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Shyamalan's Next Movie Gets a Title and 2017 Release Date
27 October 2015 6:32 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Following the modest success of M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit, Universal Pictures has set a January 20, 2017 release date for the director's next project, now entitled Split. As of now, Split is the first movie to claim the January 20, 2017 release date, but it is currently surrounded by a slew of high-profile projects. Opening on January 13, 2017 is Sony's The Dark Tower, Paramount's Friday the 13th, Warner Bros.' Geostorm, Lionsgate's Power Rangers and 20th Century Fox's Hidden Figures. One week later, on January 27, 2017, Sony will release Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
No plot details have been given yet, but The Wrap describes the story as a suspense thriller with supernatural elements at play. James McAvoy has already signed on to star, alongside Haley Lu Richardson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley and Jessica Sula. It isn't known when production may begin, but it seems the project is moving forward rapidly. This project is »
- MovieWeb
As Good as "Avatar" Is, It'd Be Even Better in HD
13 October 2015 8:51 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
People can debate all they want about whether or not Avatar: The Last Airbender is technically an “Anime” in the strictest sense or if M. Night Shyamalan’s horrific adaptation should have taken three films instead of trying to cram the show into a single movie, but as far as the animated series is concerned, its legacy remains rather untarnished as the best American-made series to come out of American pop culture’s fascination with Asian animation and themes. However, while the series is stellar and any set like this one that brings together all three seasons equally so, it’s hard to get too excited about a complete series set when it’s still being released on DVD and not remastered for an HD release on Blu-ray. Avatar: The Last Airbenderdeserves a Blu-ray release, so here’s hoping this set isn't the final iteration of this series that fans »
- Lex Walker
14 terrible films that made obscene amounts of money – and only two have Adam Sandler in
11 October 2015 1:30 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Bad films are part of the movie-making process. For every Citizen Kane, there are dozens of Law Abiding Citizens; for every The Exorcist, hundreds of Exorcist II: The Heretics.
They're all meant to do badly, because they are bad. But sometimes, there's an aberration. Sometimes... they're successful. Very successful. Very, very successful.
Here, then, are 14 of our favourite least favourite films to ever make studio heads' eyes turn into little dollar signs (in order of awfulness).
14. Anger Management (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes ranking: 43%
Production budget: $75 million
Worldwide box office: $195 million
Anger Management spluttered back into like in 2012 as a TV vehicle for snake blood-drinking "winner" Charlie Sheen. It lasted two seasons: the first had 10 episodes, the second 90, all so the show could go into syndication. As soon as it hit its 100th episode, it was immediately canned.
13. Meet The Fockers (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes ranking: 38%
Production budget: $80 million
Worldwide box office: $516 million
The third »
‘The Martian’ Slammed Over ‘White-Washing’ Asian-American Roles
8 October 2015 7:14 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Media Action Network For Asian-Americans has criticized director Ridley Scott over “white-washing” Asian-American roles in “The Martian.”
The watchdog group, in a statement issued Thursday, said the ethnicities of key characters in the movie are significantly less Asian than their characters in the 2014 novel by Andy Weir.
Scott’s reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“This feel-good movie, which has attracted Oscar buzz, shouldn’t get any awards for casting,” said Manaa founding president Guy Aoki.
Manaa noted that Weir describes Nasa’s director of Mars operations Dr. Venkat Kapoor as an Asian-Indian character who identifies religiously as being “a Hindu.” The group pointed out that in Scott’s film, his name is changed to Vincent Kapoor, and he’s played by British black actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who says his father was “a Hindu” but that his mother was “Baptist.”
