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Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’ Heads Home to Digital Next Week
You can’t see them, but they see everything in director Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut, The Watchers. And if you missed The Watchers in theaters, you can watch at home as soon as next week.
The Watchers opened in theaters on June 7 and will be available on premium video on demand on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery also revealed in the press release for the film’s at home streaming release that The Watchers will be released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 27.
The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”), and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).
The mystery-horror film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer. The Watchers is based on the novel by A.M. Shine.
Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind the camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).
I wrote in my review, “It’s too gentle of a grim fairy tale, even one with a PG-13 rating, too lean, and too familiar. Of all the Irish folktales, The Watcher sticks with the most well-trodden.“ In other words, expect more of a gateway horror movie or bedtime story.
You can preorder The Watchers on PVOD now on Prime Video, VUDU (aka Fandango at Home) and AppleTV+. It’s currently listed for preorder on ultra HD for $24.99, look for it to arrive at home next week.
The lovable duo Jay & Silent Bob will return in a brand new movie that Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are shooting later this year, and Smith has taken to Instagram this afternoon to share a prop that he had whipped up for the production. It’s titled the “NecroBobicon,” a take on the classic Necronomicon from The Evil Dead that looks to be made out of Silent Bob’s face.
Smith jokes in his Instagram post, “Behold the NecronomiKev – The Book of the Dead Film Careers! Kidding (kinda). It’s actually called The NecroBobicon!”
What’s particularly cool about this prop that will be featured in the next Jay & Silent Bob movie is that it was created by Night of the Living Nick Studios, which is run by a graduate of Tom Savini’s makeup effects school. Night of the Living Nick also worked on Terrifier 3!
“I commissioned @nightofthelivingnick (graduate of the @thetomsavini School) to unearth this ancient, evil tome that features in the new @jayandsilentbob flick @jaymewes and I start shooting later this year,” Smith explains. “The NecroBobicon doesn’t swallow your soul – but legend has it that misuse of the book will leave the reader forever silent…”
We can’t tell if Smith is referring to Twilight of the Mallrats or a Jay & Silent Bob movie that hasn’t been announced yet, but keep your eyes locked on his social accounts for updates.
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