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By any measure, this was a flat-out no-good, very bad, horrible box-office weekend. This weekend’s #1 film “The Invitation” (Sony), grossed just 7 million. On the same weekend in 2019, it would have placed #7. Even a year ago, when theaters were considered to be still in recovery mode, it would have been #3. In 2021 the #1 film was “Candyman” — a horror film like “The Invitation,” but it opened to 22 million.

It’s easy to blame studios for not releasing more movies to fill the void, but the reality isn’t that simple. Covid upended production schedules, an increased reliance on special effects led to a massive production backlog, and the capacity for theaters to deliver grosses commensurate with 2019 or earlier isn’t there. When major releases demand a minimum of 30 million in marketing, studios lose incentive for theatrical releases.

Had United Artists shifted its release of George Miller’s Cannes competition film “Three Thousand Years of Longing” to streaming,...

Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Genesis singer Ray Wilson.

Replacing one superstar singer in a band is quite difficult, but groups like Van Halen,...

” Ma chère mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now, we invite to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents your dinner.”

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s score to the 1991 Disney classic, Beauty And The Beast while the film plays in high-definition on Powell Hall’s big screen. Concerts are Friday, December 27, 7:00pm, Saturday, December 28, 2:00pm, and Saturday, December 28, 7:00pm. Ticket information can be found Here

The treasured fairy tale – filled with fun, adventures and some of the most beloved Disney characters – comes to Powell Hall. This holiday season, share the fun, magic and music of a performance you’ll never forget as the Slso performs this Disney animated classic, featuring music and lyrics by the Academy Award®-winning Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.

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Once again CineSavant becomes intrigued by a minor genre opus normally dismissed in a sentence or two; this Roger Corman production may fall short of his other early efforts because it tried to be too cerebral and then ran afoul of the Hollywood Guilds. David Kramarsky is listed as director but it’s hard to know how many of the credits are accurate — or simply bogus. Monstermaker extraordinaire Paul Blaisdell apparently came to the rescue with 11th-hour special effects to give the ambiguous, invisible alien menace more substance. Scorpion’s release has a new transfer and a commentary by Tim Lucas.

The Beast With a Million Eyes

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1955 / B&w / 1:37 full frame open aperture / 75 min. / Region A locked / Street Date November, 2019 /available through Ronin Flix (not Amazon) / 29.99

Starring: Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole, Dick Sargent, Leonard Tarver, Bruce Whitmore, Chester Conklin.

Cinematography: Everett Baker + Floyd Crosby,...

Welcome to this review of WWE Crown Jewel 2019, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some celebrities, a tag team mega match and a brand new submariiiiiiiiiiiiiine! Let’s see if this show breaks the curse of bad shows from Saudi Arabia or not/Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! That’s not good…but Seals and Croft is.

Match #1: Winner: Humberto Carrillo – 20-Man Battle Royal For The U.S. Championship Title Shot (Kickoff Match) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

Exciting Raw newcomer Humberto Carrillo simultaneously won the biggest match of his career and seized his greatest opportunity in the WWE Crown Jewel Kickoff, where he triumphed in a 20-Man Battle Royal to earn a United States Championship bout against Aj Styles at the same event. The action came fast and furious throughout the over-the-top-rope melee, with Luke Harper & Erick Rowan securing the bulk of the eliminations. Following...

To celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release of WWE: SummerSlam 2019 (available to buy from 7th October) – we are giving away a Blu-ray copy to one lucky winner.

It’s the biggest party of the summer and one of the most important pay-per-view events of the year, SummerSlam! Seth Rollins tries to slay The Beast once again as he challenges Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship! And Kofi Kingston defends the WWE title against Randy Orton in match that’s almost ten years in the making! Plus more action from Becky Lynch, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt, Trish Stratus, and the return of Goldberg!

As WWE’s second biggest PPV spectacular of the year, SummerSlam always a sizzling night of unmissable action! This year’s event has incredible performances as Seth Rollins battles Brock Lesnar in a rematch from their collision at WrestleMania, Becky Lynch pits her Dis-Arm-Her against Natalya’s Sharpshooter,...

