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Have you noticed that whenever a new movie pops up on Netflix with no advance notice, it tends to be - um, how do I say this - less than successful? The latest addition to their slate is another example of this practice.

We try to be diligent when we write about the coming attractions on your favorite streaming service. Inevitably, Netflix will throw a pretty big title into the lineup with little to no fanfare. Even Netflix's own announcement page leaves a lot of films out in the cold until they suddenly appear.

It's as if they haven't worked out the rights to the movies and shows months in advance but find them left on their corporate doorstep like sad little orphans. Like Venom: the Last Dance popping up out of nowhere.

A case in point is a thriller that debuted in theaters to pretty good numbers, $22 million in its first week.

There’s a scene in the searing Amazon Prime series “Expats” where Nicole Kidman’s character, a moneyed American living in Hong Kong, breaks into her neighbor’s apartment, convinced he’s perhaps kidnapped her missing son. Rifling through his personal effects, she picks up a pair of binoculars and holds them to her face, apropos of nothing, to perhaps see what the neighbor might’ve seen from out the window across the way. Or perhaps, to understand, “What are binoculars? How do they work?” It’s an unintentionally comic moment, and it’s pretty much what’s happening for the entirety of Amazon Prime Video’s latest partnership with Kidman and her Blossom Films, “Holland.”

Kidman here plays another, less fortunate housewife, Nancy Vandergroot, in Mimi Cave’s thriller, and as in the ill-conceived but retrospectively campy 2004 remake of Ira Levin’s “The Stepford Wives,” she’s back to the cookie-cutter,...

You know how we often hear about actors getting paid millions for their movie roles? Well, hold onto your popcorn because what we’re about to dive into will blow your mind.

While a typical A-list salary might make us mere mortals gasp, some clever actors have managed to negotiate deals that have earned them over $100 million from a single film. Yes, you read that right – one hundred million dollars from just one movie!

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) | Credits: Paramount Pictures

And we’re not talking about decades of accumulated earnings or multiple films in a franchise – these are paydays from individual projects that would make even Wall Street executives do a double-take.

Ready to discover how your favorite actors turned their performances into nine-figure paydays? Let’s take a look at these Hollywood heavyweights who’ve mastered the art of the deal and hit the entertainment industry jackpot.

The entire WWE fandom lost trust in their eyes as they witnessed John Cena finally turning heel and betraying Cody Rhodes. But what if we tell you that there is a WWE betrayal that is more painful and whose impact is still felt.

Many combat sports fans argue that Seth Rollins’s betrayal of The Shield impacted WWE far more than any other heel turn. The Shield was one of the biggest factions in WWE history, with immense success inside the squared circle. And when it all came crashing down, its echoes were heard all over the WWE universe.

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Seth Rollins labelled The Shield’s success as the main reason behind destroying it. Rollins believed that the faction had nothing more to win, and it was time for him to embark on his journey and stack up personal accolades.

A killer walks right into a trap — can he find his way out? M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap follows a serial killer as he heads into what he thinks is merely the biggest concert in Philadelphia. But the Lady Raven show is more than just a sanctuary for the thousands of teen girls who are excited to see their favorite pop star. It’s also an intricate and well-organized FBI sting operation to catch a killer who’s been on the loose for years. With plenty of twists and turns along the way, Trap is a wild ride from start to finish — a classic game of cat and mouse that keeps you guessing until the very last minute.

Luckily, you don’t need a concert ticket for this event — here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 thriller, now streaming on Netflix in the US.

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I bet you didn’t quite picture a blonde Josh Hartnett as an action hero, but given the man has played literally everything of late, including a psychopathic serial killer—in M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap—it shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ve sort of been witnessing a career revival of the actor for the past few years, and if James Madigan’s Fight or Flight is anything to go by, then there’s no stopping the man. Hartnett is a scene-stealer in the movie, which isn’t anything that you haven’t seen before, but the bold, over-the-top approach does the trick here. Not to mention, the action choreography is pretty spectacular and extremely fun to watch if you’re an action junkie. In this article, we’re going to discuss the story of Fight or Flight and also the possibility of it getting a sequel. Let’s take off.

