Posts Tagged ‘Devil’
M. Night Shyamalan Explains Origins Of ‘Devil’
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Rohan
M. Night Shyamalan is not letting the rather mixed reviews for “The Last Airbender” darken his easygoing spirit or dampen his creative verve. Late last month, as “Airbender” continued to rake in dough overseas, Shyamalan sat down with MTV News to chat about his upcoming “Devil,” which follows five strangers trapped in an elevator — one of whom just might be the Prince of Darkness.
The film is the first in his planned “Night Chronicles” trilogy, a series based on his original ideas and helmed by other directors, and Shyamalan seems to relish the idea of getting out of the director’s chair and into the role of producer, a job he likened to being the goalie on a hockey team.
As part of our Fall Movie Preview, Shyamalan talked amiably about the film’s genesis, how he’s openly borrowed from other directors throughout his career and why he has such a complicated relationship with the public and the press.
MTV: This is an M. Night Shyamalan film, but it’s not an M. Night Shyamalan-directed film. What does that mean?
M. Night Shyamalan: Well, it just means I have a bunch of stories, a lot of journals I wrote, a lot of movie ideas that I really thought I was going to direct, and then I get another idea and I fill another journal. And I just decided to make a few of them and get really exciting young filmmakers to come and challenge me and show me everything and get some camaraderie going. It’s so lonely making movies, dude. You sit in a room by yourself and do it, and I’ve always kind of dreamed of having like, you know, a group of friends and we all make movies and I say, ‘Hey, what do you think about this?” And they say, “That sucks! And this is why it sucks,” and I go, “Really? Because I thought it was fantastic!” And they have that thing and have different languages of storytellers.
Daniel Stamm to direct Twelve Strangers?
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 by Rohan
The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm might be directing the next movie in The Night Chronicles series, Twelve Strangers, according to HeyUGuys.
The site was at a roundtable interview session with Daniel Stamm, where he revealed some information that falls in line with the format for The Night Chronicles series, where M. Night Shyamalan produces and comes up with an original premise for other writers and directors to take and make the film from. Here’s what he had to say:
“My next project is a supernatural thriller and it’s not going to be shot in documentary style…One of my favorite filmmakers in the world, who’s a legend, is producing it…an idea of his that another writer is writing and I’m going to direct. It has a twist in the ending, without giving away who it is.”
We reported back in June that Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling had been hired to write Twelve Strangers. The story revolves around twelve jurors who are deliberating a case that involves supernatural elements. The first movie in The Night Chronicles series, Devil, opens on September 17.
M. Night Shyamalan’s name was brought up at the roundtable session, along with other filmmakers like Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan and David Lynch, when the journalists were asked to guess which filmmaker he would be working with. While Daniel Stamm did say that one of those guesses was correct, he would not confirm which one it was.
We will keep you guys updated with more news regarding TWELVE STRANGERS. Twelve Strangers comes to theatres 2012.
M.Night Shyamalan’s Escalation
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by RohanThings are looking up for M. Night Shyamalan! He is in the prime of life at age 40, and despite all critical evidence to the contrary, The Last Airbender has managed a healthy global box-office take of $225 million and counting. His Night Chronicles debut next month with the nifty-looking Devil, and his return to acting alongside Penthouse Pet Ryan Keely and MTV Movies correspondent Josh Horowitz is one of his finest performances to date. No, seriously. And there’s a special cameo! Watch it after the jump.
For a guy widely perceived to be humorless and/or utterly doomed, Manoj brings his self-deprecating A-game to this tale of three passengers stranded on an escalator. Keely, meanwhile, brings her lacy underthings, and Horowitz, as per usual, brings his knives. Let’s not give away the other inspired casting here; let it suffice to say that you will not see a better send-up of Devil’s stuck-in-an-elevator-with-Satan plot all day.
Win passes to advance screening of DEVIL
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by RohanOPENING IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 
Welcome to Universal Pictures’ supernatural thriller with M. Night Shyamalan’s (The Sixth Sense, Signs) signature touch, Devil. Devil is directed by John Erick Dowdle (Quarantine, The Poughkeepsie Tapes) from a screenplay by Brian Nelson (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) and a story by Shyamalan, Devil stars Chris Messina (Julie & Julia), Logan Marshall-Green (Brooklyn’s Finest), Geoffrey Arend (500 Days of Summer), Bojana Novakovic (Drag Me to Hell), Jenny O’Hara (Mystic River), Bokeem Woodbine (The Last Sentinel) and Jacob Vargas (Death Race).
In the film, a group of people is trapped in the elevator, and one of them is the devil.
Devil is produced by Shyamalan and Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and executive produced by Drew Dowdle (Quarantine) and Trish Hofmann (The Ruins).
You have to fill a form a chance to win tickets to this advance screening taking place THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 at 11:59 PM. Winners will be selected via random drawing and notified no later than MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. Must be 17 years or older to enter. Only one entry per household. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
Devil Comes to Times Square
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by Rohan
With the release of Rogue Pictures’ Devil from the Brothers Dowdle (Quarantine) and based on an idea and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, less than a month away on September 17, Rogue has stepped up the marketing campaign for the movie. What better way to get attention for the movie than to take over all the ads on one side of a building in Times Square? That’s exactly what they’ve done with these rather distinctive title posters that oddly faces the building formerly inhabited by Lehman Brothers. Who knows what the tourists must think as they walk by the giant word “DEVIL” not once but twice as they walk down 7th Avenue between 49th and 50th Street, but ShockTillYouDrop.com took some pictures of the sight for those of you who can’t make it into New York City to check them out for yourself.
‘Devil’ gets a rating.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 by RohanThe Motion Picture Association of America’s Classification and Ratings Administration released ratings for Devil in this morning’s 
weekly bulletin.
Devil has been rated PG-13 for “violence and disturbing images, thematic material and some language including sexual references.
” The movie, which is produced but not directed by M. Night Shyamalan, finds a group of people trapped in an elevator, with one of them being the devil in disguise. Devil opens Sept. 17 opposite Alpha and Omega, Easy A and The Town.
A Second Poster for the Night Chronicles film, Devil
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 by Specter
Here is the second poster for the first film in the Night Chronicles series. The screenplay was written by Brian Nelson (30 Days of Night), based on a story treatment by M. Night Shyamalan. The film was directed by John Erick and Drew Dowdle (Quarantine).
A group of people, including a formerly alcoholic homicide detective (Messina), trapped in an elevator discover that one of them is the devil.
Official site to “The Night Chronicles”
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 by RohanThe Night Chronicles official website is up and running with a Devil trailer which was released few days ago. The websit
e is currently under construction. You can get more information once the site is up and running with full content at http://www.thenightchronicles.com
The Night Chronicles is a production entity with Media Rights Capital, focused on generating a series of supernatural thrillers. The films are based on original ideas from M.Night Shyamalan. Night will not write or direct these films, but will look to collaborate with inspiring filmmakers.
Devil is the first film in this series of The Night Chronicles. Devil opens September, 17th, 2010.
Trailer for Devil Goes Online
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 by Dr Malcolm CroweThe official trailer for the first film in the Night Chronicles series, Devil, has just launched online via Apple. A poster for the film was also released with the trailer. It confirms the new release date of September 17th.
Devil was written by Brain Nelson, based off a story by M. Night Shyamalan, and is being produced and directed by the Dowdle Brothers. You can learn more about the film at the new official website: TheNightChronicles.com/Devil.
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