We asked, and you answeredTo celebrate the importance of arts in education, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to let us know whichroles in their high school productions was their favorite to perform.We've now gathered some of the most popular answers for you to enjoy, with roles ranging from The Beast and Reno Sweeneyto Fiona and Uncle Fester Check them all out...

Fresh off concluding his Eastrail 177 trilogy this past January with Glass, cult filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is set to make two more original thrillers for Universal. The studio has today announced that the two movies, whose titles and plots are currently unknown, will drop on February 26th, 2021 and February 17th, 2023, respectively. Both will be written and directed by Shyamalan.

To commemorate the announcement of their continued partnership with the director, Universal president Peter Cramer said the following:

“M. Night Shyamalan continues to create exciting, highly original stories that keep global audiences on the edge of their seats. There is no one like him: he is a master filmmaker working at the height of his powers, and we are honored that he has once again chosen Universal to be the home for his next two incredible projects.”

Shyamalan himself also commented on the situation, praising Universal for their commitment to making original cinema.

Exclusive: Vikings’ Travis Fimmel has boarded Culmination’s Die in a Gunfight alongside previously announced Olivia Munn (who is in talks), Alexandra Daddario and Diego Boneta.

Die in a Gunfight is the story of a young guy (Boneta) who falls for the daughter (Daddario) of his father’s nemesis in New York City. Fimmel will play a love sick Texan hitman hell bent on revenge. Cameras roll in October.

Die in a Gunfight is directed by Collin Schiffli, and written by Ant-Man and the Wasp scribe duo Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. The action romance is being produced by Culmination’s Tom Butterfield, Mark Gordon, Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz. Politowski’s newly launched Align outfit will be financing. CAA Media Finance and Endeavor Content are co-representing U.S. rights, with Culmination’s Harry White handling foreign sales.

Fimmel is best known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel’s Vikings.

Known by many viewers for his role as Ragnar on the History channel series Vikings, Travis Fimmel is stepping out of medieval times and into the near future with a starring role in Zone 414, the feature film directorial debut from Andrew Baird that focuses on a mystery in a city of humanoid robots.

Press Release: Los Angeles – Highland Film Group announced today that Travis Fimmel has signed on to star in Andrew Baird’s feature film directorial debut, Zone 414. From a script penned by Bryan Edward Hill, the sci-fi thriller will be produced by Baird, 23ten’s Martin Brennan, source | management + production’s Jib Polhemus, and Deborah Shaw-Kolar with executive producers Mark Huffam and Bryan Edward Hill. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales, which will launch at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Set in the near future, Zone 414 is a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots. When its creator’s daughter goes missing,...

Exclusive: Travis Fimmel is set to star in the Andrew Baird-directed sci-fi thriller Zone 414. Written by Bryan Edward, the film marks Baird’s feature film directorial debut. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales, which will launch at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Zone 414 is set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots. When its creator’s daughter goes missing, he hires private investigator David Carmichael (Fimmel), to bring her home. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to track down the missing daughter. Moving through the dangerous iron jungle, they rapidly piece together the mystery, uncovering a crime that leads them to question the origins of Zone 414 and the true purpose behind the “City of Robots.” Principal photography is set to begin in November.

The film is produced by Baird, 23ten’s Martin Brennan, source | management + production’s Jib Polhemus,...

Disney Plus has decided to not move forward with “Book of Enchantment,” a series based on some of Disney’s most iconic villains, Variety has learned from sources.

The news comes the day before Disney is set to unveil its streaming service at the biannual D23 convention in Anaheim.

The prospective project was based on the “Villains” book series penned by Serena Valentino. “Book of Enchantment” was slated to tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty,” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.” Michael Seitzman was on board to write and produce the series under his Maniac Productions banner. ABC Signature Studios was a co-producer with Disney Plus.

Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black” and worked on the ABC series “Quantico.” He is also set to oversee the multi-series John Grisham...

The Disney villains-fronted series “Book of Enchantment” is no longer in development at Disney+, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.

The project was based on Serena Valentino’s “Villains” series of books. It was set to tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.” Valentino’s book series also features “Mother Knows Best” about Mother Gothel, the villain from the 2010 film “Tangled.”

