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Apple Picks Up Psychological Thriller Produced by M. Night Shyamalan

dancj said:
I don't know why people seem to hate him so much these days.
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For me it was “The Last Airbender”. The script/story, set design even the casting were fine. All he needed to do was capture the personalities of the characters from the series, but that was asking to much. That movie is a true failure of directing/editing.
 
GeneralChang said:
Yeah, let's just leave out the decade of steaming piles he directed between The Village and Split.

Honestly, if you're going to do that, you should probably leave The Village off as well. And possibly even Signs. Frankly, I don't care how good Sixth Sense was or how redeeming Split was, his track record is abysmal.
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Funny thing, a few years earlier, Bruce was in the movie "12 Monkeys" and a key line he said was "I see dead people everywhere."
 
WWPD said:
I hope he doesn't write a movie about aliens who can be hurt by water, invading a planet comprised of 70% water. That would be dumb.
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Everyone seems to think the movie Signs is about an advanced space-faring alien invasion. I thought this too. But there is no evidence of that:
  • There is no technology depicted. None. No spaceships, no ground craft, no weapons, no combat armor, no self-destruct devices, no communicators, no helmets/suits/clothes/boots, no tricorders/scanners/optical enhancement devices, nothing.
  • There is no sign whatsoever of an invasion. Why is an "invasion" depicted as hopping around on a barn roof in middle of the night, creeping around a kid's birthday party, making symbols in corn fields, and wandering through a kitchen?
So when people say an advanced alien race capable of interstellar travel shouldn't be defeated by not noticing that there's water around, or cannot get past a little wood latch on a pantry door, or doesn't use their technology... well, those aren't dumb plot holes at all, those are a massively incorrect interpretation of what's on the screen.

This is a movie about spirituality and faith. The creatures are supernatural demons. There is a ton of evidence of this:
  • Demons wouldn't have technology and would act in strange, mysterious, and scary ways. This fits what we see.
  • The demons have cloven hooves, a long-standing visual element of demonic imagery.
  • The crop circle has a pitchfork, also a traditional sign of demons.
  • The water "burns" the demon with the same special effects that holy water always burns demons.
  • This water is in the home where the daughter is referred to as "holy" and "an angel". When she sees a monster in the window, she somehow knows to ask her dad to get her a glass of water.
  • The main character is a priest whose faith has been challenged.
  • The wood latch stops the demon. Wood is a common element in combating supernatural creatures, where no other kind of material will do.
  • The characters all see something different. The priest sees them as a literal, physical, test of faith. The Army guy sees an invading military. The kids see UFOs. The police officer sees them as kids doing pranks. The bookstore owner sees them as a hoax. This is supernatural...not sci-fi.
  • The shape of the cross is sprinkled throughout the movie. For example the top view shot of the town shows it is in the shape of the cross. I know the cross shape can happen coincidentally, but on top of everything else I believe it is purposeful design.
  • An "ancient method" of defeating the demons was discovered in three cities in the Middle East. "Ancient methods" makes sense fighting occasional recurrence of demons. The Middle East is birthplace of the Abrahamic religions. Why specifically say it was discovered in three cities? That's a trinity. All of this makes sense for supernatural demons, and none of it makes sense for alien invasion.
So why does almost everyone interpret this movie as depicting advanced space aliens, when it clearly doesn't depict that at all? I have no idea, even though I'm one of those people.
 
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Any chance of Apple doing something with firefights, car chases, punch-ups, gratuitous nudity?

I want all the cliches, you know, stuff where the hero takes a beating with a baseball bat in his stride, but flinches when the hot chick dabs some disinfectant on his wounds.
 
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last good movie from this dude came out in 1999...... Talk about one-hit wonder......
 
WWPD said:
I hope he doesn't write a movie about aliens who can be hurt by water, invading a planet comprised of 70% water. That would be dumb.
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Ha! My favorite line in the movie is when a newscaster says something like, "It seems some people have fashioned some sort of primitive weapon against the aliens and are fighting them back." It's water, guys. It's water.

How in the world did the news of some primitive weapon against the aliens travel to the newscaster but the fact that it's freaking WATER seems to have been lost in translation? LOL

Imagine if you figured out that water would hurt the aliens and you were around other people. You'd immediately start screaming, "Water! Spray them with water! It hurts them!" and then everyone else would start screaming that as well.
 
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Like Apple Shares. M Night’s success is inversely proportional to the creative output. It don’t make (sixth) sense. It really shouldn’t work. It’s all less for more and the same old formula. So I can see why Apple went for him even though I admire them both for getting as far as they have despite the fact neither are what they once were and could’ve been.
 
MacRumors said:



Apple has given a straight-to-series order for a psychological thriller written by Tony Basgallop and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, known for movies like "Signs," "Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," "The Village," and "Split."

According to Variety, Apple isn't sharing details on the show at this time, but the company has ordered 10 half-hour episodes. In addition to executive producing, Shyamalan will direct the first episode of the series.

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Basgallop, the writer for the show, has previously worked on series like "24: Legacy," "Berlin Station," "What Remains," "EastEnders," and "Hotel Babylon."

The new TV series for Apple will be Shyamalan's second TV show following "Wayward Pines," a science fiction show that focused on a series of mysteries and disappearances in the small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. The cancellation of "Wayward Pines," which ran for two seasons in 2015 and 2016, was just announced yesterday.

Apple has a long list of television shows that are currently in development, and this new psychological thriller marks the 11th show that we know about.

Other TV shows Apple is working on include an untitled morning show drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, an "Amazing Stories" reboot from Steven Spielberg, an untitled space drama from Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore, a series written by "La La Land" creator Damien Chazelle, a Kristen Wiig comedy series, See, an epic world-building drama, Home, a docuseries focusing on incredible homes, "Little America," an anthology series from "The Big Sick" creators Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, and Swagger, a drama based on the early life and career of NBA star Kevin Durant.

Article Link: Apple Picks Up Psychological Thriller Produced by M. Night Shyamalan
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In other words Netflix wouldn't pick it up.
 
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When does Apple plan on releasing their original content? Seems like they are picking up everything left and right but I haven't seen any release dates.
 
nsayer said:
It's clear by the continuing careers of M. Night Shamalyan, Tyler Perry, Adam Sandler and Michael Bay that they'll let any idiot make a movie.
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At least with Adam Sandler you know what to expect and he delivers what you expected.
 
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Blech. That's really all I can say to this. Yeah, 6th Sense was good, and I haven't seen unbreakable, but I heard it was bearable. But since then? He destroyed Avatar: The Last Airbender, and I'm pretty sure everything else the man has ever done has SUCKED EGGS. Why do people keep throwing money at this guy?! Oh, Apple...
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jeremysteele said:
Plot twist at the ending.

Sorry, I just ruined it for you :(



It is bad to say I thought the village was good? I know a lot of people hate it - but it is truly a guilty pleasure.
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Yes, that is bad to say.

;)

It's a bad movie but we all have guilty pleasures. But no it's definitely not very good...
 
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