So Mr Shyamalan's new project has been announced, and judging by what i have read so far, i for one am EXTREMELY excited about this. Filming hasnt even started yet, and we only have Mark Wahlberg signed up (Although i have a feeling Paul Giammatti will be in there somewhere), but i am waiting with sweaty palms for a trailer.
Here's IMDB's blurb on it.
Pretty vague huh? Heres Wickpedia's blurb...
So there ya go. Sounds interestng though. Also, check out this link below for a review of the script. No idea how accurate it is, or how many spoilers are there but, i for one am very eager to learn more about this. All hail the Shyamalan.
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=49
Here's IMDB's blurb on it.
Originally Posted by IMDB
A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.
Originally Posted by Shyamalanapedia
On ABC's The View, Shyamalan stated that his next project was a science fiction piece in the realm of Michael Crichton, and that it has Mark Wahlberg attached to it.[24] During the same broadcast, it was also implied that Paul Giamatti, the star of Lady In the Water, might participate in Shyamalan's next project as well as Colleen Cincotta, Mark Simbron, Justin Swope, and Kate Hudson. In addition, he has called his next project both his darkest and his most Hitchcockian. Saying, "The one I'm writing now, I really love those 1970s and 60s paranoia movies – The Andromeda Strain, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, so this new one is in that kind of vein."[25] He also told TIME Magazine that he has two ideas for his next film: "One is a big, broad idea, a Jurassic Parkian kind of idea. And one is kind of an Agatha Christie type idea. I’m trying to decide which to do."[26]
Shyamalan has since moved forward on his science fiction project. On March 7, 2007 Variety reported that M. Night's spec script The Green Effect had been sold to 20th Century Fox after having gone through a comprehensive rewrite when no major studios were interested enough in greenlighting the film. The project, renamed The Happening, is sceduled to be released in June 2008 and will be produced by Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, and Berry Mendel.
Despite Warner Bros. having already bought two more of his movies sight unseen, in an apparent career move, Shyamalan decided to broaden his studio relations to help his image.
"Because I'd been so lucky in making successful movies in the past, I was in monogamous relationships with a few studios and the isolation meant I'd never really met anybody," Shyamalan said. "Instead of me just being a name, I was a guy in a room."
The Happening will be Night's first R-rated effort.
"[Fox studio executive] Tom [Rothman] felt strongly about making this my first R-rated picture," Shyamalan said. "We talked about trying to get the kind of intensity that is present in 'Silence of the Lambs,' and the kind that Guillermo del Toro got in 'Pan's Labyrinth.' The impact of the beautiful things in that movie wouldn't have landed as strongly if the film had not been R rated."
The second draft of the movie was offered a home from several studios, but Shyamalan decided on Fox because of the studio's enthusiasm and past work in the genre of global disaster movies (e.g. The Day After Tomorrow). In addition to past hints, such as on Shyamalan's appearance on The View, that Paul Giamatti would return on his follow-up project to Lady in the Water, Shyamalan says he plans to cast a big name lead actor to star in the film.[27]
Shyamalan's recently announced film will be an R rated thriller filmed in Philadelphia. It will feature a family on the run from a natural crisis threatening all of humanity, and will be released in June of 2008.
On February 13, 2007 Latino Review posted a very favorable script review of The Happening (formerly titled The Green Effect) with El Mayimbe writing "[Shyamalan] is an original voice, an original storyteller who comes up with nothing but original stories. A guy who told stories successfully in the past will one day tell stories successfully again." He also added in regards to the spec script being turned down by almost every major studio, "I mean what was it? Was Shyamalan’s quote too high? Was there a list of demands? I mean what? It can’t be the script because, I’m sorry, it’s pretty darn good! I enjoyed the heck out of it. It was creepy and has a very good theme and premise."[28]
In addition, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News wrote a review of The Happening, writing "I predict if Fox stays out of M. Night's way, that this will be seen as M. Night's 'comeback'. . . . [W]hat M. Night has constructed thus far in this script is a very 1960s End of the World scenario. If you've ever seen NO BLADE OF GRASS - combine that with the premise of something like Stephen King's CELL - and you're heading in the direction that this movie goes in."[29]
Knowles also went on to call this potentially "the best film M. Night has made. . . . As with all of Shyamalan's films - at the heart of the script is spiritual healing and hope. However, unlike everything he's done - there's a mean streak."