Michael Seitzman was on board to write and produce the series, from ABC Signature Studios. Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black” and worked on the ABC series “Quantico.”

Also Read: Streaming Giants Find an Unlikely Ally to Gain Subscribers: Traditional TV

Disney will tout its upcoming streaming service Friday at its bi-annual D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. Disney+, which launches Nov.

Pop quiz: A science fiction landmark; a beloved classic rescued from obscurity by public television; two screwball comedies directed by the same Hollywood master 15 years apart; an almost ethereally beautiful western; an apocalyptic sociopolitical parable; a disemboweled silent epic; two gorgeous and epically scaled tales both taking place where politics, social upheaval and romance converge; a nearly unparalleled humanist drama; a hugely influential surrealist fantasy/romance; and two of the greatest horror films ever made– What do all of these films share in common?

Answer: They’re all inductees into the 2019 Muriel Awards Hall of Fame.

The Muriel Awards, a group of critics and writers gathered together by Mssrs. Paul Clark and Steve Carlson some 14 years ago (I have proudly been among their number since the beginning), have been voting on the year’s best since 2006, and since 2013 our august number has been compiling inductees for our own hall of fame.

Although his films for the most part weren’t award winners or critical successes, Patrick Swayze starred in a stream of commercially successful movies that have since gone on to attain cult status. Two set the standard for the iconic 1980s Brat-Pack teen movies, and two films that have become a huge part of pop culture. Men wanted to be him, women loved him and he is one of the actors that comes to mind as one we lost much too soon.

Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, the second of five children. His mother owned a dance studio, and Swayze became an accomplished dancer, although he was bullied in school for his training in classical ballet. As a teen, he honed several skills besides dance, including ice skating, acting in school plays, martial arts and football. His hopes for a football scholarship were dashed when he injured his knee.

Although his films for the most part weren’t award winners or critical successes, Patrick Swayze starred in a stream of commercially successful movies that have since gone on to attain cult status. Two set the standard for the iconic 1980s Brat-Pack teen movies, and two films that have become a huge part of pop culture. Men wanted to be him, women loved him and he is one of the actors that comes to mind as one we lost much too soon.

Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, the second of five children. His mother owned a dance studio, and Swayze became an accomplished dancer, although he was bullied in school for his training in classical ballet. As a teen, he honed several skills besides dance, including ice skating, acting in school plays, martial arts and football. His hopes for a football scholarship were dashed when he injured his knee.

James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis And Sarah Paulson Star In M. Night Shyamalan’S Comic-book Thriller 20 Years In The Making Glass

Writer-Director M. Night Shyamalan completes a mind-bending trilogy created nearly twenty years ago with Glass, a comic book thriller available on Digital via the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on April 2, 2019 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on April 16, 2019, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Glass is a grounded-in-reality, comic-book thriller where the heroes and villains are people first. The thrilling culmination to the trilogy that started with Unbreakable and Split, stars James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis,Sarah Paulson and Anya-Taylor Joy. Go inside the mind of master of suspense M. Night Shyamalan to uncover the connections and references that bring the three films together in one universe. Experience more than sixty minutes of never-before-seen features elaborating on his process and artistic...

Exclusive: The H Collective, the La production outfit which is teaming up with Vin Diesel to produce the next installment in the xXx franchise, has set rising filmmaker Christine Crokos (Pimp) to direct their upcoming elevated horror-thriller The Beast.

The company landed Aaron W Sala’s 2018 Blacklist (2018) script in a six-figure deal last year. The story follows a woman who flees an abusive husband only to find herself the sole survivor of a plane crash. Stranded in the South Pacific on a deserted island, she must also grapple with horrors that tap into her worst nightmares while fighting off a creature of unknown origins. The H Collective, which has Sony sci-fi-horror Brightburn coming out in May, will produce and finance The Beast and is eyeing a fall 2019 shoot.

Crokos previously wrote, directed and produced Pimp starring Keke Palmer and executive produced by Lee Daniels. She made her directorial debut with Bang-Bang Wedding!

