M. Night Shyamalan

Apparently making super creepy mystery movies for major movie studios just runs in the Shyamalan family. M. Night Shyamalan, of course, is well-known for movies like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. He’s been freaking us out and making us guess for decades. But now, his daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan is getting in on the family tradition with a summer release from Warner Bros. called The Watchers.Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DProduced by M. Night Shyamalan, but written and directed by Ishana…

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M. Night Shyamlan’s 2010 film The Last Airbender may be the gold standard for how not to translate a beloved property from one medium to another. Though Shyamalan more or less covered the plot of the first season of the animated fantasy epic Avatar: The Last Airbender, he misunderstood nearly everything else about the show, from casting white actors in roles that were designed to be Asian or Indigenous (and getting terrible performances out of them) to something as easily avoidable as mispronouncing half the…

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy with Star Wars fans at the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker.Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images)We’ll never understand how certain pockets of the internet vilify Kathleen Kennedy. Since Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm in 2012, she’s been instrumental in bringing one of the most famous franchises in the world back to prominence on the big screen and beyond. Under Kennedy we finally got to see what happens after Return of the Jedi, the first Star Wars TV show, what…

From a lo-fi haunted house masterpiece to the big-budget return of the king of the kaiju — it was a good year to be terrified at the movies It was the creepiest of times, it was the here’s-more-comfortable-I.P.-reboots of times…. Horror continues to be one of the few Friday-night multiplex staples that’s the movie equivalent of recession-proof, one of those go-to genres that guarantees good opening weekends and the sort of thrills-chills-spills combinations that sells…

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The strangers are about to arrive in Knock at the Cabin.Image: UniversalIf there’s one thing M. Night Shyamalan is great at, it’s keeping the audience guessing. Shyamalan’s best films almost always center on some big mystery, or reveal by the end that it was a mystery all along. To that end, his new film Knock at the Cabin is right in the filmmaker’s wheelhouse. The film succinctly and provocatively sets up a fascinating mystery that unravels and unfolds until the very last scene. Along the way, Shyamalan’s direction and…

Glass could have crossed over with a fourth M. Night Shyamalan film.Image: UniversalWhen M. Night Shyamalan turned his intense thriller Split into a surprise sequel to Unbreakable, nerd minds broke all over the world. He then completed the unlikely trilogy with 2019's (highly disappointing) Glass, bringing the superpowered stars of both Unbreakable and Split together. Now in a new interview, the writer/director reveals he considered slyly linking yet another of his films into that universe, but got cold feet at the last…

Drax’s final ride comes in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.Image: Marvel StudiosTen years ago, when James Gunn cast former professional wrestler Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, some were skeptical. Sure, this dude was a charismatic wrestler, but could he act? Oh, how that has changed, now that Bautista’s breakout Marvel Studios role has propelled him into a diverse, impressive acting career. Though the character is a fan favorite, the actor reveals that he never wanted Drax to be his signature role and that he’ll…

Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint, and Nell Tiger Free in season four of Servant.Image: Apple TV+Servant, the psychological thriller executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan—a guy who knows a thing or two about mindfucks and thrills—returns for its fourth and final season on Apple TV+ in January. And from the looks of this new trailer, there’s a wild ride ahead to the series’ conclusion. Check it out!Servant — Season 4 Official Trailer | Apple TV+Servant season four will run 10 episodes. Here’s what Apple TV+ has to say about…