DIRECTOR M. Night Shyamalan has announced the title of his latest suspense thriller, Old, revealing the first poster and that filming has started. The director, known for the twist endings in most of his movies, has had a mercurial career since hitting the big time with The Sixth Sense.
Having established himself as a master of suspense with that movie, Shyamalan doubled down on the twists with Unbreakable, that pitted Samuel L. Jackson against Sixth Sense star Bruce Willis.
Despite not succeeding at the box office, Unbreakable has come to be regarded as a classic in the years since, given its realistic suspenseful take on a superhero origin story.
His next few movies were unfortunately duds, with efforts like Signs, The Happening, The Village and The Lady in the Water failing to connect with critics or audiences, and the less said about Shyamalan’s disastrous adaptation
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