch Project 2, with a start date in February and a planned Halloween 2000 premiere. The development process has seen a combination of several commissioned scripts, out of which Artisan (who distributed TBWP) and the film's producers picked the one they liked best. Blair Witch 3, planned for a summer 2001 release, will serve as a prequel to the original. It will be written, produced and directed by the original Blair Witch team of Ed Sanchez and Dan Myrick, who will also act as consultants on the *sequel *(the Berlinger one). But the budget for the follow-ups is to be considerably greater than the estimated $60,000 (