Massive spoilers for the first episode of "Daredevil: Born Again" follow.

M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" introduced a useful nomenclature for comic book super-villains: the mastermind and the soldier (the physical equal and opposite for the hero). Daredevil has two great nemeses that both hit one category each: Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin, and Bullseye. "The man who never misses," Bullseye is a ruthless assassin with impossibly good aim and not a shred of conscience.

The Netflix "Daredevil" series from several ago put Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) rivalry front and center, but it held off on Bullseye. He finally came in the series' third and final season, reimagined as an FBI agent named Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter (Wilson Bethel). Far from the campy baddie played by Colin Farrell in the 2003 "Daredevil" film, this Bullseye was truly disturbed and only grew worse under Fisk's tutelage.

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James McAvoy touched down in his hometown at the Glasgow Film Festival this weekend where the actor lifted the lid on his experience of directing his first feature film California Schemin’ , which he admitted was “the most stressful thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

Speaking to an audience at the Glasgow Film Theatre for an In Conversation event on Sunday, the Glasgow native said: “I remember waking up one morning feeling like I needed a root canal because my molars were killing me, and I had a toothache because I was clenching my jaw so much in the night. My face was swelling up and that’s quite problematic because I have to be in the film.”

The X-Men actor recently wrapped shooting California Schemin’, based on Gavin Bain’s autobiography of the same name, which was later re-printed as Straight Outta Scotland. The story was later adapted...

Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender is regarded as one of the very best animated series of all-time. Created by Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko, the show was more than just another series aimed at young audiences: it was full of deeply emotional storytelling, covering themes of war, oppression, grief, and moral ambiguity.

Because of its incredible world-building and multi-faceted story, Avatar was always a top contender for a live-action adaptation. And that's exactly what it got...but the results were mixed. For instance, legendary director M. Night Shyamalan attempted to adapt the series to the big screen with The Last Airbender in 2010, but the results were disastrous. The movie was awful; look no further than its 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

This brings us to Netflix's live-action remake, which aired its first season in 2024. Despite Dimartino and Konietzko dropping out of the project early on due to creative differences,...

I am very much a proponent of Hindi movies moving away from the “intermingling of genres” or masala template into something resembling a full-blown genre treatment. That’s not to say that the Girish Kohli directorial completely dedicates itself to the genre it has devoted its film to, but for the most part it succeeds.

Structured as a film set in a single location—in this case, the car of Dr. Abhimanyu Sood (Sohum Shah)—”Crazxy” (2025) doesn’t stubbornly dedicate itself to being stuck fully inside the car for gimmick purposes. The gimmick we realize is the camera completely being invested in the journey of this flawed, compelling doctor, whose no-good, very bad day begins as he is traveling with a bag of settlement money for a malpractice case he is interested in settling out of court. In this journey, he is contacted by a man claiming to have kidnapped his daughter.

Last year, over 670 films were released in America, and that number has been steadily increasing every year since the end of the pandemic. That’s why I believe the Academy Awards’ limited selection of nominees will never be able to please everyone no matter how hard they try. That being said, it’s awfully clear that the Academy likes some kinds of movies more than others, as horror fans have noticed that genre productions are very rarely rewarded at the annual ceremony.

And while we think there’s a good chance that both Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance might earn their very own statuettes at this Sunday’s event, today we’d like to take a look back on other horror movies that were infamously snubbed at the Oscars. After all, it wasn’t very long ago that nearly all scary movies had to fight to...

Nicholas Sparks, one of the world’s most celebrated novelists, is seeing his beloved 1999 novel, A Walk to Remember, get a modern makeover. Sparks, whose books have sold over 130 million copies globally, first captured hearts with The Notebook and has since seen 11 of his romantic tales adapted for the big screen, including hits like Dear John and Message in a Bottle.

