Posts Tagged ‘Unbreakable 2’
Shyamalan gives project update on Unbreakable 2
Friday, July 2nd, 2010 by Rohan
Out doing press for “The Last Airbender”, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan tells MTV News he’s still open to the idea of doing a sequel to his superhero-themed feature “Unbreakable”.
“If I think of the right story — and by that I mean something that resonates with me right now, you know, at my age and where I am and what movie I’ve come off of — if I can do that, then I’ll get really excited and I’ll write a draft and I’ll go beg Disney for us to be able to make it” said Shyamalan.
Source: www.darkhorizon.com
M. Night setting up Original Film with Willis, Paltrow and Cooper?
Monday, June 21st, 2010 by SpecterSlashfilm is reporting that M. Night Shyamalan is currently shopping around a new thriller whose title, logline and subject-matter are all unknown. The script is being read by studio heads under the supervision of Shyamalan’s assistant.
Rumored to be attached to the film are Bruce Willis, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Cooper. Bruce Willis last worked with Shyamalan on Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense before that.
That Shyamalan is trying to get funding for an original film so close to the release of his next film: The Last Airbender leads us to wonder a few things. Is he trying to fit an original movie in between Airbender films, and hoping to get it going quickly? How big would this movie be if Airbender is a big hit and a sequel is immediately green-lit? Steven Spielberg has been known to release two movies within a single year, so this is not unheard of.
Another question is, did Paramount pass on this script or did the script just not fit into the Paramount brand?
And lastly, is there trouble in Airbender territory? They had staked out the July 4 weekend long before Twilight ever did. While Airbender is tracking well, it’s not likely that it will win the overall box-office for the weekend, though it could take the Friday-Sunday numbers. This is looking like a very curious situation. Let’s hope for the best, and that filming on Airbender 2 starts as soon as possible (and that Airbender can explode onto the scene with a huge box office take). Afterall, what else is the male population going to see when most of the female populous is at Twilight.
Now, here’s an intriguing question that came out of a conversation with Teddy. Could this be Unbreakable 2 or is this a completely original movie? If it is, would there be a new villain? Would Sam Jackson make an appearance in the film? Are we getting you excited at the prospect of an Unbreakable sequel and setting you up for disappointment if/when this is revealed?
Night to make Original Thriller between Airbender Films?
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by Specter
An article on UGO reports something very simple. M. Night Shyamalan plans to direct all three of the Airbender films in the planned trilogy, but prior to the second one, he wants to direct a smaller-budgeted thriller. The thriller is not Unbreakable 2, but he hopes to get to that one day. He knows that Bruce Willis would love to do it as well. This one, however, would likely be an original idea.
What would it be about? No hints were given, and we can only speculate. It could be just about anything, though I hear it might be contingent on if the LAST AIRBENDER 2 is given the greenlight first. What topics would you like to see Night tackle?
-via UGO
Bruce Willis says M. Night Shyamalan ‘Still Thinking’ About ‘Unbreakable 2′
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Specter
Here we go again. Every time someone from Unbreakable does a movie, they’re asked about the sequel. I’d love to see a sequel, but it’s been 10 years. I remember when the original came out, and everyone’s knee-jerk response was “what a weird and terrible movie” because it wasn’t The Sixth Sense 2. Over time, the film found its audience, though, and now that audience wants a sequel. Here’s the latest, from Bruce Willis:
“I talked to [Shyamalan] over the holidays, and he is still thinking about doing the fight movie between me and Sam that we were going to do,” Willis told MTV News.
“We chose to do the origin,” he explained, indicating that there was discussion early on about whether Willis’ character and the villain played by Samuel L. Jackson should square off in the first movie or a sequel.
“As long as Sam can make it, I’m up for it,” said Willis.
-via MTV
M. Night Shyamalan Still Considering ‘Unbreakable’ Sequel
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 by SpecterIt’s the rumor that won’t quit. It’s been persistent since the release of Unbreakable back in November of 2000, but from what Night is saying, even though the plan originally called for a trilogy, it seems that Night didn’t really have a trilogy thought out, or perhaps he was thinking that a single sequel is enough. He mentions not having the right idea for it yet, meaning that the possibility of two more movies is a little less.
Shyamalan talks The Happening & The Last Airbender in recent interview
Monday, October 6th, 2008 by Dr Malcolm CroweA couple journalists recently had the opportunity to sit in on a mini-conference call with M. Night Shyamalan. MovieWeb.com’s Brian Gallagher was one of those journalists.
Q: Is there anything you can tell us about The Last Airbender?
M. Night Shyamalan: It is gonna be really cool (Laughs). I’m at the stage where we have pre-vized the last act of the movie. Because my normal approach to filmmaking is almost like making an animated movie, you take out every shot and analyze everything, it kind of lays out really nicely for a big CGI movie. That is such a helpful thing in the process with all the pre-viz. I feel like I’m making the movie right now. I’m editing it and stuff because doing the pre-viz, if you were here, I could show you the last 30 minutes of The Last Airbender in animatic form. It’s an amazing and emotional experience, just to watch that.
I highly recommend checking out the full interview. They talk a lot about The Happening and the process of getting it made. They also touch a little bit more on The Last Airbender and an Unbreakable sequel.
[Via MovieWeb]
M. Night Shyamalan Still Considering Unbreakable 2. Will It Ever Happen?
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 by SpecterJon (spikeshinizle on the boards) wrote to us, informing us of an amazing new article detailing what might have been, or could be some day: Unbreakable 2.
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