Here is a kind of bits of film information that has you leaning additional and additional ahead the extra you learn (or, à la that Vince McMahon meme, tipping additional and additional again in your chair.) Deadline are reporting that Nightcrawler star Jake Gyllenhaal is being lined as much as lead M. Night time Shyamalan’s subsequent film. And as if that is not sufficient to already seize our collective consideration, mentioned movie is reportedly an authentic supernatural romantic thriller (*nod*, *nod*, *nod*, and quadruple *nod*), co-created by Shyamalan alongside The Pocket book creator Nicholas Sparks.
Now, you may’ve picked up on the truth that we are saying this superrommer (as no person will ever name it) has been co-created by Shyamalan and Sparks versus co-written by, however that is not an error. Reasonably, in the same vein to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s parallel, multimedia collaboration on 2001: A House Odyssey, the filmmaker and creator have conceived this inventive challenge collectively, however shall be writing the story of their most popular mediums individually. Each variations will share the identical characters and idea, however will in any other case exist in their very own distinct varieties, with the central love story at their coronary heart carrying between. Noteworthily, this would be the first time Shyamalan has collaborated on an authentic story with different writers since he teamed up with Will Smith and Gary Whitta on sci-fi catastrophe film — and catastrophe sci-fi film — After Earth.
Plot particulars for Shyamalan, Sparks, and Gyllenhaal’s team-up stay firmly below wraps at this stage, however the information comes off the again of an enormous 12 months for each director and star. 2024 noticed Gyllenhaal efficiently reboot Highway Home below Doug Liman’s route, nail his starring streaming debut in Apple TV’s Presumed Harmless, and land a task reverse Denzel Washington on Broadway in an upcoming manufacturing of Othello. For Shyamalan, the discharge of Lure gave the auteur an opportunity to place his daughter Saleka Shyamalan centre stage in a Hitchcockian live performance thriller that had social media ablaze and a greater than wholesome field workplace exhibiting of $82 million on a $30 million funds.
For now although, we wait with bated breath for extra information on this intriguing new collaboration, whose announcement headline alone has twists sufficient to fill a Shyamalan joint after which some. What odds can we get on this in some way being a stealth sequel to The Pocket book? The Notespook, maybe? The NoteboOohk? Hey, Shyamalan does love a ghost story and has acquired earlier when it comes seeing lifeless folks.