The 2002 film adaptation of A Walk to Remember, a poignant coming-of-age romance starring Mandy Moore and Shane West, is now set for a reboot with the original producers, Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, at the helm.

The first film, which grossed over $47 million against an $11 million budget, is revered as a cornerstone of modern romantic dramas, noted for its emotional depth and memorable performances. The reboot will see Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, and Vicky Patel of Monarch Media join the production team, alongside Margaret French-Isaac for Di Novi Pictures...

Exclusive: Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the seminal early aughts coming-of-age romance from Nicholas Sparks, with plans to develop a reboot alongside the original film’s producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry.

An enduringly popular bestseller published in 1999, A Walk to Remember follows a rebellious high school senior who falls for a quiet, faith-driven girl after being forced to participate in a school play, discovering the transformative power of love, forgiveness and the beauty of living each day with purpose.

Famously, Shane West and Mandy Moore broke out with their turns in the original 2002 film adaptation from Warner Bros. While the Adam Shankman film made less than $48 million in theaters, it remains one of the most popular titles in the modern rom-com canon to this day.

The full producing team on the reboot will include Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel for Monarch Media,...

In the brightest day, in the darkest night, the first look at the new DC series Lanterns is in sight! An HBO Original series, Lanterns places legendary Green Lantern Hal Jordan alongside new recruit John Stewart as the pair examine a strange murder deep within America’s Heartland.

These intergalactic police officers, both Earthlings, are well-equipped for this mission on their homeworld. What mystery unfolds from there may shape the rest of their lives, perhaps their universe.

In a social media post by the official Max account, we now know the actors portraying these important roles. Kyle Chandler, of Friday Night Lights fame, embodies Jordan as a grizzled veteran, while Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge and M. Night Shyamalan’s Old) wields the ring for Stewart.

Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in Lanterns. Image Courtesy of John P. Johnson/HBO | John P. Johnson/HBO

The post’s image shows the pair...

A couple of weeks ago it’s been announced that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and bestselling author Nicholas Sparks are joining forces for a new supernatural romantic thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal set to star.

Shyamalan and Sparks are co-developing the story. However, instead of writing a script together, Shyamalan will create the screenplay while Sparks will write a novel based on the same concept and characters.

The film will be produced by Theresa Park (After Yang), Marc Bienstock (Split), and Shyamalan himself. Sparks will also be involved as an executive producer.

Related: M. Night Shyamalan and Apple Win ‘Servant’ Copyright Trial Jury Rules, Escape $81M Claim

Now popular industry insider Daniel Richtman revealed some new details about the upcoming movie.

Richtman says that the movie is titled ‘Remain’ and it’s being described as “cosmic romantic drama.” He also suggests that Alicia Vikander is in talks for the female lead.

Rupert Grint On “Harry Potter” Co-Stars (Photo Credit – Instagram)

It’s almost surreal to think that more than two decades have passed since Rupert Grint first graced the big screen as the lovable, freckled Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series.

From an awkward yet fiercely loyal best friend to one of Hogwarts’ most courageous heroes, his journey alongside the bespectacled boy who lived was packed with magic, danger, and seven years of unforgettable chaos.

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Rupert Grint’s Life Beyond Hogwarts

Since bidding farewell to the wizarding world in 2011, Grint, now 36, has carved out an impressive career beyond the walls of Hogwarts.

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The following article contains heavy spoilers for "Paradise" up to and including episode 7 of season 1.

If you're not watching Dan Fogelman's new show "Paradise" on Hulu (Disney+ internationally), what are you doing with your life? This is a show that combines the kind of character drama Fogelman had the entire country glued to the screen for in "This Is Us," plus a premise that would delight Michael Crichton.