Disney+ is developing a TV series based on “The Sandlot,” Variety has learned.

David Mickey Evans, the co-writer and director of the 1993 film, is attached to write and executive produce the series. It is said to take in 1984 and would focus on the children of the original characters.

The first “Sandlot” film took place in the summer of 1962 and followed a group of friends who spent their days playing baseball while also dealing with a menacing dog that lived next to the titular sandlot that they referred to as The Beast. The film starred Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, and Victor Dimattia. It grossed just over $33 million at the box office and has gone on to become a cult classic. Two direct-to-video sequels were produced in 2005 and 2007.

In an interview earlier...

The Sandlot is the latest Disney-owned property to get the reboot treatment for the media behemoth's upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming platform. 

Original screenwriter David Mickey Evans is behind the reboot, which will focus on the children of the original characters featured in the 1993 film of the same name. (It's unclear if The Beast's offspring will also be included.) Sources say all of the original cast is returning for the Disney+ revival. 

"I just sold a Sandlot television show. We're about to get an order for the first two seasons," Evans told host Cooperstown ...

It’s big, it buzzes, and it screams like a banshee. So why is the Mantis monster so ho-hum? Universal-International tries to squeak out another boffo big bug epic, but 1957 screens were already crowded with grasshoppers and scorpions — and the screenplay is derivative — and somebody allowed producer William Alland to throw in every stock shot that wasn’t nailed down.

The Deadly Mantis

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1957 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 79 min. / Street Date March 19, 2019 / 27.99

Starring: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph, Pat Conway, Florenz Ames, Paul Smith, Harry Tyler.

Cinematography: Ellis W. Carter, Clifford Stine

Film Editor: Chester Schaeffer

Original Music: Irving Gertz, William Lava, Henry Mancini

Written by Martin Berkeley, William Alland

Produced by William Alland

Directed by Nathan Juran

I grew up partly in the Mojave Desert. Our red ants were aggressive (and they stung!), our grasshoppers big and strong, and our scorpions were as scary as the...

“Brace Yourself For A Shock!…200 Feet of Living Burning Horror!” Eugène Lourié’s second feature about an irate sea monster wrecking a city features sober eco-preaching, good performances by Gene Evans and André Morell, and several minutes of exciting stop-motion animation nirvana. One just needs to overlook a few lunkhead effects scenes and concentrate on the key Willis O’Brien / Pete Peterson material. It’s a Shock all right — do you prefer to be stepped on like a bug, or fried by a zillion volts of ‘projected radiation?’

The Giant Behemoth

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1959 / B&W / 1:78 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date January 22, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Gene Evans, André Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison, Jack MacGowran, Maurice Kaufmann, Derren Nesbitt.

Cinematography: Ken Hodges

Production Design: Eugène Lourié

Special Visual Effects: Willis H. O’Brien, Pete Peterson, Phil Kellison, Jack Rabin, Irving Block, Louis DeWitt.

Original Music: Edwin Astley...

His origin story begins modestly…The camera dwells on an unassuming man, white, balding, his head resting against the window of a speeding train as the world blurs by. When an alluring woman catches his attention, this man, indolent and unamazing, slyly tugs from his finger the wedding ring, that golden noose. He makes small talk, the laconic banter of the lonely. It’s almost painful to watch. The listless flirtations of this poor mundane man are captured in one long, unobstreperous take. There’s a patience to the scene, an unembellished sense of banality to this brief, unimportant moment in the lives of two strangers. Cut to the hospital, another wide, patient shot, the lumpy shape of something—a body?—blurry in the foreground. This unamazing man, David Dunn (Bruce Willis), sitting stoically on a gurney, is told by a befuddled doctor that he is the lone survivor of a catastrophic train wreck,...

Director M. Night Shyamalan has finally finished his Eastrail 177 Trilogy - which consists of Unbreakable, Split, and, now, Glass - wrapping up the stories of superhumans David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy). The latter suffers from dissociative identity disorder, with 24 individual personalities living within his psyche, making McAvoy's performance nothing short of astounding.