The plot of the film involves Earth's vegetation unleashing an invisible neurotoxin causing all those who breathe it to brutally kill themselves.
The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore, goes on the run with his wife and friends as hysteria grips the planet.[30]
In a call-in interview with Preston and Steve's morning radio show in Philadelphia, Mark Wahlberg stated that he was in talks to star in the film
Shyamalan has since moved forward on his science fiction project. On March 7, 2007 Variety reported that M. Night's spec script The Green Effect had been sold to 20th Century Fox after having gone through a comprehensive rewrite when no major studios were interested enough in greenlighting the film. The project, renamed The Happening, is sceduled to be released in June 2008 and will be produced by Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, and Berry Mendel.
Despite Warner Bros. having already bought two more of his movies sight unseen, in an apparent career move, Shyamalan decided to broaden his studio relations to help his image.
"Because I'd been so lucky in making successful movies in the past, I was in monogamous relationships with a few studios and the isolation meant I'd never really met anybody," Shyamalan said. "Instead of me just being a name, I was a guy in a room."
The Happening will be Night's first R-rated effort.
"[Fox studio executive] Tom [Rothman] felt strongly about making this my first R-rated picture," Shyamalan said. "We talked about trying to get the kind of intensity that is present in 'Silence of the Lambs,' and the kind that Guillermo del Toro got in 'Pan's Labyrinth.' The impact of the beautiful things in that movie wouldn't have landed as strongly if the film had not been R rated."
The second draft of the movie was offered a home from several studios, but Shyamalan decided on Fox because of the studio's enthusiasm and past work in the genre of global disaster movies (e.g. The Day After Tomorrow). In addition to past hints, such as on Shyamalan's appearance on The View, that Paul Giamatti would return on his follow-up project to Lady in the Water, Shyamalan says he plans to cast a big name lead actor to star in the film.[27]
Shyamalan's recently announced film will be an R rated thriller filmed in Philadelphia. It will feature a family on the run from a natural crisis threatening all of humanity, and will be released in June of 2008.
On February 13, 2007 Latino Review posted a very favorable script review of The Happening (formerly titled The Green Effect) with El Mayimbe writing "[Shyamalan] is an original voice, an original storyteller who comes up with nothing but original stories. A guy who told stories successfully in the past will one day tell stories successfully again." He also added in regards to the spec script being turned down by almost every major studio, "I mean what was it? Was Shyamalan’s quote too high? Was there a list of demands? I mean what? It can’t be the script because, I’m sorry, it’s pretty darn good! I enjoyed the heck out of it. It was creepy and has a very good theme and premise."[28]
In addition, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News wrote a review of The Happening, writing "I predict if Fox stays out of M. Night's way, that this will be seen as M. Night's 'comeback'. . . . [W]hat M. Night has constructed thus far in this script is a very 1960s End of the World scenario. If you've ever seen NO BLADE OF GRASS - combine that with the premise of something like Stephen King's CELL - and you're heading in the direction that this movie goes in."[29]
Knowles also went on to call this potentially "the best film M. Night has made. . . . As with all of Shyamalan's films - at the heart of the script is spiritual healing and hope. However, unlike everything he's done - there's a mean streak."
The plot of the film involves Earth's vegetation unleashing an invisible neurotoxin causing all those who breathe it to brutally kill themselves.
The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore, goes on the run with his wife and friends as hysteria grips the planet.[30]
In a call-in interview with Preston and Steve's morning radio show in Philadelphia, Mark Wahlberg stated that he was in talks to star in the film
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=49
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