M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (born 6 August 1970), known as M. Night Shyamalan, is a two-time Academy Award nominated Indian-American filmmaker and script writer who resides and works primarily in the United States, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that usually climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. Shyamalan released his first film, Praying with Anger, in 1992 while he was a New York University student. His second movie, the major feature film Wide Awake, made in 1995 but not released until three years later, failed to find financial success.

Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He followed The Sixth Sense by writing and directing Unbreakable, released in 2000, which received mixed reviews. His 2002 film Signs, where he also played Ray Reddy, gained both critical and financial success, but The Village (2004) was a critical disappointment whose box office fell hard after a strong opening weekend, and Lady in the Water (2006) performed even worse. His latest film, The Happening (2008), did financially better than his previous effort but was also panned by critics; in its entire American run, it grossed only slightly more than Signs made in its opening weekend. (via Wikipedia)


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M. Night Shyamalan Probably 'Pulling His Hair Out' Editing 'Last Airbender,' Says Aasif Mandvi

via mtv.com ( 124 Days ago )
M. Night Shyamalan wrapped production on the Philadelphia set of "The Last Airbender" in June. What's the plot twist-loving director been up to since then? According to one of the film's stars, Shyamalan is stressing the hell out as he pieces together scenes from a four-month production that is two-and-a half-times bigger than anything he's ever worked on before. "I'm sure he's [...]

M. Night Shyamalan Moves the Dowdle's Devil Up To Canada

via firstshowing.net ( 168 Days ago )
An interesting story uncovered today by our friends at SlashFilm as found in the Philadelphia Inquirer. M. Night Shyamalan has been a hometown filmmaker ever since he started with The Sixth Sense and Wide Awake back in the late 90s. He's shot eight out of nine of his films in the Philadelphia region and is even staying there for post-production on The Last Airbender. Which is why [...]

‘The Last Airbender’ Set Visit: M. Night Shyamalan & Dev Patel Kick Off A Fantasy Franchise

via mtv.com ( 231 Days ago )
FROM MTV MOVIES: The lavish ice palace had gone silent. The Fire and Water nations were no longer waging acrobatic battle between its frosty walls, and from the snow covered steps to the blown-glass chandeliers hanging above the balconies, a beautiful tranquility had descended. Meanwhile, the production was in full, hectic swing across town, where another massive hangar housed another [...]

M. Night Shyamalan Unveils New Website — The Twist? It’s Terrible.

via bestweekever.tv ( 231 Days ago )
M. Night Shyamalan has channeled his passion for increasingly underwhelming films into the digital realm, unveiling the new MNightShyamalan.com, your one-stop shop for two pieces of information about Shyamalan's movies and a whole bunch of really slow-loading flash crap that literally is nothing. Here's the homepage, ripped right from EdgarAllenPoe.biz: The rest of the [...]

The First Teaser for M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Last Airbender'

via cinematical.com ( 231 Days ago )
One of these days, I'll actually get through Book One of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but probably not before M. Night Shyamalan buries me and my Cinematical cohorts under a slew of trailers and photos. But hey, this is the kind of thing that should appeal to the clueless non-fans as well as the Avatar devoted, so perhaps approaching it from the vantage point of a newbie is a good [...]

Freeze Frame: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer

via mtv.com ( 231 Days ago )
FROM SPLASH PAGE: The new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” has hit the ‘Net, and we have your first look at it here on Splash Page! Now, even though the new trailer keeps things simple and doesn’t reveal too much about the story, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some things we can learn about Shyamalan’s live-action adaptation of [...]

First Teaser for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender

via firstshowing.net ( 231 Days ago )
It's about that time of year again when we start to see teasers for next summer. Paramount has debuted the first short teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon. Yes, this is the very same Shyamalan who brought those thrillers like Signs and Unbreakable. Not only is he making an action adventure movie oriented more towards [...]

Get Your First Look At M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer!

via mtv.com ( 231 Days ago )
FROM SPLASH PAGE: M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” doesn’t hit theaters until next July, but we have your first look at the trailer here on MTV.com! (Click here for the high-definition version of the trailer.) Set in a world full of martial arts and magic, “The Last Airbender” is a live-action adaptation of the award-winning Nickelodeon [...]

Is Unbreakable 2 In M. Night Shyamalan’s Future?

via screencrave.com ( 236 Days ago )
This is one of those love it or hate it ideas, no middle ground here: M. Night Shyamalan is thinking about a sequel to Unbreakable. Speaking with MTV at a recent press gathering, the director said he’s still considering doing the follow-up to the 2000 film starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. “I don’t know where all the parties are in the world. Sam [Jackson] is [...]

‘Unbreakable’ Sequel Still A Possibility For M. Night Shyamalan

via mtv.com ( 236 Days ago )
FROM SPLASH PAGE: On the surface, it might look like M. Night Shyamalan has moved on from “Unbreakable,” the director’s fourth feature film. After all, he’s already hip-deep in production on “The Last Airbender,” his adaptation of the popular animated series — does he really have enough room in his geek bone to revisit the moody superhero [...]

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