Post by harlequinade on Apr 26, 2017 17:01:00 GMT
Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are set to return for 'Glass.'
After 17 years, M. Night Shyamalan is finally delivering a proper sequel to Unbreakable.
The writer-director announced the news on Twitter Wednesday after months of teasing a new script he's been writing. He revealed the film is called Glass, and that Bruce Willis (David Dunn) and Samuel L. Jackson (Mr. Glass) will return. Universal will release the film on Jan. 18, 2019.
"It’s taken 17 years but I can finally answer the #1 question I get, 'Are you making a f#&@ing sequel to Unbreakable or what?' " he tweeted. "My new film is the sequel to #Unbreakable AND #Split. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film."
Shyamalan is coming off a hot streak, with Split earning more than $275 million worldwide on a $9 million budget. He has been tweeting progress on a Split followup for several months. His 2015 found-footage film The Visit was also a box-office hit and well-liked by critics.
[Warning: spoilers ahead for Split.]
Split starred James McAvoy as a kidnapper with multiple personalities and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, one of the young women who must fight to survive his capture.
With Split, Shyamalan pulled off perhaps his greatest twist yet.
A last-minute cameo from Willis revealed that Split is set in the same universe as Unbreakable, the 2000 superhero film that also starred Samuel L. Jackson as the villain Mr. Glass. In January, Shyamalan revealed to Heat Vision that Split villain Kevin Wendle Crumb (McAvoy) was actually included in his first drafts of Unbreakable, but had to be cut out. He also revealed he was hoping to write and direct a third film that would characters from both films.
Shyamalan revealed Wednesday that both McAvoy and Taylor-Joy will return for Glass.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/m-night-shyamalan-confirms-sequel-unbreakable-split-997515
After 17 years, M. Night Shyamalan is finally delivering a proper sequel to Unbreakable.
The writer-director announced the news on Twitter Wednesday after months of teasing a new script he's been writing. He revealed the film is called Glass, and that Bruce Willis (David Dunn) and Samuel L. Jackson (Mr. Glass) will return. Universal will release the film on Jan. 18, 2019.
"It’s taken 17 years but I can finally answer the #1 question I get, 'Are you making a f#&@ing sequel to Unbreakable or what?' " he tweeted. "My new film is the sequel to #Unbreakable AND #Split. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film."
Shyamalan is coming off a hot streak, with Split earning more than $275 million worldwide on a $9 million budget. He has been tweeting progress on a Split followup for several months. His 2015 found-footage film The Visit was also a box-office hit and well-liked by critics.
[Warning: spoilers ahead for Split.]
Split starred James McAvoy as a kidnapper with multiple personalities and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, one of the young women who must fight to survive his capture.
With Split, Shyamalan pulled off perhaps his greatest twist yet.
A last-minute cameo from Willis revealed that Split is set in the same universe as Unbreakable, the 2000 superhero film that also starred Samuel L. Jackson as the villain Mr. Glass. In January, Shyamalan revealed to Heat Vision that Split villain Kevin Wendle Crumb (McAvoy) was actually included in his first drafts of Unbreakable, but had to be cut out. He also revealed he was hoping to write and direct a third film that would characters from both films.
Shyamalan revealed Wednesday that both McAvoy and Taylor-Joy will return for Glass.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/m-night-shyamalan-confirms-sequel-unbreakable-split-997515