The heavy use of flashbacks and the high-concept, ensemble-driven story feels like something straight out of the mid-2000s, a time when shows like "Lost" and "Prison Break" had audiences endlessly debating what new plot twist and complication awaited the main characters and what new mystery would begin to unravel. If you somehow missed what already was the single best plot twist of 2025 so far, I am here to tell you that "Paradise" doesn't just have a killer first episode or a fantastic premise,...

Jesse Eisenberg has quietly amassed one of the most impressive filmographies of any artist working today, as he has shown a great deal of interest in all aspects of storytelling. While Eisenberg’s career began with small roles in films by noted directors like M. Night Shyamalan and Michael Hoffman, he quickly created an awkward, paranoid personality that made him an unorthodox leading man. While Eisenberg perfected this persona over the course of his subsequent film roles, he would frequently show an ability to subvert it by taking on more subversive parts. Eisenberg has written short fiction, worked in theater, delivered an amazing performance on the FX miniseries “Fleishman Is Is Trouble,” and has become an exciting writer/director who is certain to have many more great films.

Although he does make time to appear in franchises like “Now You See Me” and “Zombieland” that appeal to more average moviegoers,...

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"I just thought, I love gothics, let's have a little fun. Let's do a gothic." Those are the words of author Dennis Lehane speaking about what inspired him to write "Shutter Island," his acclaimed novel that would ultimately be adapted for the screen in 2010 by Martin Scorsese, arguably our greatest living filmmaker. Lehane, speaking on a featurette for the film's Blu-ray release titled "Behind the Shutters," explained that he was trying to reckon with the state of the world in the early 2000s and decided to tell a tale set in 1954 at the height of McCarthyism.

Inspired by classics such as "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers," he set out to write a story with a "completely unreliable narrator." Published...

When German director Frédéric Hambalek first started writing What Marielle Knows, he had no children. By the time the film finally made it to screen, premiering in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, he had two. As it turned out, Parenthood would shape the film unexpectedly.

In the high-concept dark dramedy, Hambalek carries out a social experiment. The titular teenage girl (played by Laeni Geiseler, a revelation) receives telepathic powers after she’s smacked in the face by her best friend. Suddenly, Marielle has the power to see and hear what her mother, Julia (Julia Jentsch), and father, Tobias (Felix Kramer), are doing, whether they’re off at work, sneaking a smoke and flirting with office colleagues, or engaging in pillow talk in the bedroom with the door closed. Suddenly, under 24/7 observation, Tobias and Julia are forced to confront their hypocrisies and contradictions.

“The idea, before I had kids,...

Dave Bautista’s Rom-Com Dream! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Dave Bautista wants to star in a rom-com. No explosions, no apocalyptic threats — just love, laughs, and maybe a slow-motion run through the rain. But Hollywood doesn’t seem to be calling, and he’s starting to wonder why.

“I know I’m not your typical rom-com lead,” he admitted at the Knock at the Cabin premiere in New York City. “I’m a little rough around the edges. But I always, you know, I look in the mirror and I say, I ask myself, ‘Am I that unattractive? Is there something that unappealing about me that excludes me from these parts?’”

The man has played an intergalactic warrior, a deadly spy, and a literal apocalypse-bringer. But a charming bookshop owner who falls for an equally quirky co-star? Not yet. “I don’t know. It’s just never come my way,” he said.

Like a Yorgos Lanthimos movie co-directed with M. Night Shyamalan, the dark supernatural satire What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle weiss) takes a Hollywood high concept and turns it into a scathing comedy about a bourgeois family in deep crisis.

This second feature from German writer-director Frédéric Hambalek is a big step up from his no-budget debut, Model Olimpia, which mined similar conceptual terrain. Sharply designed and well-performed, if a bit thin in the long run, the film premiered in competition at the Berlinale, where it could spark interest among high-end arthouse distributors. It also has some remake potential — although a broader, more audience-friendly version would probably have to remove all the graphic sex talk and child-slapping.

If the pitch behind Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense can be summed up by the famous line “I see dead people,” the major twist in What Marielle Knows, which occurs at the very start of the movie,...

