Browsing: M. Night Shyamalan

SelfMadeHero, the UK’s leading independent graphic novel publisher, is delighted to reveal that Sandcastle is the inspiration for a major new feature film, Old, which is directed and produced by visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. He said: “Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old. It is a profound mystery sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so…

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SPLIT **** USA 2016 Dir: M Night Shyamalan. 117 mins Following the success of witty found-footage chiller THE VISIT, writer-director Shyamalan stuck with the kind of smart, bold, thoughtful genre pictures that made his name. There are echoes of John Lithgow’s RAISING CAIN showcase here in the form of James…

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UNBREAKABLE ***** USA 2000 Dir: M Night Shyamalan. 106 mins Writer-director Shyamalan’s follow-up to the widely praised THE SIXTH SENSE shared a nuanced, understated Bruce Willis performance, an autumnal Philadelphia backdrop, an impressive juvenile actor (here, Spencer Treat Clark) and a sombre, thoughtful approach to familiar genre material. An expertly…

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