The ever-creative auteur,M. Night Shyamalan, has been in the filmmaking business for three decades but still has plenty of ideas for even more mind-bending thrillers. In an interview withCollider, Shyamalan confirmed that he already has an outline for three new films:
“Yeah, it’s a really odd moment. Both very wonderful and confusing because I have three movie ideas. I even have the structure of all three to some extent. And so it’s a very weird and interesting situation I’m feeling. I wish I could tell them faster. I wish I could get there faster, but there is no shortcut. I have to spend the six to nine months to write it. I have to storyboard for three months, and then we have pre-production, and then shooting it, and edit for as long as I can get every single second.”
He didn’t spill any details about what those three films could be about, but we know they’ll all be separate and unrelated to each other. While he said he wouldn’t take any shortcuts, he confirmed that he’d make those films relatively quickly, with two to three years between each film.
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Shyamalan gained widespread recognition and acclaim forThe Sixth Sense,a film in which a psychic child can see and hear the spirits of the dead. He later wrote and directed theUnbreakabletrilogy, which featured uncanny twists on the traditional superhero genre. Other films of his includeSigns, The Village, The Happening,andOld.
Recently, Shyamalan has ventured into television, producingServantand directing several of its episodes. The fourth and final season began streaming on Apple TV+ last month. Rupert Grint’s work in the series helped land him a role inKnock at the Cabin,Shyamalan’s latest film, and it’s likely that Grint could appear in another one of his future projects.
Shyamalan has frequently collaborated with Bruce Willis, who has since retired from acting. However, the director says he willalways be thankfulfor Willis' work.
Knock at the Cabinreleases this Friday. The plot revolves around a family attacked and held prisoner by strangers who insist they must make a sacrifice to prevent an apocalypse. It releases this Friday, and the director insists it’s best watched in theaters. The film stars Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Jonathan Groff, and Ben Aldridge. It’s based on the novelThe Cabin at the End of the World,written by Paul Tremblay.