Providing the perfect date night option for those who love romantic comedies and festive slashers, Josh Ruben's Heart Eyes is now slicing into theaters, and Lakeshore Records will release Jay Wadley's score for the festively frightful film digitally beginning February 14th, giving horror-loving couples the chance to add the movie's music to their Valentine's Day playlists. As an early treat for Daily Dead readers to enjoy ahead of the soundtrack's holiday digital release, we have the chilling Heart Eyes track "Forgive Me" that you can listen to right now!

You can listen to Jay Wadley's "Forgive Me" below, and we also have the full track listing with additional details! To learn more about the digital release of Heart Eyes—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, visit:

https://lnk.to/heart-eyes

From the Press Release: Lakeshore Records is set to release Heart Eyes--Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally [on] February 14, featuring music...

Una historia conjunta de Shyamalan y Nicholas Sparks. © Getty Images

El conocido cineasta M. Night Shyamalan (El sexto sentido) ha encontrado al protagonista de su próxima película, y no es otro que Jake Gyllenhaal, actor con quien nunca antes había colaborado y que se suma así a su larga lista de colaboradores estelares como Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis o James McAvoy.

Según informa Deadline, el actor de Donnie Darko encabezará el reparto de este thriller romántico sobrenatural. Y, ojo, porque es una historia original creada a cuatro manos por Shyamalan y el afamado novelista Nicholas Sparks, autor de grandes éxitos como El cuaderno de Noah y Querido John.

Aunque todavía no hay detalles de la trama ni tampoco un título, lo que se sabe es que ambos, Shyamalan y Sparks, están trabajando por separado en este proyecto en una fase de desarrollo paralela: mientras el cineasta se encarga de escribir el guion,...

The drama series is an adaptation of the 2021 novel by Araminta Hall.

There’s almost always something interesting cooking on Apple TV+. The streamer ensures this by following a policy of releasing only original, high-quality titles with big-name stars attached. A new limited series based on Araminta Hall’s novel “Imperfect Women” certainly fits that bill. The show has assembled some serious star power, and we’ll fill you in on all the details we have about it as it creeps closer to a release below!

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What do you get when you mix Nora Ephron with Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers? The combination might seem antithetical, but it works scarily well in director Josh Ruben‘s sweet, funny, terrifying rom-com/slasher movie mash-up, “Heart Eyes.”

Working from an inventive script by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy, Ruben somehow deftly satisfies fans of both “Sleepless in Seattle” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” An iconic new horror villain is born in the form of the movie’s Heart Eyes Killer, a slasher who stalks young lovers each Valentine’s Day.

Ruben, as he explained to IndieWire, wanted the movie’s two sides to be equally strong so that the horror would deepen the romance made all the more terrifying because of our investment in the two young lovers (Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding) fleeing from the Heart Eyes Killer. In studying films of both genres,...

James Norton, Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens have joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wife & Dog’ for Black Bear.

The trio join the previously announced cast of Cosmo Jarvis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Anthony Hopkins.

Plot details are thin on the ground but the project will explore the colourful and backstabbing world of the British upper classes.

Also in news – Jake Gyllenhaal set to star in M. Night Shyamalan thriller

Ritchie has penned the screenplay and will also serve as a producer alongside long-time producing partner, Ivan Atkinson and Black Bear’s John Friedberg. Executive producers include Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler for Black Bear, and Louise Killin.

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Zac Efron has joined Will Ferrell in an Amazon MGM, currently untitled comedy.

Efron will star as a convict in a story that follows a young convict fresh out of prison who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage, blaming the megalomaniac TV judge, played by Ferrell, for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life.

Nicholas Stoller will direct the feature which he also penned. He will also be producing via his Stoller Global Solutions banner, while Ferrell is producing under his Gloria Sanchez Productions outfit. Gloria Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum and Alex Brown are also producing.