Manaa also noted that Mindy Park, »
- Dave McNary
James McAvoy Replaces Joaquin Phoenix In M. Night Shyamalan Thriller
2 October 2015 10:55 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Say what you will about M. Night Shyamalan, but throughout his career — minus his recent low-budget "The Visit," and failure-on-all-fronts "The Last Airbender" — he's had a knack for landing big actors for his movies, and with some, collaborating on multiple films. In fact, Joaquin Phoenix, who appeared in "Signs" and "The Village," was lining up a third movie with Shyamalan, but it looks like that hasn't worked out. (And apparently, a deal was never made). Read More: Review: M. Night Shayamalan Makes A Comeback With Found Footage Horror 'The Visit' THR reports that James McAvoy, certainly no slouch himself, has replaced Phoenix in the untitled film. Plot details are under wraps about the project in development over at Blumhouse Productions, which has grossed $67 million worldwide with "The Visit." On paper, that's not great, and the lowest global figure in the director's career. But considering it cost next to nothing, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Box Office Sabermetrics: M. Night Shyamalan is the Jeff Francoeur of Directors…..Or Is He????
16 September 2015 11:24 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Box Office Sabermetrics is a bi-weekly column that will attempt to apply the statistical analysis Sabermetrics, used in Baseball, to the box office results each weekend.
Let me tell you about my personal history with M. Night Shyamalan. When I was 10 years old, I watched his third film Signs for the first time, and it changed my life. Signs was the first film to make me love films, to want to spend my life doing something with films. It was the first film that I watched and immediately understood and grasped onto the subtext and themes of the film, and the fact that a film could do that blew my tiny mind.
Before then, I had always loved film, but I had always watched them only taking in what was explicitly on screen. M. Night Shyamalan then became the first director I got into, as I went back and watched »
- Dylan Griffin
Film Review: M. Night Shyamalan Offers Chills, Laughs in ‘The Visit’
15 September 2015 12:15 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Director and auteur M. Night Shyamalan has been very spotty in the last nine years. “The Sixth Sense” filmmaker has had less of an impact with “After Earth” and “The Last Airbender,” but scores again with the super weird, creepy and funny “The Visit.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Shyamalan has discovered the “found footage” genre (the movie is filmed by the characters) in a satirical way – two teens chronicle their visit for the first time to their grandparents– and does it his way, with crisp cinematography and flipped out images of dread and humor that both freezes and engages the soul. It’s funny to the point of stupidity – and it survives a tremendously unnecessary epilogue. I think M. Night has found a new niche, and will panic less about his reputation and begin to deliver more on his unrealized potential, based on his earlier works. And, with a tremendous boost right »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
5 Reasons The Visit Is M. Night Shyamalan's Best Movie in Years
14 September 2015 2:45 PM, PDT | POPSUGAR | See recent BuzzSugar news »
While I was initially excited upon watching the trailer for The Visit, a little part of me couldn't get past the fact that it was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. On the one hand, Shyamalan made The Sixth Sense, one of the most shocking horror/thrillers of the '90s. On the other hand, he's also the same guy behind The Happening, The Last Airbender, and After Earth, some of the most heavily mocked movies of the past decade. Given his track record, The Visit really could have gone any number of ways. Thankfully, it's a shocking crowd-pleaser with more to offer than just a good twist - though it does have one. Allow me to make a case for why you need to see it, and don't worry, I'll keep it spoiler-free. »
- Maggie Pehanick
What's Behind the Crazy Box Office Success of 'The Perfect Guy' and 'The Visit'?
13 September 2015 1:51 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
The fall box office season wasn't supposed to kick into gear until next week. No one expected much from either "The Visit" or "The Perfect Guy," two low-budget films with little or no star power that opened this weekend. Maybe both films would open around $17 or $18 million, with a slight edge going to M. Night Shyamalan's horror movie "The Visit" because it was opening on 850 more screens than its rival.
Instead, both movies opened big -- about $10 million above expectations. And romance/thriller "The Perfect Guy" edged out "The Visit" by about $1 million, with estimates placing its debut at $26.7 million to "The Visit's" $25.7 million. After several weeks of dog-days doldrums at the box office, we finally have a real surge in sales at the multiplex.
What happened? How were the pundits all caught off guard? Here are some possible answers.