While sitting down with Fandango, the director explained how one of Kevin's many personalities, a Southern man identified as "Luke," is actually a nod to the film's real-life editor, Luke Ciarrocchi. Apparently Ciarrocchi has a notorious habit of spoiling the ends of films for his friends, which is why Shyamalan has McAvoy-as-Luke say in Glass, "Everybody knows the priest dies at the end of The Exorcist."

Related: The Beast, Patricia, Hedwig, and More: Your Guide to All 24 of Kevin's Identities in Glass

"Luke is one of the editors on the movie,...

The fundamental problem with anticipation is that what we see as an active engagement with something is actually just the uncontrollable force of our own desires filling a vacuum. When we say that we are looking forward to receiving or experiencing something—a gift, a date, a new piece of art—what we perceive to be a vote of confidence and support is actually just a selfish hunger based off what we believe we will receive. We anticipate a present because we suppose that when we unwrap it the gift will be something we want. We anticipate the date for the promise of a fulfilling romantic encounter. We anticipate art because we hope to receive from it the same things we received from the artist’s previous works. Looking forward to something is a judgment on what came before, and is more of a curse to the promised “next” than...

M. Night Shymalan’s “Glass,” starring Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy and Bruce Willis, earned $3.7 million in Thursday night previews on 3,200 screens. It will open on 3,841 North American locations over the four-day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.

The follow-up to Shymalan’s “Split” is being released by Universal and is projected to make as much as $64 million over the four-day weekend, with the studio projecting a more conservative $50 million.

That would still put it ahead of the opening for “Split,” which surprised audiences during the same weekend in 2017. That film earned $2 million from its Thursday previews and opened to $40 million before grossing $278 million worldwide, all on a $9 million budget.

Also Read: Will 'Glass' Be Cracked at Box Office by Bad Reviews?

And while “Glass” has a heftier price tag than “Split,” roughly $20 million, the main difference between the two films is that “Glass” has significantly worse reviews, just...

After just returning home from the theater and sitting with our thoughts we can’t help but feel a bit robbed after much anticipation for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film “Glass”. The film gets off to a strong start as we are re-introduced to fan-favorite characters from both 2000’s “Unbreakable” and 2016’s “Split”, but later the film takes a turn that leaves us both baffled and bewildered. Overall, it just runs out of steam.

From “Unbreakable”, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from “Split” is James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within. Following the ending of “Split”, “Glass” finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman personality of The Beast in a series of dangerous encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator...

James McAvoy as The Beast, one of the 23 personalities that reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb in “Glass,” written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. © 2019 Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Elijah Price: I almost gave up hope. There were so many times I questioned myself…

David Dunn: You killed all those people…

Elijah Price: But I found you. So many sacrifices, just to find you.

David Dunn: Jesus Christ…

Elijah Price: Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I’m not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain’s going to be? He’s the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they’re friends, like you and me! I should’ve known way back when… You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass.

What happens when you...

What a difference a couple decades makes. When M. Night Shyamalan dropped Unbreakable on an unsuspecting world back in 2000, the new Spielberg on the block was told that superhero movies were still a post-Burton/Batman novelty. As the man himself recently admitted, his what-if project about an everyman who discovers he may be a closet Superman was never to be referred to as a “comic-book movie” if he wanted to get it made. Just call it another psychological thriller. Or maybe sell it as a Bruce Willis star vehicle costarring Samuel L. Jackson.

Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (Glow) founder David McLane is bringing back his other league, Women of Wrestling (Wow), to TV on Friday. And when it returns, his promotion won’t have the “demeaning” branding of female pro wrestlers that he sees elsewhere.

“They’re branded as ‘Superheroes,'” McLane told TheWrap, explaining his family-friendly, character-driven approach to marketing his athletes. “You know, you’ve got another wrestling league that brands them as ‘Knockouts.’ You have another wrestling league that’s branded women for I don’t know how many years as ‘Divas.’ I think it’s demeaning, both words are demeaning.”

McLane’s “Superheroes” include The Beast, The All Natural, Eye Candy, The Governor’s Daughter, Fire, and Jungle Grrrl, among others.

Also Read: Pro-Wrestling Free Agent Chris Jericho Signs With Aew 'for the Long Haul' (Video)

“People resonate with character names,” McLane explained when we asked about Wow’s...