Also in news – Jake Gyllenhaal set to star in M. Night Shyamalan thriller

Ferrell is currently starring opposite Reese Witherspoon in the ‘You’re Cordially Invited,’ which Stoller also directed.

Efron recently wrapped production on ‘Famous,’ a thriller centred on celebrity in which the actor plays dual roles of a heartthrob actor and overzealous fan.

Stephen King needs no introduction, having written himself -- quite literally -- into any horror writer hall of fame. There's something about Stephen King's books that hit differently, as he pens real stories about people put into the most haunting of situations. No one walks away from a King story unscathed. neither the characters nor the readers.

While King is prolific enough, it's good to expand the horizons and discover other similar horror writers. Now, these aren't the clowns who ask ChatGPT to write a story in a Stephen King style for them, then present it to the world as some form of high art because a machine puked it out for them. No, these are the authors who either have King's influence sprinkled over their work or apply similar traits to their writing style, but they still find the space to add their own personal touches and make it authentically them.

Closing out January, Warner Bros. Pictures has brought the horror film Companion to theaters. Early reviews have been positive, with many critics praising the movie for its unexpected twists, dark humor, and strong performances, especially from Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid.

If you're a horror fan, this is definitely one to see on the big screen. However, there's no need to panic if you miss it in theaters. You’ll still have a chance to catch it when it hits digital platforms. It is also expected to make its way to a streaming platform eventually. So, whether you prefer the theater or watching from home, Companion will soon be accessible for horror fans everywhere.

Jack Quaid as Josh in Companion | Warner Bros. Pictures

That being said, you're probably wondering when exactly it will be available on digital. Unfortunately, an official digital release date hasn't been announced yet, which isn’t...

Spooky Pictures, the company run by Steven Schneider and Roy Lee, has teamed up with Idw Entertainment to adapt Dungeon, the horror comic by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman.

Schneider and Lee will produce the adaptation along with Daniel Kendrick of Idw Entertainment, the screen arm of Idw Publishing.

The option deal comes as Snyder and Sherman have become among the top commodities in the comics field. Snyder, a longtime comics author, is currently writing Absolute Batman for DC, with that comic’s launch becoming the biggest-selling title of 2024. Sherman is illustrating Absolute Wonder Woman, which was also a massive launch that went to multiple printings.

Published as a five issue miniseries in 2023 and 2024, the story begins when a family moves from the Big Apple to upstate New York to escape the hustle and bustle. However, their father’s dream of a quiet rural life is shattered when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land,...

M. Night Shyamalan has come out with some comments on the one defining factor of his films: the twists that define the cat and mouse game that he usually adapts in his stories. The director tried to play it off as something that might not have been in the front of his mind, but his comments suggested otherwise.

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As the LA Times reported in a piece on the director, M. Night Shyamalan talked about his career in films, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, in August of 2024. The director has been notorious for his brilliant work, which is often punctuated with colossal failures that cause critics to write him off as a has been.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is reportedly going to star in a supernatural romantic thriller, a collaboration between M Night Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks.

Here’s a slightly unusual bit of news for you. Months after the release of his latest opus, Trap, M Night Shyamalan is about to make another thriller, this time starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Nothing too unusual about that, you might think. But in a cross-media twist, the project will involve Shyamalan writing the screenplay and Nicholas Sparks – independently, we might add – writing the novel.

According to Deadline, which has the exclusive, the project is a ‘supernatural romantic thriller’, and both Shyamalan and Sparks will base their respective works on the same ‘original love story’.

Both Shyamalan and Sparks are, of course, highly successful in their respective fields. Shyamalan’s signature film arguably remains The Sixth Sense, released in 1999, but he’s also enjoyed success with such films as Unbreakable,...

Jake Gyllenhaal has joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks collaboration of a supernatural romantic thriller.

Plot details are currently unavailable but the project is based on an original story co-created by Shyamalan and global-bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks. Shyamalan and Sparks are independently writing a screenplay and a novel, respectively, based on the same original love story.