African-American Audiences Are Underserved
This should be obvious, »
- Gary Susman
Box Office: 'The Perfect Guy' Beats 'The Visit' with $26.7M
13 September 2015 12:59 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
After a dismal outing over the Labor Day holiday weekend, the box office started to show signs of life again, with The Perfect Guy fending off The Visit in a very close race. The Perfect Guy took in $26.7 million over the weekend, with The Visit just behind it in second place with $25.6 million. Since these estimates are so close to each other, it's possible these results could change when the actual box office figures are announced on Monday, but, for now The Perfect Guy has the top spot, according to the estimates at Box Office Mojo.
Both The Perfect Guy ($12 million budget) and The Visit ($5 million) have already turned a profit after just one weekend, but The Perfect Guy's win is more impressive since it opened in far fewer theaters than The Visit. The Perfect Guy opened in 2,221 theaters, earning an robust $12,022 per-screen average. The Visit, on the other hand, »
- MovieWeb
'Perfect Guy' Takes Weekend #1 With Shyamalan's 'Visit' a Close Second
13 September 2015 7:20 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The weekend box office was bolstered by two strong openings for both new, major releases. The Screen Gems thriller, The Perfect Guy topped the box office with $26.7 million and M. Night Shyamalan's micro-budget thriller The Visit was a very close second with an estimated $25.6 million. Perfect Guy, which starred Michael Ealy (his third $25+ million opening in a row), Sanaa Lathan and Morris Chestnut, is now the third film in a row featuring a predominantly African American leading cast to take #1 at the box office, capping a five weekend streak started by Straight Outta Compton and continued by War Room. While it wasn't screened for critics, Perfect Guy appears to have appealed to its opening day audience, receiving an a "A-" CinemaScore. Even with that score expect it to drop 55+% next weekend, similar to the nearly 60% drop last year for No Good Deed. Made on only a $12 million budget, however, »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
The Visit review – a shocker from M Night Shyamalan, and not the good kind
13 September 2015 12:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
There’s horror and comedy in this messy, shaky-cam nadir, but not the kind Shyamalan was aiming for
There’s a terrible sense of dread lurking in M Night Shyamalan’s latest. Sadly, it has nothing to do with the boring shaky-cam story about two incandescently irritating teenagers spending some Grimm-lite time with their unhinged grandparents. Instead, it’s the horrible realisation that the film-maker who was lauded for The Sixth Sense, defended for The Village, and just about tolerated for The Happening, may actually have made a movie worse than Lady in the Water. Is it meant to be a horror film? Or a comedy? The publicity calls it “an original thriller” but it is neither of those things. Only “endurance test” adequately describes the ill-judged shenanigans that ensue, as our two young heroes film their estranged Nana and Pop-Pops scratching at the walls, puking on the floor, and »
- Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
‘The Visit’ is M. Night Shyamalan’s Best Film In 15 Years [Video Review]
11 September 2015 8:21 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
I was skeptical but hopeful when I first heard about M. Night Shyamalan’s new low-budget found-footage film, The Visit. With The Happening, After Earth, and The Last Airbender, Shyamalan has demonstrated not only a decline in his ability to draw big box office, but also an inability to write or direct basic scenes competently. But […]
The post ‘The Visit’ is M. Night Shyamalan’s Best Film In 15 Years [Video Review] appeared first on /Film. »
- David Chen
Second Opinion – The Visit (2015)
11 September 2015 9:38 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Visit, 2015.
Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn.
Synopsis:
A young filmmaker and her wannabe rapper brother get more than they bargained for when they spend a bizarre week with their grandparents, whose one rule is that the kids don’t leave their room after 9:30pm.
It’s understandable that the release of any new film from M Night Shyamalan is met with a degree of healthy skepticism. Since stunning the world with the iconic twist ending to The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan has increasingly alienated viewers with big-budget misfires such as The Last Airbender and 2013’s pitiful Jaden Smith vehicle After Earth. He returns to low-budget horror with his latest film The Visit, which is an amiably ridiculous chiller with a dark sense of humour.
Initially, the film grates with its use of the over-familiar found footage gimmick. »
- Tom Beasley
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Visit’ is a Trip Worth Taking!