Not many filmmakers are, in and of themselves, a brand name. To be certain, M. Night Shyamalan is one. You have a certain expectation when you go into one of his movies. Sometimes, he meets them, while at others, he falls well below them. Two years ago, Split was heralded as a return to form for him, while also connecting to one of Shyamalan’s most well regarded previous works, Unbreakable. Well, hitting theaters this week is Glass, the follow up that brings together both of those flicks. Unfortunately, it’s a total letdown and a mess. This is hardly on par with Unbreakable. Sadly, it’s closer to Lady in the Water than anything else, and that’s not a compliment. The film is a follow up to Split, also functioning as a long in the making sequel to Unbreakable. At the outset, David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is on...

David Crow Jan 26, 2019

We examine the surprise twists of the Glass ending, and what they really mean for the characters and M. Night Shyamalan himself.

This article contains major Glass spoilers.

You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here. That’s just an awful feeling… and a sentiment shared by Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) at both the ending of Unbreakable and Glass. The first time he said those words 19 years ago, he was trying to explain to David Dunn (Bruce Willis) why he felt the need to seek out a real-life superhero who unknowingly walked among us. When he says them in 2019, it is after he has sliced open the throat of a chatty orderly, one acting like he meant Elijah well while nevertheless denying him his gifts.

That frustration felt by Elijah is at...

Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde

M. Night Shyamalan weaves together the unforgettable narratives of two of his visionary original films—2000’s Unbreakable and 2016’s Split—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within him, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

James McAvoy as The Beast, one of...

A thrilling new clip has ben released from M. Night Syamalan’s Glass, and if features David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and The Beast (James McAvoy) facing off in fight as David is in the process of saving a group of cheerleaders. You’ve seen this scene teased in the trailers.

If you want to go into this film fresh, I suggest skipping the clip. But it’s here if you’re interested in watching it. I won’t tell you where and how this clip fits in with the story of the film, so if you do decide to watch it, you won’t know the context of it.

Regardless of the unfortunate bad reviews that this film has been getting, I hope that you give it a chance. You might like, you might hate it, but at least you will get to form your own opinion about it.

Following the conclusion of Split,...

Check out this Glass featurette ahead of its highly anticipated release―in just one week―on January 18th. Also in today's Highlights: Final Girls Berlin Film Festival's screenings and the Xander-centric Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 cover.

Watch a Glass Featurette: "M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters,...

I’ve got a new featurette for M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film Glass for you to watch today. It gives you a little rundown of the story and the characters that fill it.

I loved Glass. If you haven’t read my review yet, you can read it here. I know there are some critics out there that didn’t like the movie. But I thought the film fell right in line with the story that Shyamalan told in his last two films. It’s was a natural progression of those films, and the way it played out made complete sense to me.

I’m not sure what other people were expecting, but this is a pure Shyamalan film. If you are hoping to see something like what Marvel and DC are doing in Glass, that’s not what you’re going to get. Glass is a completely different...

The output of Glass helmsman M. Night Shyamalan hasn’t always earned the most affectionate of responses, with his run from 2004’s The Village to 2013’s After Earth yielding one critical dud after another. Nonetheless, if the reception to 2015’s The Visit was mixed-to-positive, 2017’s Split officially put the filmmaker back in the good graces of critics. And when the James McAvoy-led horror hit teased a subsequent crossover with 2000’s Unbreakable, it looked like Shyamalan was all set to keep the momentum going.

Sadly, it appears as if the filmmaker’s triumphant comeback may have hit a snag, with early reviews of Glass suggesting a messy and dated work. Just take this new write-up from Inverse’s Eric Francisco, who suggests that the long-awaited follow-up to Unbreakable has come along many years too late:

“The point Shyamalan makes is that superheroes dominate our culture so much we now think...

M. Night Shyamalan’s films tend to exist on the extremes; for many viewers, they are either very good or very bad, with almost no middle ground. After his breakout success with “The Sixth Sense” and “Unbreakable,” Shyamalan disappointed moviegoers with dud after dud, including “The Happening” and “The Last Airbender.” In the past few years, Shyamalan has made an extraordinary comeback with the one-two punch of “The Visit” and “Split.”