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Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce through Blinding Edge Pictures, alongside Sparks’ longtime producing partner Theresa Park and Marc Bienstock. Sparks is an Executive Producer. Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures will produce the film

Gyllenhaal was last seen in the remake of the classic action feature ‘Road House’ at Amazon MGM Studios. There are currently plans in the works for a sequel.

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M. Night Shyamalan is already hard at work on his next film after the success of the Josh Hartnett-led Trap from last year, which grossed over $82 million at the box office last year. Next, Shyamalan will switch gears toward the romance genre with assistance from best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, yes that Nicholas Sparks, who wrote The Notebook and countless other romance tales.

According to a Deadline exclusive, Shyamalan and Sparks are co-writing a screenplay and a novel together about the same original story featuring the same characters and concept. It is being described as a "supernatural romantic thriller." Little else is known about the actual plot details but the outlet also shares that Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the film.

While Shyamalan is no stranger to supernatural thrillers, he hasn't dabbled much in the romance genre, and Sparks isn't known for writing thrillers, so it is an interesting collaboration,...

Not long since Trap left us heralding the return of Josh Hartnett and dazzled by the music of Lady Raven, M. Night Shyamalan has set his next feature. Per Deadline, the project’s a Jake Gyllenhaal-led supernatural romantic thriller with unusual genesis: Shyamalan formulated its story with weepie titan Nicholas Sparks, who––working from “the same concept and set of characters”––will write a novel, each project “tailored to their respective mediums.”

Little else is known about it at this time. Sparks’ involvement may give one pause, but Shyamalan’s films are often romantic, and when they aren’t romantic they’re absolutely emotion-drenched––as far as an idea goes, the point of origin makes sense. This being announced so early in the year, fingers crossed we get an under-the-wire delivery from the quick-footed auteur.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is making the visit to M. Night Shyamalan for the writer-director’s next feature, which will share a story with a new original romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. The original narrative is a collaboration between Sparks and Shyamalan, with the former writing a book and the latter writing a screenplay independently.

The film marks Shyamalan’s second time making a feature from literary material, after adapting Paul Tremblay’s horror novel “The Cabin at the End of the World” into the 2023 apocalyptic thriller “Knock at the Cabin.” Whether or not this new project technically qualifies as an adaptation is a bit up in the air, since Sparks and Shyamalan are tailoring the same story to their respective mediums in parallel efforts.

Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan are producing the film through their Blinding Edge Pictures. Sparks’ regular producers Theresa Park and Marc Bienstock are also on board. Sparks serves as executive producer.

Per Deadline and The InSneider, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in the next project from M. Night Shyamalan, which is being billed as a supernatural romantic thriller. Additionally, Shyamalan is working with an unlikely collaborator: Nicholas Sparks, the man behind The Notebook. I can’t say I saw that coming either.

The untitled film is based on an original story co-created by Shyamalan and Sparks. Shyamalan will write a screenplay, and Sparks will write a novel. Both will be based on the same concept and set of characters but designed for their individual mediums. Interesting.

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Here's one of those bits of movie news that has you leaning further and further forward the more you read Deadline are reporting that Nightcrawler star Jake Gyllenhaal is being lined up to lead M. Night Shyamalan's next movie. And as if that isn't enough to already grab our collective attention, said film is reportedly an original supernatural romantic thriller, co-created by Shyamalan alongside The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks.

Now, you might've picked up on the fact that we say this superrommer (as nobody will ever call it) has been co-created by Shyamalan and Sparks as opposed to co-written by, but that's not an error. Rather, in a similar vein to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's parallel, multimedia collaboration on 2001: A Space Odyssey, the filmmaker and author have conceived this creative project together, but will be writing the story in their preferred mediums separately. Both versions...

M. Night Shyamalan‘s next film is based on an original story he co-created with global-bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks.

Deadline reports that Jake Gyllenhaal is set to start in the supernatural romance thriller.