11 September 2015 8:14 AM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
M. Night Shyamalan has had a rough go of it over the past few years. After his breakout success with The Sixth Sense in 1999, he hit what some believed to be a sophomore slump with Unbreakable in 2000. After Signs in 2002, he had a string of duds: The Village, Lady In The Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender and After Earth. Many people thought the […] »
- Trace Thurman
‘The Visit’ Terrorizes Thursday Night Box Office With $1 Million
11 September 2015 7:51 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
M. Night Shyamalan‘s “The Visit” began terrorizing eager audiences on Thursday night, and raked in $1 million from previews that started running in 2,206 locations. The Universal release cost $5 million to make, and had previously been tracking for a $15 million to $17 million opening weekend. Critics are praising it as his directorial comeback after his pricey disappointments, “The Last Airbender” and “After Earth.” The Blumhouse horror movie — about two kids (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) who discover something strange happens to their creepy grandparents after 9:30 at night — has gotten a 65 percent “fresh” approval rating from critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes. Also. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
'The Visit' Review: M. Night Shyamalan Fails Again
10 September 2015 5:11 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit has been hailed by some critics as a return to form for the much maligned filmmaker. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Visit is another woeful outing from a director that has inundated us with terrible films. It doesn't quite reach the depths of The Happening or The Last Airbender, mercifully. It is another gimmicky, parlor trick film. The Shyamalan 'twist' ending is blatantly obvious within the first ten minutes. There are some humorous moments and the young leads are well cast. That's as high as my praise can go for The Visit.
Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould star as Becca and Tyler. Precocious siblings who are visiting their grandparents for the first time in rural Pennsylvania. The back story is their mother (Kathryn Hahn) has been estranged from her parents for fifteen years. The kids want to meet their grandparents and »
- MovieWeb
Is ‘The Visit’ M. Night Shyamalan’s Comeback? 9 Critics Sound Off
10 September 2015 1:49 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
M. Night Shyamalan‘s “The Visit” is opening in theaters on Friday, and so far, critics are praising the $5 million horror film as the director’s comeback after the pricey flops “The Last Airbender” and “After Earth.” The Blumhouse production — about two kids (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) left in the care of their mom’s long estranged parents (Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie), who proceed to torment them — has gotten a 65 percent positive score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is strong for the genre. TheWrap’s critic James Rocchi praised the cast and the sound design but offered a mixed assessment. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
The Visit | Review
10 September 2015 9:00 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Home is Where the Hacker Is: Shyamalan’s Return to Entertaining Cinema
In many ways, The Visit, the latest film from once celebrated M. Night Shyamalan, is praiseworthy considering this follows on the heels of two back-to-back cinematic abominations, The Last Airbender (2010) and After Earth (2013). In a similar vein to his earlier thrillers, the director revisits tight-knit family dynamics marred by domestic dramas and supernatural/sci-fi shadings, resulting in another of his famous ‘twists’ audiences seem to hold out for. Surprisingly, it’s a found footage film, and as many films in the subgenre, falls victim to the obvious artificial editing and a legion of conveniences that tend to distract rather than compel.
Though not quite a return to form, and never quite seizing the mounting dread its narrative tends to suggest, it certainly is Shyamalan’s most entertaining film in well over a decade, and he utilizes a simple scenario to pleasurable effect, »
- Nicholas Bell
The Visit Review – Stop The Presses: M. Night Shyamalan Has Made A Film That Doesn’t Suck
10 September 2015 7:21 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: ★★★
“No man can hold me down,” blares out the song over the end credits of The Visit. The message is clear – M. Night Shyamalan, the man who was proclaimed the next Spielberg (boy, I hope somebody got fired for that blunder) before going into the most public creative breakdown ever, thinks he’s back on form. Is he really? Well kinda, yeah.
Following film after film of drastically increasing diminishing returns, M. Night seems to have finally got the message and has dialled it back massively. With The Visit the budget is a fraction of his dull Will/Jaden Smith vehicle After Earth, the scale minuscule compared to the over-the-top The Last Airbender and we’ve got a cast of unknowns instead of Hollywood’s best and brightest slumming it woodenly for a paycheck. It’s the sort of restrained, back-to-basic filmmaking you wish more big budget »
- Alex Leadbeater
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