Trap | August 2, 2024 | Warner Bros. | M. Night Shyamalan

[Eric Atreides]

https://deadline.com/2023/02/m-night-shyamalan-warner-bros-deal-1235262667/

 

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EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Pictures Group has inked a multi-year first-look directing and producing agreement with two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, whose movies have grossed $3.3 billion at the box office.

 

In a career spanning four decades, Shyamalan has the rare distinction of having film open at No. 1 in each of those decades. Most recently, he saw his seventh No. 1 opening at the box office with Universal’s Knock at the Cabin, which currently counts $40 million worldwide off a $20M production cost.

 

The pact with Shyamalan comes amid a string of talent deals made recently by Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy; previous first looks include with Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road as well as two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, both first reported by Deadline.

 

Under the new agreement, Shyamalan and his Philadelphia-based production company Blinding Edge Pictures, run by president of production Ashwin Rajan, will develop original projects for the filmmaker to produce and/or direct for WBPG production divisions Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema. Projects currently in the pipeline at Blinding Edge include Trap, Shyamalan’s anticipated next project as a director, which is dated for theatrical release on August 2, 2024.

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I wonder why he left Universal.

[marveldcfox]

Father and daughter releasing movies next summer. Nice.

[lorddemaxus]

7 hours ago, CaptainJackSparrow said:

I wonder why he left Universal.

Probably something to do with his last movie. It got early PVOD date (which Shymalan didnt want to do with Old) and he also switched agencies the day the movie released. Would be funny if the flexible theatrical windows stuff that Shymalan told Nolan to get him to collaborate with Universal is the reason he left.

[excel1]

Josh Hartnett is the star.

 

 

[emoviefan]

1 hour ago, excel1 said:

Josh Hartnett is the star.

 

 

UH i assume these are old photos. Right?

[excel1]

Renamed Good Grades and stars M Night;s daughter along with Josh. Has a special deal to film during SAG since M Night is funding himself.

[cannastop]

 

 

[lorddemaxus]

Trying to think of directors who have worked with such a diverse list of great cinematographers. So far hes worked with guys like Deakins, Fujimoto, Doyle, Blascke, Suschitzky, and now Mukdeeprom.

[abracadabra1998]

Always get pretty excited about a new M Night movie, despite the mixed final products. He is one of the few filmmakers out there you can count on to come up with something new every time.

[kayumanggi]

 

[toutvabien]

The DP on this is Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, who has shot a bunch of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Luca Guadagnino films.

[AMCTheater2000]

 

[kayumanggi]

 

[Krissykins]

Ooh this is a nice unique set up for a film. Something fresh. 

[cinema pal]

I hated Old, Knock at the cabin was "not great, not terrible", this looks like another "M Night bad one" again. 

[el sid]

Not that bad IMO. I mean, I was also excited when I saw the trailer for Old and then the film was IMO only quite decent, but I'm a little more curious now.

Edited Thursday at 04:57 PM by el sid

[filmlover]

This looks extremely goofy (feel like the trailer gives away too much at first, though it's reasonable to assume the revelation that Hartnett is the killer is early in the movie instead of a third act twist) but the concept is fairly unique. I'll see it.

 

 

[harrisonisdead]

This looks very Shyamalan, which means I'm very excited

 

It also appears to be his third movie in a row that takes place almost exclusively within one relatively contained space

Edited Thursday at 05:04 PM by harrisonisdead

[Scubasteve716]

Not sure the movie will be but the trailer is great