Plot details are being kept under wraps per usual, but Shyamalan and Sparks are independently writing a screenplay and a novel, respectively. Both projects are based on the same concept and set of characters but tailored to their respective mediums.

Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures will produce the film, which is in discussions with Warner Bros. for a theatrical release.

Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce for Blinding Edge alongside Sparks’ longtime producing partner Theresa Park and Marc Bienstock. Sparks serves as executive producer.

Shyamalan’s most recent directorial effort, Trap, grossed $71.5 million worldwide last year.

Gyllenhaal will next be seen in sister Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride!, due out on October 3.

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Sometimes you just have to wonder if Hollywood studios create projects via Mad Libs. How else do you get a film that is going to star Jake Gyllenhaal, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and co-created by Nicholas Sparks? Is it a spooky take on “The Notebook?” Who knows?

According to Deadline, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s new, untitled film.

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Jake Gyllenhaal has found his next movie role, and there are several famous faces involved!

The film will be a “supernatural romantic thriller” from famed director M. Night Shyamalan and “The Notebook” author Nicholas Sparks.

Deadline reports that M. Night and Nicholas are “independently writing a screenplay and a novel,” both based on the same story and characters.

Keep reading to find out more…

Not much more is known about the project at this time.

Nicholas‘ latest book, “Counting Miracles,” was published in 2024.

M. Night’s latest film was 2024′s Trap, starring Josh Hartnett as “The Butcher,” a serial killer who takes his daughter to a concert that ends up being a ploy to capture him.

Find out if Jake will be returning for season 2 of Presumed Innocent on Apple.

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Exclusive: M. Night Shyamalan looks to have his sights set on his next mysterious project and looks to have found some high-profile talent to collaborate with. Sources tell Deadline Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film, a supernatural romantic thriller, based on an original story co-created by Shyamalan and global-bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks. Shyamalan and Sparks are independently writing a screenplay and a novel, respectively, based on the same original love story.

Both projects will be based on the same concept and set of characters, but tailored to their respective mediums. For Shyamalan not only does he land another A-lister to lead his family as so many are always looking to work with him, this also marks the first time he will collaborate with a high-profile writer on an idea, something to surely excite fans of the master storyteller.

Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce through Blinding Edge Pictures,...

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The California jury’s unanimous decision, delivered on Friday after a day of deliberation in the seven-day trial, ends a long-running legal battle initiated in 2020 by Francesca Gregorini. She alleged in a lawsuit seeking $81 million a conspiracy to copy almost every aspect of her film The Truth About Emanuel, which she wrote and directed, in the making of the first three episodes of Servant. Both works follow a mother who cares for a doll as if it were real to grieve the loss of a child and her relationship with a nanny she hires to take care of the doll.

The verdict reaffirms the high bar in convincing a jury that...

Update: Variety reports that a federal jury ruled unanimously in favor of M. Night Shyamalan and Apple in the copyright lawsuit filed against them by The Truth About Emanuel writer/director Francesca Gregorini. While testifying last Wednesday, Shyamalan said that neither he nor anyone else involved with Servant had seen or heard about The Truth About Emanuel before Gregorini filed the lawsuit. After saying this was all “clearly, 100%, a misunderstanding,” Shyamalan added, “This accusation is the exact opposite of everything I do and everything I try to represent. I would have never allowed it. None of the people that I work with would ever do anything like that.“

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M. Night Shyamalan was cleared of copyright infringement in the $81 million lawsuit over the Apple TV+ series Servant, with a jury unanimously ruling in favor of the director Friday.

In 2020, Italian director Francesca Gregorini sued Shyamalan and the streaming service for copyright infringement, alleging that Servant, which ran for four seasons on Apple TV+, stole elements from her 2013 movie The Truth About Emanuel.

The lawsuit went to trial last Tuesday, during which Shyamalan took the stand in his own defense. During testimony, the director said he and his co-creators had...