With “Glass,” Shyamalan closes a story loop that he started 19 years ago with the critically acclaimed “Unbreakable.” This new sequel finds that movie’s protagonist, David Dunn (Bruce Willis), taking up a side gig as a vigilante superhero with the help of his son Joseph. Still using the ominous-looking green security guard poncho from his old job, Dunn decides the next villain to track down is the very troubled Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), whose 24 personalities include a super-powered monster known as The Beast.

A special M. Night Shyamalan event is coming on Saturday, January 12th! Alamo Drafthouse and Universal Pictures are hosting a screenings of Unbreakable, Split, and, yes, Glass, this weekend in 25 Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas around the country! Keep reading for more details. Also in today's Highlights: release details for Close Calls and the short film The Candlelight Witch.

Alamo Drafthouse's Shyamalanathon Event Details: Press Release: "Alamo Drafthouse and Universal Pictures today announced The M. Night Shyamalanathon, the first-ever marathon screening of all three films in the filmmaker’s trilogy: 2000’s Unbreakable, 2016’s Split, and the first American public screening of the third chapter, the explosive comic-book thriller, Glass.

The back-to-back-to-back screenings, available at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas in 25 theaters across the country on Saturday, January 12, 2019, will include an exclusive conversation with M. Night Shyamalan, broadcast live from Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn into all participating Alamo Drafthouse theaters.

Tickets are free, and seats can...

Character Analysis of the Day With tickets for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass now on sale, let’s get reacquainted with Kevin Wendell Crumb, a.k.a. The Horde, and his many personalities, including The Beast. In this video essay, Shane Bertram discusses the psychology of the supervillain character as seen in Split: Easter Eggs of the Day Escape Room, the first hit movie of 2019, is filled with clues to solving its clever set-piece puzzles. Zac Morris highlights...

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We’ve got a new promo video here for you to watch for Glass called “Every Hero Has a Code” and it offers us a new look at the return of Joseph Dunn (Spencer Treat Clark), the son of David Dunn (Bruce Willis).

The video starts off with footage of a young Joseph from Unbreakable, and then features a scene from the new film featuring an older version of the character showing his dad that his superhero name is “The Overseer”. Check it out!

Every hero has a code. #GlassMovie pic.twitter.com/xi49PksjGx

— Glass (@GlassMovie) January 8, 2019

Glass is the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, and in it, Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) teams up with The Beast (James McAvoy) in the story to take on David Dunn so that Mr. Glass can prove to the world once and for all that there are people in the world that exist with extraordinary powers.

(L to R) Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy, Bruce Willis and Sarah Paulson in “Glass.”

M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

Joining the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard,...

M. Night Shyamalan recently sat down with Fandango to talk about his highly anticipated film Glass, and in the interview he revealed some fun new details.

According to Shyamalan, the movie will incorporate footage from Unbreakable. He wouldn’t get into the nitty gritty details of it because he didn’t want to spoil anything, but he did say:

"I don't want to give too much away, but you do see moments from the original Unbreakable. Scenes you didn't get to see. You'll see the same actor change, you know, 18 years on camera in front of you which is really powerful."

Knowing that bit of info has sparked my curiosity and gotten me a little more excited to see Glass! I’m just really interested to see how exactly the older footage will be incorporated into the story for Glass. Sure, it’s easy to speculate, but with Shyamalan at...

Ever since Split ended with the whopper of a twist that the movie was actually set in the same universe as 2000’s Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan fans have been waiting for the follow-up film that promised to have Bruce Willis’ superpowered David Dunn face off against James McAvoy’s monstrous The Beast – as well as mixing criminal mastermind Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) into things. And now, the result is almost here.

Ahead of Glass‘ release later this month, the director’s revealed that there’s an extra treat in the film, as it’ll include some unseen deleted footage that was shot for Unbreakable almost 20 years ago. Shyamalan didn’t want to say too much to save the movie’s surprises, but he said just enough to get us intrigued and excited, teasing the following:

“I don’t want to give too much away but you do see moments of the original Unbreakable…...

