Deadline has details on two of M. Night Shyamalan’s next projects, including his untitled possible next directing gig. First, Shyamalan’s production shingle, Night Chronicles has hired Chris Sparling (Buried) to pen Twelve Strangers, a thriller that involves a jury deliberating a case involving the supernatural. Night Chronicles is a production pact with MRC to produce features with up and coming filmmakers based on Shyamalan’s ideas. The company’s first feature is the upcoming Devil, directed by John Dowdle.
Second, plot details have reportedly emerged on the super secret project that Shyamalan has been shopping around Hollywood with scripts that he will let execs read, but not keep. We reported on this a few days ago, with news that Bruce Willis, Bradley Cooper and Gwyneth Paltrow were already loosely attached. Details from Deadline are that Bradley Cooper would play a father on a desperate search for his missing child. It might stray into Taken terrain, but the father taps into some supernatural powers to aid the search.
Shyamalan is currently promoting The Last Airbender for its July 1st premiere.
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Sooooo, Supernatural Taken and Supernatural 12 Angry Men?
This man is either very very smart or very very stupid…
up-and-coming
Old idea + Magical Crap = WHAT A TWIST!
Tito!
Are studios actually still paying this one-trick pony to direct movies? How far can the guy succeed in coasting on the (apparently accidental) quality of "The Sixth Sense"? Waiting on the answer to that question may turn out to be more suspenseful that any of his followup movies.
Mr. Night is looking more and more like a pre-Thriller Michael Jackson.
@Ixion28 Because his movies have, for the most part, made more than they cost to make. Specifically, according to boxofficemojo, they've made over 800 million total, while costing around 400 million total to make. Though admittedly, his recent films haven't fared well, someone with deeper pockets than you or me obviously still thinks he can turn out a profitable product.
Supernatural 12 Angry Men sounds amazing.
Chris: Actually, I already knew that. I was just being snide because he turned out to be such a crashing disappointment as an artist. After near-perfect "Sixth Sense" he seemed so promising, but excepting "Unbreakable" (and you have to be a complete superhero geek to really feel what that movie is getting at), and "Signs" (which is utterly bone-stupid plotwise, but admittedly entertaining and well-acted) he's just completely flamed out quality-wise. I've found his other films all but unwatchable. And this after being hailed by the media as the "new Spielberg".
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