Happy almost 2019, dear readers! The holiday season is nearly over, but rather than let that get you down, why not indulge in some great horror movies coming our way over the next few months? Usually, the winter season of genre releases can be something of a mixed bag in terms of quality, but there some impressive projects coming out in the next few months that have me extremely excited as a horror fan. The two films that are my most anticipated are (of course) Us from Jordan Peele and Christopher Landon’s sequel Happy Death Day 2U, but I’m also very intrigued by what I’ve seen from films like Greta, Glass, Braid, Captive State, and Escape Room so far, and am really looking forward to seeing how those stories come together onscreen as well.

We also have a new sci-fi movie featuring Keanu Reeves getting released in the coming months,...

Welcome to the latest installment of Trailer Park, our semi-regular look at the latest trailers to hit the interwebs. This edition features a gaggle of trailers for both forthcoming movies And video games… including: Kingdom Hearts 3, Glass, Nippon Marathon, Crucible of the Vampire, Netflix’s Kingdom, Doom Room and more!

Kingdom Hearts III

As unexpected events began to unfold in the Disney worlds at the hands of the enemy’s dark ambitions, the heroic trio of Sora, Donald, and Goofy find adventures ahead, from aquatic battles in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean to dances with the townspeople in the Kingdom of Corona from Tangled. The new footage also showcases Stitch from Lilo and Stitch as a special “link” (summon), as well as cooking-themed Ratatouille Keyblade attacks. Footage of Kairi wielding a Keyblade, as well as heartfelt conversations between members of Organization Xiii, and glimpses of Sora’s Nobody...

We’ve got a brand new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass for you to watch today. It offers us a little more insight into the intentions of some of the main characters, especially Sarah Paulson‘s character, Doctor Ellie Staple and Samuel L. Jackson’s Mr. Glass.

There’s so much that we don’t know about the film, but we all know there’s going to be a big twist reveal at the end. I have no idea what that twist will be, but as I’ve been thinking about it, the more I think that there’s something more to Paulson’s character. I don’t know what her true nature is, but I don’t think it’s what these trailers are making it out to be.

As you know, Glass is the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, and in it, Mr. Glass teams...

Buena Vista International has unleashed a brand new international trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable/Split follow-up ‘Glass’

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Joining the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard, who reprise their roles as Dunn’s son and Price’s mother, as well as Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story series).

Written and directed by Shyamalan, Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions will be producing alongside Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock. Steven Schneider will executive produce.

Also in trailers – Devastation hits in teaser trailer for ‘Hotel Mumbai...

In a year full of superhero movies, next January’s Glass offers a different, sideways take on the comic book team-up film. Uniting Bruce Willis’ David Dunn and Samuel L. Jackson’s Mr. Glass from 2000’s Unbreakable with James McAvoy’s The Beast from 2017’s Split, the movie ends a loose trilogy that director M. Night Shyamalan has been cooking up for almost twenty years now.

And it sounds like this really will be the end for these characters, as Shyamalan revealed to Digital Spy that he’s not planning a Glass 2 in any shape or form. That’s because he doesn’t want to keep offering his audiences the same old thing and intends to resume his usual tactic of making “original thrillers” once the story he began in Unbreakable is completed.

“I don’t want to relive stuff and I don’t want to be an opportunist, that...

Glass, the sequel 18 years in the making, finally arrives this coming January and sees the return of Bruce Willis as superheroic David Dunn and Samuel L. Jackson as his nemesis Elijah “Mr. Glass” Price from 2000’s Unbreakable. Not only that, but it’ll pair them up with James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb, the psychopathic kidnapper from 2017’s Split. Can director M. Night Shyamalan knock it out the park though with his own unique take on the superhero crossover movie?

We sure hope so, and every piece of the marketing for Glass is getting us more and more hyped for it. For instance, we now have these three new international posters, one for each of the central trio of characters: previous promotional material has referred to them as The Overseer (Dunn), The Mastermind (Price) and The Beast (Crumb).

As you can see below, these one-sheets feature Willis, Jackson and McAvoy...